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Yo say Russell Brand can’t stoop much lower.

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OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 10:40

He has appeared in court this morning so I’m guessing he is in panic mode.
He seems to trying to use distraction tactics to avoid the reality of his past..
What about grooming gangs?
What about Southport?
I mean how low can you get to compare the Southport tragedy to what is happening in your life, both things have nothing to with him!
And if anyone is bored enough to try and explain his supporters to me feel free.. Lots of comments like, The government are trying to set him up because he has unlocked the matrix and got them all worried.
Are people really suggesting that he had kier Starmer so worried that the government have found four women willing to lie to the police about rape?
it’s completely insane.

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SoOxon · 02/05/2025 20:38

Justhere65 · 02/05/2025 18:24

There is too much of the ‘lynch mob’ mentality now and he is innocent until proven guilty.

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exactly!
while confusing ‘innocent until proven guilty’ with Innocence, as
no one could ever accuse Russell Brand of this and make it stick

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OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 20:34

LudvillasCave · 02/05/2025 20:22

I’ve been a witness in court (not rape, assault), and I was shocked at the tactics used to bamboozle and twist things, taking advantage of people’s lack of experience in a courtroom situation and basic assumption that all they need to do us tell the truth (whereas the defendants have been carefully schooled on what to say by their lawyer).

After I gave my evidence and explained what happened, the lawyer suddenly suggested to me that I was never even there, and I was so blindsided it didn’t occur to me until we left the building that it was me who rang the police and was on the 999 call. There was no-one checking anything, it was all decided based on showboating.

Anyway, what has always stuck with me is what a load of unrigourous bullshit our justice system is, which was only reinforced by my time serving on a jury.

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Yep the court experience shocked the hell out of me, I was asked to read out to the jury what I was wearing the night I was raped.. She then asked “Can you not understand how that might be confusing to men” This was 2024 by the way, not 1624. I couldn’t believe the defences spin, I think I’m probably still in shock and it’s been 7 months since my trial finished.

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TaraRhu · 02/05/2025 20:29

OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 20:19

He just shared this on instagram, It’s actually ridiculous that he thinks he is so important. His defence lawyer must have told him to stop with this conspiracy theory bullshit, but they probably also advised him to button his shirt up.

He thinks the British government put him in the same category as Julian Assange? 😂 I hope he says this in court. 😂

LudvillasCave · 02/05/2025 20:29

EnhancedVampireEyeballs · 02/05/2025 16:24

I am not going into detail, but I can, from personal experience, absolutely confirm that he is a rapist. I hope he gets sent to prison. I hope he goes to fucking hell. I hope he gets even a drop of what he deserves.

Seeing his odious face on the news has genuinely made me vomit.

I hope he goes to prison for a very long time.

swimsong · 02/05/2025 20:24

Hdjdb42 · 02/05/2025 18:46

He's openly admitted his bad past. I do believe that he's changed for the good, but he still committed crimes that need to be atoned.

No, he hasn't admitted rape and sexual assault - that's why he's on trial. There was a mealy-mouthed mea culpa if that's what you mean. Also atonement is not part of the UK criminal justice system - accountability and punishment is.

LudvillasCave · 02/05/2025 20:23

OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 20:19

He just shared this on instagram, It’s actually ridiculous that he thinks he is so important. His defence lawyer must have told him to stop with this conspiracy theory bullshit, but they probably also advised him to button his shirt up.

Fucking unreal.

WinterMorn · 02/05/2025 20:22

You know it’s bad that when the perennial floater Tucker Carlson comes out in your defence!

LudvillasCave · 02/05/2025 20:22

OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 15:58

What do you mean, what makes someone a “real victim”
I really hope that he gets found guilty, but I’ve (as a victim) been part of a rape trial, It’s horrific how they can twist the narrative in a court room.

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I’ve been a witness in court (not rape, assault), and I was shocked at the tactics used to bamboozle and twist things, taking advantage of people’s lack of experience in a courtroom situation and basic assumption that all they need to do us tell the truth (whereas the defendants have been carefully schooled on what to say by their lawyer).

After I gave my evidence and explained what happened, the lawyer suddenly suggested to me that I was never even there, and I was so blindsided it didn’t occur to me until we left the building that it was me who rang the police and was on the 999 call. There was no-one checking anything, it was all decided based on showboating.

Anyway, what has always stuck with me is what a load of unrigourous bullshit our justice system is, which was only reinforced by my time serving on a jury.

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OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 20:19

He just shared this on instagram, It’s actually ridiculous that he thinks he is so important. His defence lawyer must have told him to stop with this conspiracy theory bullshit, but they probably also advised him to button his shirt up.

Yo say Russell Brand can’t stoop much lower.
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swimsong · 02/05/2025 20:14

Justhere65 · 02/05/2025 18:11

I hate trial by media.

You're a bit late. This trite misguided trope usually pops up earlier in a thread. You seem confused. I doubt you are really are but here goes, just in case.

Media reporting is not a țrial. Talking about a țrial is not a țrial. Trials happen in court rooms. Courtroom trials are reported in the media. Evidence revealed in trials are reported. Discussing such evidence on social media is not a trial.

Hope that helps.

WinterMorn · 02/05/2025 20:14

WilfredsPies · 02/05/2025 19:17

I’m not referring specifically to RB here, but do you really believe that it’s possible for a sex offender to change? I mean, I can understand that a thief could change if their circumstances changed. Or a violent thug could change as they got older, drank less and went out less. But if you’ve got it in you to do that to a person, does that ever leave you? I’m not convinced it does.

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Yes - if they want to.

LudvillasCave · 02/05/2025 20:12

treesandsun · 02/05/2025 19:53

Yes - bizarrely - he mentioned her on some you tube thing quite recently. Wonder if she will stay with him though.

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They have very young kids. I don’t think they will still be together in 15 years.

LudvillasCave · 02/05/2025 20:03

TaraRhu · 02/05/2025 11:05

He is in deep. He's trying it all - did you see he got baptised recently? What a load of rubbish. Clear his guilty conscience and clean his character

He’s actually been a Christian for a while, recovering addict and all that, might go with the territory of rehab. Still a vile alleged rapist though. And no doubt the baptism was performative for the new US audience and a redemption arc narrative.

DreamTheMoors · 02/05/2025 19:57

”I mean how low…”

Russell Brand is bottomless.

treesandsun · 02/05/2025 19:56

Charlize43 · 02/05/2025 19:36

For those saying cases rarely go to court, the singer of Spandau Ballet was found guilty last year on similar charges.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/25/sadistic-and-manipulative-ex-spandau-ballet-singer-guilty-of

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Yes but Spandau guy ,he had filmed himself and the videos were recovered.

treesandsun · 02/05/2025 19:53

SALaw · 02/05/2025 19:42

Is he still with his wife?

Yes - bizarrely - he mentioned her on some you tube thing quite recently. Wonder if she will stay with him though.

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OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 19:51

SALaw · 02/05/2025 19:42

Is he still with his wife?

Yep, god knows what she sees in him.

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SALaw · 02/05/2025 19:42

Is he still with his wife?

treesandsun · 02/05/2025 19:33

I thought the religious conversion was more of a career move to expand his schtick to the US . For quite a while I thought he was going to say it was all a ploy to go 'under cover' with the Trumps but no it was for real.
I am surprised by what the press have reported re the allegations that the CPS have thought it was enough to charge him - especially when it is historical and so few sexual assault / rape cases seem to go to court - does there being a few different people make a difference?

KilkennyCats · 02/05/2025 19:25

WilfredsPies · 02/05/2025 19:17

I’m not referring specifically to RB here, but do you really believe that it’s possible for a sex offender to change? I mean, I can understand that a thief could change if their circumstances changed. Or a violent thug could change as they got older, drank less and went out less. But if you’ve got it in you to do that to a person, does that ever leave you? I’m not convinced it does.

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No. I don’t believe there are ever any sudden epiphanies for sex offenders.

KilkennyCats · 02/05/2025 19:23

Locutus2000 · 02/05/2025 16:10

Christ, give it a rest.

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It’s true, though…

PonyPatter44 · 02/05/2025 19:23

EnhancedVampireEyeballs · 02/05/2025 18:03

Thank you for saying this. My hands are shaking so hard I can barely type. I very much appreciate the support.

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I'm so sorry this happened to you. I believe you, for what that's worth (as one anonymous poster to another).

RB is grim, nowhere near as funny and clever as he thinks he is, and looks like he smells.

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OoLaOoLa · 02/05/2025 19:19

I’ve never liked him either, I remember reading a story years ago about a woman who went to his house to have a job interview, I believe it was a cleaning job. She said he answered the door in his boxers and got all arsey with her when she asked him to put some clothes on.. Within 10 minutes of getting there she said he tried it on with her and then stormed off when she knocked him back. According to her when he stormed out of the room the back of the boxers where covered in shit stains.

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TokyoKyoto · 02/05/2025 19:17

He's not really intelligent. He learned at some point how to use big words as weapons. His wordiness appeals to people who either talk like that (likely manipulators) or have been talked to like that (likely victims in some way, a narc parent maybe). But the content of his arguments can be easily seen through.

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