Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Straits Times's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
146
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
LONDON, Nov 5 - British comedian Russell Brand was found guilty on Thursday of rape and three sexual assaults.
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Brand → find → rape
The fifth complainant in the trial said she had met Brand in 2009 after one of his gigs, saying she and her friend had been 'selected' to come for a drink afterwards.
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she → say → drink
She said she had then engaged in a sexual encounter with him and another woman she did not know in his dressing room.
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she → say → room
Brand contacted her afterwards and she agreed to go to his home.
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she → contact → home
Whilst they were having consensual sex, she said he flipped her over and anally raped her, removing a condom in the process.
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he → have → process
Afterwards, she said he looked horrified and she thought he was going to apologise, but instead he said to her, "You need to clear up the mess."
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You → say → mess
Some months later she said she happened to see him at the Edinburgh Festival where she was working and he sent her a text message.
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he → say → message
She replied he had "treated her like an animal".
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he → reply → animal
His immediate response was "I'm sorry", she said.
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she → say → ?
Brand was convicted of rape.
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Brand → convict → rape
SEXUAL ASSAULT - COMPLAINANT THREE
A woman said she had been at a party at a London bar in 2004 and had asked a colleague to introduce her to Brand as she thought he was funny.
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he → say → Brand
She told the jury that less than a minute after they began talking at the bar he lunged forward and grabbed her breasts.
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he → tell → breasts
She said he had a weird grin on his face.
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he → say → face
He then grabbed her arm and pulled her into the toilets saying "come on, come on, don't be a spoilsport".
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He → grab → toilets
Once there she said he forced her to give him oral sex.
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he → say → sex
The jury convicted Brand of sexual assault but not of rape.
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jury → convict → rape
SEXUAL ASSAULT - COMPLAINANT FOUR
The incident took place sometime in 2004 or 2005 when the woman was working at a radio station in London.
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woman → take → London
She told the jury she had left a room where she was working when outside Brand, in front of his entourage, had grabbed her, pushed her up against the wall and started kissing her.
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Brand → tell → her
She said he had groped her, grabbing her breasts so hard that it caused pain, and she had been unable to push him off.
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she → say → him
When she finally managed to get away she said he just sniggered.
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he → manage → ?
He was found guilty of sexual assault.
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He → find → assault
The final woman said she had been working on a project for Britain's Channel 4 with Brand when the incident occurred.
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incident → say → Brand
She said Brand had become increasingly irritated as the day wore on and his associates told her he would only continue if she gave him a massage.
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she → say → massage
She thought initially it was a joke but agreed to do so to get the job completed.
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job → think → ?
She said he had thrust his head into her groin area so that she could feel his breath on her.
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she → say → her
He was found guilty of sexual assault.
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He → find → assault
Brand was acquitted of two charges of rape relating to complainants one and three, and of one charge of attempted indecent assault relating to complainant two.
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Brand → acquit → complainant
He had denied all the charges.
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He → deny → charges
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