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19
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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Jurors have begun considering their verdicts in the trial of Russell Brand on charges of rape and sexual assault.
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Jurors → begin → rape
After three weeks of argument and evidence, Judge Joel Bennathan told the jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court that they must reach a unanimous decision.
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they → tell → decision
“I can only accept a verdict that is the verdict of all 12 of you,” he said.
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he → accept → you
Brand, who is free on bail, has attended court every day, accompanied by his wife, Laura Gallacher.
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who → attend → wife
Six women accuse the actor-comedian of sexual misconduct between 1999 and 2009, a decade when Brand went from rising stand-up comedian to major celebrity in the U.K.
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Brand → accuse → U.K.
Prosecutors argued that during that time Brand was “a sexual predator” who attacked the women in a hotel room, the London offices of MTV, the toilet of a London bar, a radio station, a recording studio and his home.
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who → argue → bar
Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
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Brand → plead → assault
Giving evidence, the entertainer acknowledged that he had been obsessed with sex as a younger man, but said his encounters were always consensual.
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encounters → give → man
Brand’s lawyers argued that the claimants’ cases were undermined by the fact that they only went to police years after the alleged assaults, and following the broadcast of a 2023 documentary that contained anonymous allegations against Brand.
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that → argue → Brand
Brand’s lawyer, Ian Winter, said the “well of justice had been corrupted and contaminated” by the documentary.
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well → say → documentary
In his closing statement on Monday, Winter said the jury must separate Brand’s treatment of women from the question of whether he committed crimes.
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he → say → crimes
“It is not criminal to treat women unkindly before, during or after sex,” he said.
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he → treat → sex
“It is not, I am afraid, criminal to be disrespectful or rude or to act like a crazy idiot.”
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I → act → idiot
He said Brand “had an immense amount of sex and none of it was unlawful.”
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none → say → it
“Disgusting, distasteful, immoral, who cares?” the lawyer said.
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lawyer → care → ?
“It’s irrelevant to your consideration.”
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It → ’ → consideration
Known for risqué stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol, Brand rose to prominence in the early 2000s, hosting television programs and his own BBC radio show.
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Brand → know → programs
He appeared in Hollywood films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek and was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry.
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He → appear → Perry
In recent years he has moved away from mainstream media, relocated to Florida and built a large online following with videos mixing wellness, conspiracy theories and discussions of his religious devotion.
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he → move → devotion
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