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Resurfaced video shows moment Russell Brand and his father recall nights 'with prostitutes in Hong Kong'

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Haigh, E. (2026, November 10). Resurfaced video shows moment Russell Brand and his father recall nights 'with prostitutes in Hong Kong'. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16279215/video-Russell-Brand-father-nights-prostitutes-Hong-Kong.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-11-10 · by Elizabeth Haigh

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Resurfaced video shows Russell Brand and his father, Ron Brand, laughing about a trip to Hong Kong where Ron hired prostitutes for Russell when he was 17. The footage includes details of sexual encounters with sex workers and their aftermath, such as one instance where Russell woke up to his father asking if he used protection the night before. This resurfaced video comes after Brand's recent sentencing of ten years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault.
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Elizabeth Haigh
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Filipino Hong Kong Southwark Crown Court

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Brand PERSON · 12× Hong Kong GPE · 3× Ron Brand PERSON · 3× Russell Brand PERSON · 2× Brand Sr PERSON · 1× Filipino NORP · 1× Ron PERSON · 1× Southwark Crown Court ORG · 1×

Narrative

His father laughed, and said: 'I wish I had my flippers.' Convicted rapist Russell Brand laughed with his father about a holiday to Hong Kong where Ron Brand hired a prostitute for his son to have sex with, resurfaced video shows Brand with his wife at Southwark Crown Court last Thursday, hours before he was convicted Brand continued, to more raucous laughter from Brand Sr: 'Then one of them came over, and started talking to me, and I thought wow, I can't wait to tell my mates.' He then went on to describe how the woman began kissing him and touching his penis.
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Brand could hear his father, lying with two women in the bed next to him, scream out 'Bleeding hell!

Claims (46 extracted, 3 hedged)

Convicted rapist Russell Brand laughed with his father about a holiday to Hong Kong where Ron Brand hired a prostitute for his son to have sex with, resurfaced video shows. asserted
video → convict → sex
Footage of the disgraced comedian and his father, now 51 and 82, shows them joking about nights Brand spent with sex workers as a teenager. asserted
Brand → disgrace → teenager
Describing the first encounter on previous occasions, Brand said how his father hired three prostitutes on the night, two for himself and one for the teenager, then 17. asserted
father → describe → teenager
Brand said that they had sex with these women in the same room. asserted
they → say → room
In the wake of Brand's convictions and sentencing for rape and sexual assault, video footage of the pair discussing the night has resurfaced. asserted
footage → discuss → night
It comes after the sex predator was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison today: nine years for one count of rape, plus an additional 18 months to account for the three women he sexually assaulted. asserted
he → come → women
Speaking with his father on video, Brand said: 'Remember that first night? asserted
Brand → speak → night
All them women sort of wearing swimsuits. asserted
women → wear → swimsuits
He went on: 'I remember thinking, f***ing hell, all of them women in swimsuits, I can't wait to get back to our school and tell my mates.' asserted
I → go → mates
His father laughed, and said: 'I wish I had my flippers.' Convicted rapist Russell Brand laughed with his father about a holiday to Hong Kong where Ron Brand hired a prostitute for his son to have sex with, resurfaced video shows Brand with his wife at Southwark Crown Court last Thursday, hours before he was convicted Brand continued, to more raucous laughter from Brand Sr: 'Then one of them came over, and started talking to me, and I thought wow, I can't wait to tell my mates.' He then went on to describe how the woman began kissing him and touching his penis. asserted
woman → laugh → penis
'I actually ended up telling my mates, it was about three prostitutes in the back of a taxi, with the clicker clack of my high heels on a marble hotel lobby floor going up to that beautiful room,' he added. asserted
he → end → room
Speaking to his father, he went on: 'And then you had that other one, and then I had that lovely young Filipino one didn't I.' asserted
I. → speak → one
Brand's father said: 'You fell in love every time.' The sex offender said he woke up the next morning to half-empty glasses of champagne, and his father reading the paper. asserted
father → say → paper
'And you going, "Did you wear a condom with that bird last night?" asserted
you → go → bird
'I went, "No, no, no, never" asserted
I → go → ?
you went, "You should have"' He previously said he and the woman, who was only a few years older than him, had 'timid, awkward sex' that left him feeling like he 'loved' her. But despite his seemingly fond memories of their encounter, the experience was not romantic. asserted
experience → go → encounter
Brand could hear his father, lying with two women in the bed next to him, scream out 'Bleeding hell! uncertain
father → hear → hell
I'm going to be sick!' asserted
I → go → ?
Ron Brand spoke to reporters after his son was jailed for ten years and six months for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others Brand harboured a 'casual arrogant disregard to any woman's right to say no' the court heard today Writing about it years later, Brand seemed unable to frame any kind of normal moral response to the incident. asserted
Brand → speak → incident
He added: 'During the rest of that holiday I f****d loads more prostitutes and never wore a condom... my sexuality had morphed forever from bewildered innocence into something more complex and rapacious. asserted
sexuality → add → something
And he said that his father praised him for having sex with the prostitute, telling him: 'I went away wiv a boy but I'm coming back wiv a man.' asserted
I → say → man
In his first autobiography My Booky Wook, Brand also told how Ron allowed his son to dip into his collection of pornographic magazines when he was still at primary school and to watch porn videos. asserted
he → tell → videos
He now faces spending two-thirds of his 10-and-a-half-year sentence behind bars. asserted
He → face → bars
After his sentencing on Monday, his father attempted to claim his son was the true 'victim' of the case, despite his convictions for attacks on four different women. uncertain
son → attempt → women
Asked by a reporter if he had a message for his son's victims, he said: 'The victims, what victims? What Russell?' asserted
he → ask → victims
After the reporter said she meant 'his victims', he continued: 'The girls you mean, who chased and harassed him.' asserted
who → say → him
Ron said he 'didn't care' that his son had been convicted and hit out at 'the system'. asserted
son → say → system
Meanwhile Mr Justice Bennathan slammed Brand's 'staggering arrogance'. asserted
Bennathan → slam → arrogance
The judge told Brand: 'About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous, you were clever, and in many people's eyes you were funny and charismatic. ' asserted
you → tell → eyes
You had also become a sexual predator.' asserted
You → become → ?
The judge said Brand's 'status protected you' until in 2023 journalists from The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches first exposed a litany of sexual misconduct, leading to women making complaints to police. asserted
women → say → police
He said Brand harboured a 'casual arrogant disregard to any woman's right to say no to you', while his fame meant he believed 'you could act when you liked and how you liked'. uncertain
you → say → you
The judge said the evidence in the case also showed that Brand's entourage during his celebrity heyday had 'indulged your dreadful behaviour'. asserted
entourage → say → behaviour
The judge imposed a nine-year jail term for the rape, and added on an extra year and a half for the sexual assaults. asserted
judge → impose → assaults
One of the victims called Brand 'a sexual predator who has no remorse for how his behaviour has impacted my life'. asserted
behaviour → call → life
The rape victim told the court how she was a big fan of Brand before going to see him at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2009, and she was picked out of the crowd by the comedian to join him backstage. asserted
she → tell → him
She later agreed to visit Brand's £2.3million townhouse in Hampstead Village, north London, to have sex. But she said that consensual sex turned to rape after he removed his condom and had anal sex with her without her consent. asserted
he → agree → consent
The court heard how Brand ignored her pleas for him to stop, and pinned her down so she was struggling to breathe, before telling her to clean up afterwards. asserted
she → hear → her
He was convicted of sexually assaulting a female Channel 4 worker during a recording session in 2009, shortly after he had started dating Ms Perry. asserted
he → convict → Perry
The woman, who was working alone with Brand and his entourage, was forced to massage the star when he threatened to derail the recording session, at which point he knelt down and thrust his head into her groin. asserted
he → work → groin
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