Dispatches . Russel brand .

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I actually like Russel brand . And I don't think he's ever hidden what he used to be in his heyday. He's always been very open about his drug use, and promiscuity.

I read his first book . I watch his videos on fb , and while I don't always agree with him, he seems to have totally overhauled his lifestyle, attitudes, is into yoga, self care, seems to be a decent husband and father .

Is this newsworthy ? Young famous comedian in heyday slept with lots and lots of women , consensually he says ?

Hes never hidden it.

On drug misuse I alWays had time for his views that it should be dealt with as a medical issue not a criminal one

What's the news story ?
I always feel like there is much glee and salivating before the media try and knock someone down.
I don't think this is a huw edwards where people would be shocked at him trying to pick up young women behind his wife's back

It seems that brand has settled down , lives a fairly mundane lifestyle and is happy with his choices .

Or am I completely missing something?

Hope you are ok.

Wouldn't be happy to leave her with 99% of men under 70 to be quite honest

Know what? That the OP is posting contradictory statements all through this thread?

Know better than trying to exercise my self assessed intellectual superiority and anger at RB, and men of his ilk by attacking some woman who posts on MN to be honest.

But in reality what you do is none of my business mate.

So crack on I suppose.

Oh my god this is clearly his pr company

That's a fucking stretch! I am not angry at Russell Brand. I do despair of the level of defending of rapists on MN, howeve.

But then that is your agenda on this thread. As you said:

"These women need to go to the police, not the journos.

Well the one who alleges rape and the one who alleges sexual assault certainly do."

They can't magically coulda/shoulda back in time to do what you say they should've done 20 or whenever years ago now.

Behave yourself and read everything I wrote before further addressing me.and expecting a response.

Of course that's what they should have done. They will get fuck all justice twenty years later telling their stories to journos via actors.

Yes, as I said before. Erm, Harvey Weinstein?

Sorry, no. I didn't respect Russel Brand even before he was accused of rape.

Your DHs friend has nothing to do with this.

Whose accusers were Hollywood actresses, yes what about him?

Any real world comparators you'd like to offer for my consideration?

Ew, you really were projecting before with that bizarre remark accusing me of "trying to exercise my self assessed intellectual superiority".

Have a blessed day.

Goodnight, God bless love

Nothing in that documentary shocked me as he has been open about his past, except 16 year olds following and riding much older men. At 16 I was dating boys my own age but also studying for exams for my future. Where were the parents I'd like to know

I think its very sad that these women only felt safe to come forward when approached by reporters following RB's 'recent online success' and didn't feel able to do so when he was a big name in Hollywood

Hope riding is a typo..

People saying “oh the women raped and abused by the famous celebrity with the aggressive well funded lawyers should have gone to the police” might want to take a look at this diagram.

@HotSince82

I thought that for a second too but I think she meant exactly what she said. Vulgar.

RB has not been a big name in Hollywood for well over a decade. Guess what happened in between then and now? They call it "MeToo."

Again, people wondering why victims attacked by rapists and sexual abusers don’t go to the police, or get far when they do go to the police can have a look at this.

Thankful to the journalists who spent two years working on this and in awe of the bravery of the victims of Brand.

disgusted by the excusers, minimisers, apologists for this man.

Yes but many of the offences happened prior to his Hollywood career and marriage to KP.

We are years after Me too movement now too...

He's a relative nobody now so it's just sad they had to seemingly wait for his celebrity to die down and a slow news day to come forward l.

Exactly.

Having sexual intimacy with....is that better

Well, seeing as you have no knowledge of the situation re sexual position its possibly more accurate and certainly less vulgar

Many thanks for correcting yourself.

Name changing so couldn't be arsed to type the full thing out again but yes I have late disseminated Lyme disease , been very very I'll and so been on here more as been housebound mostly .

I've also been a rape victim. Had a first date and clearly was very naive . Was one of my first internet dates . 2015. Can't even remember his name now .

I'm also a pc . A woman . As much as you dont want I believe that , I'm not some fantasist. I don't really care what you think . I post a lot over night due to shifts and insomnia due to shifts ,

I used to drink quite a bit , I posted about it here , but I also have another condition which has rendered me absolutely t total for months . I've lost over a stone in weight ! I can't face the thought of alcohol. I'm on over 20 tablets a day and can barely eat let alone drink poison, the ,ost I drink is water, smoothies and pro biotics .

I used to post a lot , as a cop, advising dv victims and wives of drunk drivers worried their pissed up hubbys wouldn't get given a blanket in the cells .

Mn changed a lot . I got weirdly stalked both on the boards and in rl so I stopped . I tried to nm but still got spotted because apparently I have a distinctive posting style . I had a really long break . Came back , but man has got much bigger and changed a lot.

I was outed by a banned poster the other day . Unnerved me . So I am going to stop posting again. I can't name change because I'm still recognisable. I used to have loadsa munsnetters on my fb . When it was friendlier and smaller. I shut fb down when I got stalked in rl . You can believe whatever you like , I can't control that. But I was , I think, a force for good on here , sat up all night once with a victim of dv, hand holding her through the procedure in reporting it to police . I was a proud cop and really did try and help people for nothing . Because I could ! I can't now. And I'm too tired and too ill to keep defending myself all the bloody time . I'm really too tired .

I joined the job really late in life so I was determined it would t change me . And it didn't . I'm still a dick . A naive , believing in people , believing in good , stupid dick ! But this place has really really altered as it's got bigger and bigger . I documented my journey to become a cop on here ! Way back when . I got a lot of support . This place felt small . I had posters on fb . I was on the fb group . I went to meet-ups . I met individual posters for coffee ! It was a different experience. It's not like that now. I haven't moved with the times . And that's dangerous.
My ex used to read my posts on here and used to get really angry with me . He said one day this place would be responsible and cited in a divorce . I think that's actually happened since then . We split and I carried on posting . I wish I hadn't .
Anyway derailed . But I need a serious sabbatical. I'm too open . And it's not good .

Inform the correct authorities. That'll help when rape has practically been decriminalised