Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
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Writing on X, the adventurer wrote: “Brand’s faith seemed genuine to me at the time when I was a guest at his private baptism.”
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I → write → baptism
At the time, Brand shared a photo on Instagram of the Grylls embracing him and wrote: “Me, Bear Grylls, The River Thames and of course, The Holy Spirit.”
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Grylls → share → course
Grylls continued: “I have attended a few now.
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I → continue → few
Even visiting in prisons with people who have committed terrible crimes.
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who → visit → crimes
“It’s part of our calling as men and women of faith, to love and serve anyone.
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It → ’ → anyone
It is the sick that need healing.
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that → need → healing
I wouldn’t want to ever discourage someone’s coming to faith.
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someone → want → faith
“It is right that justice has now been served.
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justice → serve → ?
I can’t imagine how hard this time has been for the victims, the heroes of the day.”
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time → imagine → day
The baptism took place just months after after Brand was accused of rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour by five women in a joint investigation by Channel 4 Dispatches and the Times newspapers.
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Brand → take → Dispatches
The Metropolitan Police then began investigating the allegations in September 2023.
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Police → begin → September
Grylls went on to defend his participation in the baptism by saying he lives by the mantra “What would Jesus do?”.
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Jesus → go → What
“Faith and spiritual moments in our lives are really personal,” he explained.
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he → explain → lives
“But it is a privilege to stand beside anyone when they express a humble need for forgiveness and strength from above.”
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they → stand → forgiveness
The actor and comedian was found guilty of raping a young fan he met after one of his Hammersmith Apollo shows in 2009.
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he → find → 2009
He was also found guilty of sexually assaulting a Capital Radio worker after encountering her in a corridor in 2005 and of sexually assaulting a Channel 4 worker during a forced massage in 2009.
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He → find → 2009
Brand was found guilty of groping an MTV worker during a party at a Soho bar in 2004, but found not guilty of orally raping her in a toilet.
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Brand → find → toilet
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