Russel Brand gets ten year s six months

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He will serve around Seven years . He will be ok inside because he will pay for protection. A lot of men on the internet think he’s been stitched up by the establishment. I hope this sentence makes Men think twice about their future actions .

You need to listen to or read the full sentencing remarks, the judge was very clear about the rules around aggravating and mitigating factors and which needed to apply and the impact that had on the sentence. It's also very interesting that he chose to make the sentences for the sexual assaults consecutive to that for the rape, that's unusual.

Totally agree!

The judge was fantastic. I’m really pleased he got a long sentence but I still feel for his victims. Finally it became more about them than him.

Give it time.

It made me cross when they said 'but he's been of good behaviour since 2009 and that is a mitigating factor'.... It's irrelevant! He committed the crime - it doesn't matter if he did nothing since!

Brand's disgusting father was asked about the victims on his way out of the court. His response was to imply that RB was the only victim.

Astonishing that someone could say that after the harrowing witness testimonies this morning.

The apple clearly didn't fall far from the tree.

Well I got my rosary beads out as well and said a prayer for those women - I kid you not I had to look for them in an old drawer - and I was really impressed with the judge.
If other cases are dealt with and he’s found guilty again - even better.
I don’t think he will have an easy time of it initially as not everybody likes him. He certainly wasn’t made welcome on Friday.
I suspect over time he will settle in and turn on the charm, plotting his comeback. Because they always do.
It won’t stop men raping women nor will it make them scared to. Even if a death penalty was involved, they would still do it. I am at an age now not where I accept it, I don’t it makes me furious, but it has been happening since the dawn of time.
All we can do is to encourage women to seek justice, and hope that it is served.
The prosecution in this case pulled out every old rape trope. Why didn’t you cry out? Why did you agree to consensual sex? They stopped short on asking of anyone was wearing a mini skirt, but the rhetoric was the same.
I think the victim statement from the young woman who was raped and told to ‘clean up’ after herself was the one fact which must have stuck with the jury, and then the judge.
Brand sitting there praying throughout was performative nonsense and a huge insult to anyone who does have a faith and follows it.
Well he can’t pray for 23 hours a day solid now.

A very good example of why LTB is usually the best response. Your kids.

His father paid for Russell to have sex with women abroad when he was 17 years old and was regularly having audible sex in the bedroom of his one bed flat while he was having contact with Russell Brand when he was a child. I think it's clear exactly who he is and yes very much like father like son

Reading about RB’s life with his father does go some way to explain his persona. What his father put him though/allowed was abuse on some level.
But Brand was a bright young man. He knew what he was doing was wrong and he didn’t care.

He must have closed his ears to all the disgusting evidence, then!

Unfortunately he still had contact

Let's not forget there are some more alleged rapes being investigated. He may be tried again and get more time.

The length of time since the offence of rape.

I know, I meant hopefully this is eye opening for some women who go back to abusive vile arseholes hoping for the best.
Although I understand if the Court saying contact has to be upheld the woman has no choice.

Yes I agree with this. This is the end/start for him.

Rb was brought up mainly by his mum, his dad was apparently sporadic in his life usually to be his "buddy" and take him to prostitutes !

Oh no please don’t say one of the mitigating factors was him being a born again Christian 🤮. Where’s the fruit of his conversion? Where’s the repentance and making amends?

His experiences in no way excuse his behaviour or offences, but his father needs to be looked at too, if Brand's book is accurate he was subject to abuse as a child

I hope that with some distance and time the scales fall from his wife’s eyes

Indeed it's all in his boo kie woo kie book.

Good, this sends a signal.

The BBC could also have sent a signal 20 years ago by not allowing such an openly promiscuous person to be a presenter paid by public funds. While he is responsible for his behaviour, they gave him the platform, the enablers and the facilities (toilets!!) that enabled his behaviour.

Totally agree. Maybe some women will come forward now against his father.

Born again my arse!!