Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
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Outlets on this story
146
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
British comedian and actor Russell Brand has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault by a London court and could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Brand → find → sentence
A jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Thursday convicted the 51-year-old of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
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jury → convict → assault
He was acquitted of two other rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault.
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He → acquit → assault
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Brand, who was one of the most prominent broadcasters in Britain and the former husband of US pop star Katy Perry, had denied the allegations.
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who → say → allegations
He maintained that the encounters were consensual or that the allegations had been fabricated.
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allegations → maintain → ?
Prosecutors described Brand, who starred in the films Get Him to the Greek and Arthur, as a “ruthless” sexual predator.
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who → describe → predator
Judge Joel Bennathan said Brand would be sentenced on Monday and faced a lengthy prison term.
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Brand → say → term
Brand was taken into custody following the verdict.
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Brand → take → verdict
Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy of London’s Metropolitan Police said the conviction was “a testament to the extraordinary courage, resilience and determination of the women who came forward and reported what happened to them”.
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what → say → them
“Brand used his influence, status and fame to exploit and sexually offend against women,” Furphy said.
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Furphy → use → women
“As his profile grew, so too did his sense of entitlement.”
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sense → grow → entitlement
Prosecutors said the charges, which covered incidents between 1999 and 2009, spanned the years in which Brand rose from performing stand-up comedy in small venues to becoming a television presenter and Hollywood film star.
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Brand → say → presenter
The court heard testimony from six complainants, all of whom are entitled to lifelong anonymity.
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all → hear → anonymity
None of the women knew each other, but all came forward to police following a television documentary and press reports in 2023 containing anonymous allegations against Brand by other women.
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all → know → women
The most graphic evidence related to the rape for which he was convicted which took place in 2009, involving a victim who had met Brand after a gig where she had engaged in a sexual encounter in his dressing room.
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she → relate → room
She recounted how days later she had gone to his home where during consensual sex, he had anally raped her.
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he → recount → her
Afterwards he had told her to clear up the blood and mess, she said.
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she → tell → blood
Brand was also convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a London bar in 2004.
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Brand → convict → 2004
The woman told the court he approached her at a party and grabbed her breasts.
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he → tell → breasts
In another incident in 2009, Brand was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman while they were working on a promotional project.
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they → find → project
The court heard that he demanded she give him a massage before putting his head between her legs in front of two of his colleagues.
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she → hear → colleagues
Brand was also convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who worked at a radio station in 2004 or 2005.
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who → convict → 2004
The woman told the court that he assaulted her in front of his entourage.
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he → tell → entourage
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