Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape, sexual assault convictions
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Set us as preferred A London judge on Monday sentenced British actor-turned-religious influencer Russell Brand to 10 and a half years in prison after he was convicted on rape and sexual assault charges in the U.K.last week.
Brand, the 51-year-old former bad boy star of comedies including “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to The Greek,” was convicted by a jury last week of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four different women.He was also acquitted of two rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The criminal charges originated from his interactions with six different women in the U.K.spanning from the late 1990s to the late aughts.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges leading up to the trial, which began Oct.12 and lasted three weeks.Brand was first publicly accused of sexual assault in 2023 when the Times of London and Britain’s Channel 4 published a joint investigation into allegations involving several women between 2006 and 2013.
More women came forward with their accusations against Brand in wake of the investigation, including a woman who alleged in a civil suit in New York that Brand sexually assaulted her on the set of his 2011 film “Arthur.” World & Nation Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault charges in a London courtroom on Thursday, years after a damning investigation by British media.British police first pressed charges against Brand in April 2025, accusing him of single counts of rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault involving incidents from 1999 to 2005.Prosecutors accused Brand of raping a woman in the English seaside area of Bournemouth in 1999.
Officials also accused Brand of indecently assaulting a second woman in 2001, orally raping and sexually assaulting a third woman in 2004, and sexuall...