Laura Brand, would you stand by your man? Trigger rape.

Well yes, if someone has committed a crime they are guilty.

Ain’t dat the truth!

he’s a rambler..far from articulate

manipulative, yes

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I don't think RB is articulate. He rambles on using a lot of words that actually mean nothing. Pointless words.

The girlfriend of the man who assaulted me came to the trail to support him even though the evidence was overwhelming, there was actually an eyewitness to the attack and a load of CCTV of him following me and me trying to shake him off. I cannot think what rubbish he must have come out with to make her think he was innocent other than to say he was drunk (counts for nothing legally) and to "play down" the severity of the attack. Anyway off he went to jail for several years, and the next time he was up in court it was for attempting to throttle his girlfriend in a pub and then trying to glass the bar staff who intervened.

I'm so sorry the same happened to you

The system is a joke-i won't list what happened while I was in that waiting room in court (as it was badly handled by every single person there,which threw me massively) but the one thing I will say is he should never have been put in a room opposite,where him,her and some bloke they seemed to know could sit,smirk and shout abuse at me

I was in a right state by the time I got to the dock

Then I was twisted into 'what knickers where you wearing?' (Granny pants) 'What clothes where you wearing?' (Jeans,a baggy hoodie and a tee).'What footwear where you wearing?' (Trainers)

Like fabric held the answer to his actions

Hes still out there,still hurting women and still has her by his side,bleating on that he's done nothing wrong

Wouldn't surprise me if he's abusing her and she can't see it so can't break away

I’m sorry for what happened to you

yes - I’ve been thinking the same - both KP and LG - they will know his sexual proclivities only too well - especially over a marriage of ten years or so - Leopards don’t change their spots

@ElectoralControversy said this earlier which explains it so well

As mentioned above, "innocent until proven guilty" just means that no punishment should be exacted on someone until the evidence on the case has been heard - they should be treated as if innocent.
Some people seem to think that it means that the accused exists in some kind of Schrodinger-esque quantum state until after the trial.
Either he carried out one or more rapes and sexual assaults or he didn't, what happens in court has absolutely no bearing on that, only on whether he will be punished.

This.^^

Wtf was he doing in the ladies toilet?

It doesn’t mean they are innocent - they are to be treated as if innocent

they are guilty from the time they commit the crime

Throw away the key imo.

Listened to the testimony. Suggest any doubters do the same. If they’ve got the stomach for it.

Sorry but everyone knew for years what HW was like including his wife, she only hit the hills when she knew it was no longer profitable or acceptable to stay with him.

The girlfriend of 'my' rapist not only stood by him,she smirked,stared me out,shot me dirty looks,shouted at me outside the court (and again in the local supermarket)threatened to 'thump me' and made it clear she didn't believe me (and the other lady who had accused him)

He walked around,cocky as fuck and was laughing about everything

She knew he'd been unfaithful to her,she knew what he was like,she knew his attitude to women,she heard what was said in court (twice over) and still stood by him

Some people just can't see what is in front of them

(He got away with it-2 women within 3 months (me and the other lady) came forward and we where not believed)

She's still out there,still with him and has been standing by him with 4 more women accusing him (over 11 years)

She just will not accept her boyfriend is a rapist and believes all these women are 'out to get him' for their own reasons

I honestly don't know what it will take for her to stop and think 'well actually...'

Exactly this. One can only assume she lacks self respect / self esteem or has mental health problems because a normal, decent, grounded person would not marry someone like Russell Brand.

I wouldn’t marry someone in the public eye who was known to be highly promiscuous in the first place…

I don't.

I suppose it must be easier to live with the belief that all men are "innocent" of VAWG unless a court says so. It's not the reality though.

He’s very articulate and while he’s not my cup of tea can no doubt be charismatic and charming if you like that kind of thing.

So he has probably told her everyone is just jealous of him or the “establishment” is gunning for him because he speaks the truth blah blah.

And some women (and men) hear what they want to hear!

I can't help but wonder what Katy Perry is thinking right now

Not in this case. Numerous different unrelated women it’s clearly a pattern of behaviour and there’s undeniable evidence of how he behaves to women on screen for gods sake. She’s bought into all this though.

If it was one troubled person accusing and there was not evidence I would likely defend him. A weird girl an ex friend of one of our teens made up total lies about our family once which was actually quite scary. She eventually admitted it was all lies as she was “bored” and jealous of dd2 but proved to me false accusations can happen.

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urgh he’s so gross

what did he do/say?

I wonder what he tells her to keep her onside

I had a horrible run in with him the ladies toilet at the comedy store about 20 years ago (no crime committed). The man is a predator, no doubt.