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UK’s Russell Brand sentenced to 10 1/2 years’ jail for rape, sexual assault

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Russell Brand, a former British comedian and Hollywood actor, was sentenced to ten and a half years in jail for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009. The sentencing took place at London’s Southwark Crown Court where Judge Joel Bennathan declared the sentence following Brand's guilty verdict on Thursday. Additionally, the Metropolitan Police is investigating Brand for two other alleged rapes, including an incident involving a sixteen-year-old girl when she was underage.
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The 51-year-old stood in the dock at London’s Southwark Crown Court as Judge Joel Bennathan sentenced him to 10 years and six months, saying he would serve two-thirds in custody before being released on licence. Brand was a sexual predator who believed “fame meant you could act how you liked, when you liked, unhindered by the rules by which decent people live”, Bennathan told Brand. Brand mouthed “I love you” to his wife before he was led away by dock officers and down to the cells. Earlier, one of Brand’s victims, whom Brand anally raped in 2009, said in a statement read by prosecutors that the trauma of the attack was “something I carry with me every day and it often feels never-ending”.
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UK’s Russell Brand sentenced to 10 1/2 years’ jail for rape, sexual assault London’s Metropolitan Police has said Brand is under investigation for two other alleged rapes, one involving a then-16-year-old girl Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and a Hollywood star, was jailed for 10 1/2 years on Monday after he was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more around two decades ago.
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The 51-year-old stood in the dock at London’s Southwark Crown Court as Judge Joel Bennathan sentenced him to 10 years and six months, saying he would serve two thirds in custody before being released on licence.
2026-11-09 · South China Morning Post
UK’s Russell Brand sentenced to 10 1/2 years’ jail for rape, sexual assault · assertive framing

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UK’s Russell Brand sentenced to 10 1/2 years’ jail for rape, sexual assault London’s Metropolitan Police has said Brand is under investigation for two other alleged rapes, one involving a then-16-year-old girl Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and a Hollywood star, was jailed for 10 1/2 years on Monday after he was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more around two decades ago. asserted
he → sentence → three
Brand – the former husband of US pop singer Katy Perry who in recent years moved away from the mainstream – was convicted on Thursday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more between 2004 and 2009. asserted
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He had denied all the charges. asserted
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The 51-year-old stood in the dock at London’s Southwark Crown Court as Judge Joel Bennathan sentenced him to 10 years and six months, saying he would serve two thirds in custody before being released on licence. asserted
he → stand → licence
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