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11
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0%
0 of 11 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Russell Brand will be the subject of a new Netflix documentary charting his rise to international fame and his dramatic fall from grace, after he was jailed for 10 and a half years for rape and sexual assault.
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he → chart → rape
The 51-year-old comic was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others during his career, and has been accused of abusing his celebrity status to prey on women.
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comic → convict → women
A new documentary film, Russell Brand: Open Secret, uses insiders’ voices and delves into archive footage to offer an insight into the downfall of the television star.
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film → use → star
It will also explore the Dispatches investigation for Channel 4 in September 2023, alongside The Times and Sunday Times, which led to the women coming forward to complain and ultimately the four convictions against Brand.
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women → explore → Brand
The documentary has been directed by Olivia Isaacs and produced by 72 Films, the company behind Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, which examined how the disgraced entertainer was “hiding in plain sight” for so long.
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entertainer → direct → sight
It will chart Brand’s meteoric rise to fame, from the start of his career as a TV presenter and comedian to his eventual emergence as a Hollywood star appearing in films such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Hop and the Despicable Me franchise.
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It → chart → Marshall
Over his two-decade career, he also cemented his status in the spotlight through his marriage to singer Katy Perry, and his subsequent appearances on TV, radio, stage, and podcasts.
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he → cement → TV
Russell Brand: Open Secret will also examine how he eventually became a “political activist and YouTuber known for spouting conspiracy theories” in the early 2020s.
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he → examine → 2020s
He is expected to serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence, and will be on the sex offenders’ register for life.
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He → expect → life
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The best-selling author and former Britain’s Got Talent judge has been accused of sexual misconduct and abusing his power to groom teenagers as young as 15, but denies any wrongdoing.
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author → read → wrongdoing
Brand’s conviction and the media furore surrounding his peer Walliams have since sparked discussion about the procedures in the TV industry for people to raise safeguarding issues.
Russell Brand: Open Secret will be available to stream on Netflix on November 13.
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Secret → surround → November
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