Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
79
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Some of the women in Russell Brand's rape and sexual assault case have been "haunted" for years by what they allege he did to them, jurors have been told.
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jurors → publish → them
In her closing speech at London's Southwark Crown Court on Friday, prosecutor Reil Karmy-Jones KC said the women had "nothing to gain" from coming forward apart from "some closure".
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women → close → closure
Speaking for the defence, Polly Dyer told jurors Brand had pleaded guilty and been fined over possession of cannabis in 1995, but had no other "convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings".
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Brand → speak → convictions
Brand, 51, is on trial facing seven charges; three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.
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Brand → face → assault
He denies the charges.
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He → deny → charges
Karmy-Jones KC told the court that this case brings together six different women, none of whom knows each other.
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none → tell → other
She said that while all the alleged victims have since moved on with their lives, due to this trial they have been forced to "relive what has happened to them".
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what → say → them
None of the women involved has "sought the limelight" or "any kind of publicity", she said, adding there was "no benefit to them from perhaps some closure."
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she → involve → closure
Referring to Brand's accuser's evidence the prosecutor said "how many said he was nice and then there was a like a personality change…
"His eyes changed, he snapped, from charming to frightening to nasty," Karmy-Jones KC said.
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KC → refer → nasty
She added that the complainant's evidence had been that "he didn't listen when I said no, he didn't stop, he didn't care, pulling pushing… thrusting".
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he → add → pushing
"In the rape cases, he kept on going until he achieved his ultimate aim."
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he → keep → aim
The prosecutor also dismissed the idea that a documentary had caused the women to "re-invent" what actually happened.
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what → dismiss → idea
"There is no magic force in this documentary", she added.
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she → be → documentary
"What in fact happened was these women have realised they are not alone and have bravely come before you to tell the truth."
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they → happen → truth
She added: "Truth they have lived with, which in some cases has haunted them for years."
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which → add → years
She told the jury: "The experience of people raped may be something that looms a little bit larger in your mind rather than the intricacies of the outfit.
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that → tell → outfit
The defendant couldn't really remember anything when he was interviewed, in stark contrast to now when he suddenly seems to remember all sorts of details about the week."
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he → remember → week
Addressing Brand's presented change in character, Karmy-Jones KC told the court "He may now be a completely different person to the man he was between 1999 and 2009."
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he → address → 1999
She added: "He may well look back and not find some of his jokes funny".
"He may now treat women with kindness and consent".
uncertain
He → add → kindness
Brand's wife Laura gave evidence yesterday, when she told the court her husband was a "kind and a wonderful father".
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husband → give → court
Karmy Jones KC called her Russell Brand's "undoubtedly lovely wife", who "bravely" gave evidence.
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who → call → evidence
However, she also noted that she was not with him at the time many of the alleged acts are said to have taken place.
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many → note → place
"Any contact was, I believe, sparse."
In the final set of agreed facts in his trial, the court heard from Dyer about Brand's fine after he "pleaded guilty to one charge of possessing cannabis on 20 April 1995".
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he → believe → April
"He received a fine.
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He → receive → fine
He has no other convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings", she said.
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she → have → convictions
The trial continues.
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trial → continue → ?
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