Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Publisher signals
67/100
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Outlets on this story
237
Entertainment
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
British actor and comedian Russell Brand has been jailed for 10 years and six months for rape and three counts of sexual assault.
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Brand → jail → assault
After a four-week trial at London's Southwark Crown Court, Brand, who targeted four women between 2004 and 2009, was last week found guilty of the four charges, and acquitted of a further two counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The 51-year-old had pleaded not guilty to all charges and claimed he never engaged in any non-consensual sexual activity.
When the sentence was read out Brand stood still and showed no emotion.
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Brand → target → emotion
The rape conviction relates to a fan who was 21 years old when Brand raped her at his North London home in 2009.
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Brand → relate → 2009
They met after he picked her out of the crowd in the foyer following one of his live comedy shows at the Hammersmith Apollo.
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he → meet → Apollo
During the trial, the woman told the court that what started as consensual sex, then changed suddenly into an activity she did not consent to.
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she → tell → activity
She said she begged him to stop but he did not.
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he → say → him
The three sexual assault convictions relate to one woman a bar in 2004, a woman at radio station around the same time, and a woman he was working on a project with for Channel 4 in 2009.
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he → relate → 2009
By law in the UK, the women who made complaints about the comedian are all granted lifelong anonymity by the court.
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who → make → court
Before Judge Joel Bennathan handed down his sentence in London, he considered victim impact statements from some of the women.
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he → hand → women
Woman tells court 'impossible to escape' seeing Brand
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Woman → tell → Brand
Ms C, who was groped by Brand at a London bar, attended court in person reading out her statement from behind a screen so she could only be seen by the judge.
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she → grope → judge
"That undeserved feeling of shame and what if I'd done this or done that has been carried around inside me for over 20 years," she told the court.
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she → do → court
"For many years as his star was rising it was impossible to escape seeing him all over the media, being celebrated for his disgusting behaviour against women like it was all a joke.
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it → rise → women
"There were many times I felt visibly sick at the sight of him parading around thinking he can get away with anything."
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he → be → anything
She said during the trial she felt her character was "being torn apart on social media by people believing all of us women were making it up".
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all → say → it
"There’s been accusations and death threats from manic supporters of him on social media," she said.
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she → say → media
Crown Prosecutor Reil Karmy-Jones KC read out statements sent in by three of the other women, including the woman who was raped by Brand and referred to as Ms E.
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who → read → E.
The consequences of what happened have affected almost every aspect of my life," Ms E wrote in her statement.
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E → happen → statement
"Even now, I continue to experience anxiety, difficulties with trust, reduced confidence and the lasting effects of trauma.
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I → continue → trauma
"What happened is not something that I have simply been able to move on from ."
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I → happen → that
The judge also listened to arguments about sentence severity from both the prosecution and defence.
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judge → listen → prosecution
Brand's lawyer claims rape was 'momentary' failure to respect consent
Brand's barrister Ian Winter KC told the court his client had abused the influence and power that came with fame, but was a "fundamentally different person today and has been for a very long time".
He asked the judge to consider that the rape was a "short" and "momentary" failure to respect her consent.
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rape → claim → consent
He said the case was having a devastating impact on Brand's family.
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case → say → family
"Words are totally inadequate to convey the total devastation that [Brand's wife Laura] is experiencing," he said.
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he → convey → [
“They are wrestling with how to explain to a child, who’s just turned 10, what has just happened here."
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what → wrestle → child
He also told the court of Brand was a person of "positive, good character" who did a lot of charity work and had helped a number of alcoholics recover from their addictions.
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number → tell → addictions
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