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Russel Brand gets ten year s six months

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SilverTarget · Today 14:35

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 .

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TFImBackIn · Today 15:12

UncleColm · Today 14:54

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!

Well there has to be some leeway to go the other way if someone hasn't been behaving in the meantime.

BeKhakiReader · Today 15:13

PhoneCase · Today 15:08

I don't care about your thoughts on his religion. I am making sure you're not spreading misinformation about the sentencing just because you have a personal bias. Some posters might believe what you said because many don't scroll or read the whole thread.

I think you’ve misunderstood the point this poster was making.

PhoneCase · Today 15:14

SheilaFentiman · Today 15:12

Meh. Your post will be deleted when MNHQ reads the report, so you won't have done any good with it, despite your posturing.

I don't care what you say so why do you keep talking to me? 2 people made anti-Christian remarks, which were false as it pertained to the sentencing, so I addressed them and you step in like you're the bobby on the beat. Thanks for letting me know the rules and letting me know you've told the proper authorities. Your good citizen badge is on its way by post.

SheilaFentiman · Today 15:15

I am talking to you because you are talking to me, sweetie...

HTH.

TheRoyalEyeroll · Today 15:15

SheilaFentiman · Today 15:10

Because Russell Brand has access to very good lawyers and is not afraid to slap down an injunction here and a defamation case there.

Separately, it is not on Katy Perry or Katherine Ryan or Shappi Khorsandi to report to the police on behalf of any victim of Brand's. That must be a decision for the victim.

Katy Perry is extremely wealthy in her own right and could have handled anything RB did to try and silence her.

And without any malice at all - I have to disagree with your last paragraph. It very much appears as if you’re trying to find any excuse to excuse the fact she didn’t have the back of other women. So much for the sisterhood.

BeKhakiReader · Today 15:16

PhoneCase · Today 15:14

I don't care what you say so why do you keep talking to me? 2 people made anti-Christian remarks, which were false as it pertained to the sentencing, so I addressed them and you step in like you're the bobby on the beat. Thanks for letting me know the rules and letting me know you've told the proper authorities. Your good citizen badge is on its way by post.

Take a pause. You’re jumping to incorrect conclusions and making a bit of a fool of yourself

teaandtoastwithmarmite · Today 15:16

QuornNugget · Today 14:48

Oh I must’ve misunderstood, thank you

Tbh I heard him say 2024 as well

throwaway3749574 · Today 15:17

Not anti Christian - anti RB pretending to be Christian

BeKhakiReader · Today 15:18

throwaway3749574 · Today 15:17

Not anti Christian - anti RB pretending to be Christian

That’s how I read it.

BizzyLizzyDooDah · Today 15:18

Allseeingallknowing · Today 14:43

That he hasn’t offended in 17 years and is a born again Christian

You know the judge didn't say the latter right?

PhoneCase · Today 15:19

BeKhakiReader · Today 15:16

Take a pause. You’re jumping to incorrect conclusions and making a bit of a fool of yourself

Thanks for your advice but I can handle my own affairs.

hobbledyhoy · Today 15:19

Selfseedpoppies · Today 15:09

Yes but that's always the case.

Eg a guy doing massive scale cocaine dealing but it's his first conviction. Pretty sure that just means he never got caught for the cannabis possession and dealing, cocaine posession and small scale dealing he undoubtedly previously. (No clean living law abiding person goes straight into large scale drug dealing!)

But the courts can only deal in facts so if there's no previous conviction that's what they have to sentence on the basis of. It's highly likely Brand has raped/sexually assaulted on numerous occasions but the courts can only deal with the factual evidence put before it.

I understand.

That’s what I meant by my post, that it is being treated as mitigating circumstances at the moment but I’m fully expecting that there is going to be a wave of people coming out now that they feel safe to do so. Those accusations are going to be both before and likely after the dates that were noted in this case.

ShanghaiDiva · Today 15:20

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You don’t consider his actions to be sexual assault?
Jeez

PhoneCase · Today 15:20

BizzyLizzyDooDah · Today 15:18

You know the judge didn't say the latter right?

Thank you. This is exactly what I was trying to ensure didn't happen. Silly comments get taken for facts and the whole spirit of the thread is derailed by nonsense.

SirChenjins · Today 15:20

Excellent news. I hope the rest of them are quaking in their boots as they wait for a knock on their door.

SheilaFentiman · Today 15:21

TheRoyalEyeroll · Today 15:15

Katy Perry is extremely wealthy in her own right and could have handled anything RB did to try and silence her.

And without any malice at all - I have to disagree with your last paragraph. It very much appears as if you’re trying to find any excuse to excuse the fact she didn’t have the back of other women. So much for the sisterhood.

What do you think the police would do with a complaint about a sexual crime where the victim (assuming they were adult, mentally competent etc) was not involved in making the complaint and was not ready to talk to the police? Isn't that a further violation of consent, if a third party does it against her will?

Katy Perry is extremely wealthy in her own right and could have handled anything RB did to try and silence her

As we don't yet know what she is going to say, I will reserve judgement on that.

What we do know, however, is if there may at some point be criminal proceedings, publishers (of newspapers, websites, TV programmes etc) have to be careful not to air prejudicial information.

Remember that RB tried to get the case thrown out on the basis that the Dispatches programme made a fair trial impossible.

theDudesmummy · Today 15:21

@MyGhastIsFlabbered he got nine years for the rape

hattie43 · Today 15:21

I think his barrister is just disgusting aswell . It’s one thing to defend your client but some of what he’s come out with infers he has complete sympathy with Brand . There is a real problem with a lot of men in society .

TouchMyBumThisIsLife · Today 15:22

Choose the bear ladies, men are not worth it.

PhoneCase · Today 15:23

throwaway3749574 · Today 15:17

Not anti Christian - anti RB pretending to be Christian

Thank you. Apologies for misunderstanding which came off the back of the reason you made the comment in the first place ie. comment by previous poster who has successfully made people think this was an actual factor!

Cyclebabble · Today 15:23

Whilst I am sure that sentencing guidelines have been followed to me this feels like a very short sentence. He will be out in seven years and going on with his life. The women he raped and assaulted will live with what he did forever.

BizzyLizzyDooDah · Today 15:24

PhoneCase · Today 15:20

Thank you. This is exactly what I was trying to ensure didn't happen. Silly comments get taken for facts and the whole spirit of the thread is derailed by nonsense.

Whilst I get that please don't think I've 'got your back' here - you were downright rude to the PP!

SilverTarget · Today 15:24

ExitPursuedByABare · Today 15:03

@SilverTarget What do you mean by ‘pay for protection’?

Because RB has money he probably will pay another prisoner protection money to ensure he gets left alone .

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asert · Today 15:25

QuornNugget · Today 14:45

I watched this too. I didn’t really understand it though, since one of the offences he’s been found guilty of was in 2024. It’s hardly a life of good behaviour after an isolated incident, is it?

oh, I thought that part of her forgiving Russell and accepting that he’s a changed man is that he’d been a good husband and partner and not repeated any past behaviours. But having committed an offence in 2024, doesn’t that alter her perception of
him somewhat?

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