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He also urged other women who believe they were victims of Brand to contact the police and stressed that “powerful people will be convicted”.
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people → urge → police
He expects “many more” women to come forward now.
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women → expect → ?
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His victims came to court to reveal how Brand had forced them into sexual activity, sometimes within seconds of them first meeting, using his fame to determinedly pursue a goal of sex with 5,000 women.
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them → read → women
The convictions follow an investigation in September 2023 by journalists from The Sunday Times, The Times, and Channel 4 Dispatches.
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convictions → follow → Times
They published and broadcast accusations from women who said they had been raped, sexual abused, and degraded by Brand.
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they → publish → Brand
The revelations prompted four women to come forward to accuse Brand of criminal offences, while another two women came forward once Brand had been charged.
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Brand → prompt → offences
Asked why it took journalists, rather than the police, to begin the inquiries into Brand, Sir Mark told Times Radio: “This all starts, doesn't it?
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it → ask → Radio
Because people are nervous about coming forward because they see the power of someone.
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they → come → someone
“In this case, the power of celebrity, and they're nervous about whether they will be believed.”
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they → believe → celebrity
He added: “This does send a message about institutions that sometimes there are rumours, there are corridor conversations where there are concerns about an individual, and they don't always get surfaced.
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they → add → individual
“It's great that journalists surface that to start off with, and their work's been excellent, and I'm proud of what officers have done on the back of it.”
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officers → surface → it
The police boss praised the bravery of Brand’s victims to step foward, speak to the police and go through the court system to bring him to justice “when you've had something so intrusive and awful happen”.
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something → praise → justice
He added: “That really shows real bravery and determination, and you have to admire that.”
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you → add → that
Detectives are investigating two more rape allegations against Brand and Sir Mark stressed: “We're encouraging anybody else to come forward if there's any other allegations.”
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We → investigate → anybody
He added on BBC Breakfast: “I clearly wouldn't be surprised if many more came forward.”
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many → add → Breakfast
At pre-trial court hearings, it was revealed one of the complaints came from a woman who dated Brand when he was 30 and she was a 16-year-old schoolgirl.
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she → reveal → Brand
The shamed comedian-turned-conspiracy theorist will spend the weekend in custody before he returns to court on Monday to learn his prison sentence.
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he → sham → sentence
A couple of months after he started hosting Big Brother’s Big Mouth in 2004, Brand sexually assaulted a woman in the Nordic bar in Soho, central London, by grabbing her breasts in the middle of the bar during a party of his former MTV colleagues.
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Brand → start → colleagues
She accused him of dragging her to the men’s toilets and orally raping her, but the jury found Brand not guilty on that count.
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Brand → accuse → count
A worker at Capital Radio said Brand forced himself on to her during a visit to the station in 2005, pinning her to a wall while he groped and “sloppily” kissed her.
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he → say → her
Brand was found guilty of sexually assaulting her.
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Brand → find → her
The victim told jurors that members of his entourage laughed as they saw the attack happen.
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attack → tell → entourage
He was also convicted of anally raping a 21-year-old superfan in his £2.3 million Hampstead townhouse in 2009, days after meeting her at one of his Hammersmith Apollo shows.
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He → convict → shows
The same year, during a recording session at Channel 4, Brand sexually assaulted another woman by thrusting his head into her groin after she was told to give him a massage.
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she → assault → massage
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