A Russell Brand joke has been edited out of an episode of Gavin & Stacey after the disgraced comedian was convicted for rape and sexual assault offences.
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Brand, 51, has been jailed for more than ten years after being convicted of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three other women between 2004 and 2009.
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The BBC has now swiftly removed the reference to Brand from the original Gavin & Stacey Christmas special, which first aired in 2008.
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During the scene, Nessa returns to the Christmas dinner table at Pam and Mick's house after putting her son 'Neil the Baby' to bed.
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Pam asks if Nessa has been reading him a fairytale, and she replies she's been reading Brand's autobiography, My Booky Wook, and he's been 'loving every word'.
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A Russell Brand joke has been edited out of an episode of Gavin & Stacey after the disgraced comedian was convicted for rape and sexual assault offences
The BBC have now swiftly removed the reference to Brand from the original Gavin & Stacey Christmas special, which first aired in 2008
Nessa is then asked by Stacey whether they are both named in the memoir.
She tells her no and Stacey says: 'That's a shame.
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Nessa responds: 'Don't be, Stace.
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We had a cracking night, Pam.
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The 2007 autobiography sees Brand brag about his wild sex life including a story about losing his virginity to a sex worker during a trip to Hong Kong with his father.
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Today, police investigating sexual predator Brand have said 'several' more people have come forward with information.
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After his conviction last week, it was revealed that two further rape allegations against Brand are already being investigated by detectives and Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he expects more victims to come forward.
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The Met confirmed it is probing information from 'several people' who have come forward.
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A spokesman for the force said: 'Several people have contacted the investigation team during and since the trial to provide information or report a potential criminal allegation.
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Detectives are assessing this information as part of their ongoing enquiries.'
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Last night, Brand's former girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith, 52, became the latest to publicly come forward, accusing the comic of 'violence, coercive control and abuse'.
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Brand, 51, has been jailed for more than ten years after being convicted of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three other women between 2004 and 2009
She said she was so terrified after a 'violent incident' in 2014 that she called police to remove him from her £15million Cotswolds mansion.
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An unrepentant Brand yesterday showed no emotion as a judge said he had abused his celebrity to prey on women, believing 'fame meant you could act how you liked, when you liked, unhindered by the rules by which decent people live'.
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In the dock, Brand sat blinking in disbelief as he was told that he will serve at least seven years of a ten-and-a-half-year sentence for attacks on four women between 2004 and 2009.
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Brand now faces the prospect of a second trial as police sift through a raft of new claims, and prosecutors are expected to decide within weeks whether to charge him with two further alleged rapes, including an attack on a 16-year-old.
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Yesterday Mr Justice Bennathan said the defendant had harboured a 'casual arrogant disregard to any woman's right to say no to you', telling him: 'About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous, you were clever, and in many people's eyes you were funny and charismatic.
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You had also become a sexual predator.'
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The judge blasted Brand's 'staggering arrogance' and belief that his 'status protected' him after he resorted to smearing journalists when they first exposed his attacks in 2023.
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He also criticised Brand's entourage for indulging 'dreadful behaviour' after assaults took place in front of staff who laughed or did nothing.
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He paid tribute to the 'determination and bravery' of the victims.
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'All those women had to face being confronted and being told they had lied, or twisted the truth and, or, they had agreed to your sexual demands: that was all done because of you, on your instructions,' he said.
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Brand with his wife at Southwark Crown Court last Thursday, hours before he was convicted
Laura Gallacher mouths 'I love you' to Brand who waved as he was sent down to the cells – after the court heard that she was standing by him
Mr Justice Bennathan made a point of condemning rape myths after Brand's defence barrister came under fire for reeling off a series of stereotypes, suggesting the victims should not be believed because they did not scream more, kick or slap him.
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The judge said: 'Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and to demand justice from the criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent.'
Brand's barrister, Ian Winter KC, was paid around £1million for defending him, legal sources have told the Daily Mail.
Mr Winter was hired after several top female barristers refused to defend him, it is understood.
But the move backfired, with Mr Winter facing a Bar Standards Board probe after launching a foul-mouthed tirade at the journalist whose investigation exposed Brand, telling her after the verdict that she had 'f*****' justice.
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