Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
20
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
One of Russell Brand’s accusers felt safe inviting him to her room because she assumed he was gay — until he raped her after doing “silly walks like Basil Fawlty” in “budgie-smuggler” undies, prosecutors told the star’s rape trial Wednesday.
asserted
prosecutors → feel → trial
Brand, now a married dad of three living in Florida, met the unidentified 20-something woman at a conference for the UK’s left-wing Labour Party in Bournemouth in 1999 and won her over by being “very polite, courteous and complimentary,” jurors in the UK trial were told.
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jurors → live → trial
He said “she was pretty, always in a gentlemanly way, and she was flattered,” prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones said, describing the encounter, the BBC reported.
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BBC → say → encounter
“But at that point, she assumed he was gay – he gave no indication of being attracted to her.”
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he → assume → her
She invited him to her room, where she became alarmed when the flamboyant comedian stripped down to wearing just “budgie smugglers,” the UK nickname for tight-white underpants, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → invite → underpants
Brand then started “prancing around the room” and doing “silly walks like Basil Fawlty,” the prosecutors said of the 70s sitcom character played by “Monty Python!” star John Cleese.
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prosecutors → start → Cleese
“She asked him why he had taken his clothes off and he said something along the lines of, ‘It’s okay, it’s just how I am… don’t worry, I’m mostly naked at home,” Karmy-Jones said.
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Jones → ask → home
The woman “froze” before Brand allegedly sexually assaulted her, during which she “drifted out of her head,” Sky News reported.
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News → froze → head
Brand then “behaved as if nothing had happened,” as the accuser felt “ashamed” and “chastised herself for inviting [Brand] back to her room.”
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accuser → behave → room
“Throughout, she felt it was her fault,” Karmy-Jones said, adding alleged predator Brand “found a victim.”
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Brand → feel → victim
But Brand “behaved oddly” the day after the alleged attack, with Karmy-Jones claiming he told pals they had “leave [Bournemouth] immediately.”
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they → behave → Bournemouth
The alleged rape is the earliest offense that has been leveled against Brand, whom prosecutors called a “ruthless sexual predator” who bragged about plans to bed “5,000 women.”
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who → allege → women
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Report → start → news
Brand has been accused by six women and is charged with three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault tied to alleged incidents that occurred between 1999 and 2009.
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that → accuse → 1999
He has always vehemently denied the allegations and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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He → deny → charges
Brand rose to prominence in the early 2000s, hosting his own BBC radio show.
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Brand → rise → show
He appeared in films including “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Rock of Ages.”
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He → appear → Ages
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