The charges he faced stemmed from accusations from 1999 to 2009. He’s now facing a lengthy prison sentence. I think he was married to Justin Trudeau’s current girlfriend.
(NYT) – Russell Brand, the popular conspiracy-minded YouTuber who first found fame as a comedy and acting star, was found guilty in a London court on Thursday of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
He was found not guilty of two other counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The jury, at Southwark Crown Court in London, took about eight and a half hours to reach its unanimous decisions, which concerned episodes that prosecutors said involved six women and occurred between 1999 and 2009, a period when Mr. Brand was becoming a public figure.
The judge, Joel Bennathan, said he would sentence Mr. Brand, 51, to “significant custodial time” on Monday and denied him bail. Under British sentencing guidelines for rape, the maximum sentence is life imprisonment, although a more typical prison term is four to 19 years. (read more)
Today’s Dodgson moment.
This is a bunch of nonsense. Russell Brand became a Christian, changed his early Partying ways, and i actually started watching him and I was impressed with his ability, to do research and become a decent human Being.
Whatever happened to the statute of limitations.
UK Law is not the same as US Law.
So they’re going to stick the white boy in prison. If he was a Muslim… They would have dismissed the case.