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In the Headlines: Russell Brand · Deadly Divas True Crime Podcast

• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: Hello, True Crime Divas and Dudes.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: I'm Tina, and welcome back to another episode of In the Headlines from your favorite True Crime podcast, Deadly Divas.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_00: Sarah will be back for our usual Friday episodes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we are talking about a man who went from being one of Britain's biggest comedians to a Hollywood movie star, married one of the biggest pop stars in the world, reinvented himself as a political commentator and spiritual guru, and now faces a lengthy prison sentence.
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_00: I am, of course, talking about Russell Brand.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: And if you haven't been following this case, buckle up because there is a lot to unpack.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: Today, November 5th, 2026, a jury in London found the 51-year-old comedian and actor guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four different women.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: The crimes he was convicted of occurred between 2004 and 2009, but the allegations presented at trial stretched back even further, all the way back to 1999.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: In total, Brand faced seven charges involving six women.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: He was acquitted of three of those charges, but convicted of the remaining four.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: But his legal troubles may not be over.
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  SPEAKER_00: British authorities have confirmed that two additional rape allegations remain under investigation, and Brand is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, November 9th.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: Now, this is a man who spent years openly discussing his sex life, his addictions, and his outrageous behavior toward women.
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  SPEAKER_00: In fact, he practically built his entire career around it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So today we are going back to the beginning to look at how Russell Brand became famous in the first place, the allegations that eventually brought him under investigation, and what happened inside that courtroom.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_00: A quick warning before we get into it this episode discusses rape, sexual assault, and abuse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of the details are disturbing, so listen at your own discretion.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: Russell Edward Brand was born on June 4, 1975, in Grays, Essex, England.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: His parents, Barbara and Ronald Brand, separated when Russell was just six months old, and he was primarily raised by his mother.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: His childhood wasn't particularly easy.
• 2:33
  SPEAKER_00: His mother battled cancer several times, and Russell spent periods of his childhood living with relatives while she received treatment.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_00: By his teenage years, he was struggling with an eating disorder, followed by problems with drugs and alcohol.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_00: At 16, Russell left home to pursue acting and enrolled at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: But his drug use and poor attendance quickly became a problem.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: He was reportedly caught attending classes while under the influence, and he was expelled after just one year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russell eventually found his way into stand-up comedy where his outrageous personality, quick wit, and complete lack of a filter became his selling points.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_00: And when I say this man had no filter, I mean absolutely zero.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_00: His entire public image was built around being provocative, sexually aggressive, and unpredictable, just as inflammatory as possible.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_00: He talked openly about sleeping with enormous amounts of women, his drug use, and his inability to maintain healthy relationships.
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_00: Wow, I'm shocked.
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  SPEAKER_00: And audiences actually ate it up.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_00: He was the eccentric British comedian with the wild hair, tight pants, eyeliner, and an enormous vocabulary.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_00: A former friend actually testified that Russell had a serious goal to sleep with 5,000 women.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: He bragged that he had tried and true techniques to manipulate and lie to women to get them into bed.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, just a creep.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the early 2000s, Russell began getting work as a television presenter.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_00: He landed a job with MTV, although his drug use and increasingly unpredictable behavior eventually cost him that position.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: By his own account, he hit rock bottom in 2002 and entered treatment for heroin addiction.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_00: He got sober and began rebuilding his career.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_00: In 2004, he became the host of Big Brother's Big Mouth, a British television show discussing the hugely popular reality series Big Brother.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: His flamboyant personality was perfect for that kind of television.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: He was loud, outrageous, often inappropriate, and completely unafraid to say something shocking.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_00: By the mid-2000s, Brand was becoming a household name in Britain.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_00: Then came Hollywood.
• 4:51
  SPEAKER_00: In 2008, he played the ridiculous womanizing rock star Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_00: That character was actually so popular that he returned in the 2010 movie Get Him to the Greek alongside Jonah Hill.
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  SPEAKER_00: He also appeared in films like Bedtime Stories, Arthur, and Rock of Ages.
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_00: And around this time, he became famous for something else.
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  SPEAKER_00: His relationship with Katie Perry.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russell and Katie began dating in 2009 and married in an elaborate ceremony in India in October 2010.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_00: And they were everywhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: Red carpets, magazine covers, celebrity interviews, you name it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But they were definitely like an odd pairing, an odd couple.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: People just didn't understand it, myself included.
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  SPEAKER_00: So nobody was surprised when the marriage lasted just over a year.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: Russell filed for divorce in December 2011, and Katie later revealed that he told her he wanted to end the marriage by text message.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, wow.
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_00: The divorce was finalized in 2012, and by this point, Russell Brand was an internationally recognized celebrity.
• 6:03
  SPEAKER_00: But there was another side of his public persona that would eventually come under serious scrutiny.
• 6:09
  SPEAKER_00: And one thing that makes all of this particularly disturbing is that Russell Brand did not hide the fact that he had a complicated relationship with sex.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_00: He openly described himself as having struggled with sex addiction.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_00: In 2007, he published his first autobiography, My Bookie Woke.
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  SPEAKER_00: The book became a bestseller and helped cement his reputation as this wild, sexually adventurous celebrity who had somehow survived years of addiction and chaos.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_00: But looking back at some of those stories now, they are not so funny.
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  SPEAKER_00: In one account, he described following a female classmate, despite her not wanting him to accompany her, eventually ending up in her bed and using emotional manipulation to persuade her to undress.
• 6:57
  SPEAKER_00: And yet, at the time, stories like these were largely treated as outrageous celebrity anecdotes.
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_00: Because he wasn't being marketed as some respectable family man.
• 7:08
  SPEAKER_00: He was being marketed as Russell Brand.
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  SPEAKER_00: The outrageousness was the whole point.
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  SPEAKER_00: And let's not forget, this was the early 2000s, when treating women like sex objects and publicly humiliating them was practically a form of entertainment.
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_00: You could say some absolutely disgusting things about women, and instead of being called out, you'd get a laugh, a round of applause, and probably another TV deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Russell Brand fit right into that culture.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_00: His former personal assistant testified that he had an absolutely insane sexual appetite.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_00: She said his inappropriate behavior was so normalized that whenever she complained about something he did, everybody just shrugged and said, Yep, that's Russell.
• 7:51
  SPEAKER_00: In 2008, Brand became embroiled in a major British broadcasting scandal known as Saxgate.
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_00: During a BBC Radio 2 program with fellow comedian Jonathan Ross, the two left offensive voicemail messages for elderly actor Andrew Sachs.
• 8:08
  SPEAKER_00: The messages included crude remarks about Brand having slept with Sachs' granddaughter.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, just an absolute loser creep.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_00: The incident generated thousands of complaints, an enormous public backlash, and ultimately cost Brand his job at BBC.
• 8:25
  SPEAKER_00: Good.
• 8:26
  SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately, though, his career survived.
• 8:29
  SPEAKER_00: He went on to make more movies, sell books, and build an international following.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_00: And over the following decade, he would reinvent himself yet again.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_00: As Russell's Hollywood career slowed down, he increasingly moved into political commentary, spirituality, and discussions about addiction and recovery.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: He published a book called Revolution in 2014, presenting himself as a critic of political institutions, capitalism, and the establishment.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_00: He also began developing a substantial online audience, particularly on YouTube.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_00: Over time, his content shifted toward increasingly anti-establishment commentary, including controversial claims about COVID-19, vaccines, pharmaceutical companies, and government power.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_00: He presented himself as someone who questioned the official narrative and exposed things powerful people supposedly didn't want the public to know.
• 9:23
  SPEAKER_00: And that became an important part of how he responded when serious allegations against him finally became public.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_00: Because in September 2023, Russell found himself in the middle of a massive shitstorm.
• 9:37
  SPEAKER_00: On September 16th, 2023, a bombshell investigation into Russell Brand was released by two major British newspapers, The Times and the Sunday Times, along with a major British television network that aired a documentary exposing allegations against him.
• 9:54
  SPEAKER_00: And what they uncovered was disturbing.
• 9:57
  SPEAKER_00: The documentary was titled Russell Brand in Plain Sight.
• 10:01
  SPEAKER_00: Journalists had spent years speaking with women who alleged that Brand had raped, sexually assaulted, or emotionally abused them during his career.
• 10:09
  SPEAKER_00: The initial investigation featured allegations from four women concerning incidents between 2006 and 2013, and some of their accounts were horrifying.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_00: One woman identified as Alice said that she was just 16 years old when she began a relationship with Brand.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_00: He was 30 at the time.
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_00: According to Alice, they met while she was shopping in central London.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_00: She described a relationship in which Brand allegedly became controlling, encouraged her to lie to her parents, and isolated her from people who might question what was going on.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_00: She also accused him of sexual assault.
• 10:46
  SPEAKER_00: And the age of consent in England is 16.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: But we are talking about a 30-year-old celebrity having a sexual relationship with a schoolgirl.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_00: And according to Alice, he actually referred to her as the child.
• 11:02
  SPEAKER_00: So he literally saw her as a child and continued a sexual relationship with her.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_00: So it seems to me, and this is my opinion, that he liked the fact that she was 16.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_00: Why else would he give her that particular nickname?
• 11:18
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, can you imagine having a sexual relationship with somebody you called the child?
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_00: I can't, and saying that just now just, ugh, it just disgusted me.
• 11:28
  SPEAKER_00: Another woman identified as Nadia alleged that Brand raped her at his Los Angeles home in 2012.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_00: This allegation attracted particular attention because journalists obtained evidence from the time of that incident.
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_00: Nadia sought medical treatment at a rape crisis center and records documented her account.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_00: The journalists also reviewed text messages between her and Brand.
• 11:51
  SPEAKER_00: In one message, Brand apologized for behavior he described as selfish and asked for forgiveness.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_00: Nadia responded that when a girl says no, she means no.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_00: Brand denied raping her, of course, but it's all painting a picture for me, y'all.
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_00: Two other women described allegations involving sexual assault and abusive behavior, including one who said that she met Brand through Alcoholics Anonymous.
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_00: Journalists also reported that people working within the entertainment industry had been aware of concerns surrounding his conduct.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_00: And there's an obvious question here.
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_00: Were the people and organizations making money from Russell Brand's celebrity willing to overlook behavior that would have been unacceptable from someone without his fame?
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: I think the answer to that is pretty clear, but draw your own conclusions.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_00: In any case, he released a video before the investigation aired, insisting that his past relationships had all been consensual.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: He also suggested there might be another motive behind the media investigation, linking the scrutiny to his increasingly controversial public commentary.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_00: So basically he's like, oh, the man's trying to get me, the pharmaceutical industry is trying to get me, the big government's trying to get me because I'm exposing all their secrets.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_00: Sounds a lot like Andrew Tate to me.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_00: But the documentary had an enormous impact.
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  SPEAKER_00: More women began coming forward, and his talent agency dropped him.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_00: Broadcasters began reviewing previous complaints, and London's Metropolitan Police opened a criminal investigation.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_00: The investigation began in September 2023, and detectives faced a substantial challenge.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_00: Many of the allegations concerned incidents that had happened 15, 20, or even more than 20 years earlier.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_00: So there was no fresh forensic evidence, surveillance footage, or a convenient digital trail waiting to be examined.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_00: Witnesses had moved on, businesses had changed, and buildings had been renovated.
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_00: So investigators began reconstructing what had happened.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_00: They interviewed more than 100 witnesses, collected more than 400 witness statements, and reviewed over 1,400 documents.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_00: They tracked down old photographs and building floor plans to establish what various locations had looked like at the time of the alleged assaults.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_00: They also reviewed hundreds of hours of Russell Brand's television appearances, comedy performances, interviews, and podcasts.
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  SPEAKER_00: They also read every single one of his books.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_00: And side note, like I feel bad for them because I cannot imagine having to read all of his books, watch all of his television appearances, like he's just insufferable.
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_00: Anyway, it is actually insane that he documented his extremely controversial lifestyle in books on podcasts, etc., for financial gain and notoriety, only to have it used as evidence against him later.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: Love that for him.
• 15:00
  SPEAKER_00: According to police, Brand was interviewed four separate times.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: During those interviews, he was presented with detailed allegations but repeatedly claimed he didn't even recognize the women involved.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_00: On April 4th, 2005, authorities announced criminal charges.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_00: Russell Brand was accused of five sexual assault offenses involving four women dating from 1999 to 2005.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_00: Then on December 23, 2025, prosecutors authorized two additional charges involving two more women and incidents in 2009.
• 15:35
  SPEAKER_00: That brought the case to seven charges involving six women.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_00: Brand pleaded not guilty to every charge.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_00: And less than a month ago, he went on trial at Southwark Crown Court in London.
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_00: The trial began on October 12th, 2026.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_00: Prosecutors alleged that Russell Brand had exploited his celebrity status and used charm, flattery, and manipulation to gain access to women before becoming sexually aggressive.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_00: And the six women's accounts covered a full decade.
• 16:06
  SPEAKER_00: The earliest allegation dated all the way back to 1999.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_00: A woman said that she met Brand after one of his performances connected to the Labor Party conference in Bournemouth, England.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_00: According to her testimony, the two went to her hotel room where she alleged he raped her.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_00: His former friend testified that Russell returned the following morning looking worried and wanted to leave immediately.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_00: He said Russell even crouched down in the back of their car when he heard police sirens.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_00: Brand denied the allegation, though, and said the encounter had been consensual.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_00: The jury ultimately found him not guilty of this charge.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_00: The second allegation was from 2001.
• 16:48
  SPEAKER_00: A woman who worked at MTV said Brand grabbed her arm and attempted to pull her into a men's bathroom at the TV network's offices.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_00: She testified that the interaction began normally before Brand's behavior abruptly changed.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_00: She says that she was ultimately able to pull herself free.
• 17:07
  SPEAKER_00: Brand denied attempting a sexual assault, and the jury acquitted him of attempted indecent assault for that charge.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_00: Then came an incident in 2004.
• 17:17
  SPEAKER_00: A woman who also worked for MTV alleged that Brand sexually assaulted her at a birthday party in London's Soho neighborhood.
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_00: She said he grabbed her breasts and later forced her into oral sex in a bathroom.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_00: The jury reached different conclusions on the two charges arising from that encounter.
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_00: They found Brand guilty of sexually assaulting her by grabbing her breasts, but they found him not guilty of rape in relation to the alleged oral incident.
• 17:43
  SPEAKER_00: Another victim worked at a London radio station known as Choice FM.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_00: She described an incident in 2004 or 2005 in which Brand approached her at work, pinned her against a wall, grabbed her, and forcibly kissed her.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: She said that he laughed during this encounter.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_00: The jury found him guilty of sexual assault on that one.
• 18:04
  SPEAKER_00: Now we move to 2009.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_00: And this is the incident that resulted in Brand's rape conviction.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_00: A 21-year-old woman attended one of Brand's comedy performances at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_00: After the performance, she met Brand backstage.
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  SPEAKER_00: She and another woman engaged in a consensual sexual encounter with him.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_00: A few days later, the 21-year-old went to Brand's home in Hampstead.
• 18:28
  SPEAKER_00: The two initially had consensual sex.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_00: But according to the woman's testimony, Brand then initiated anal sex without her consent.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_00: She told the court that she begged him to stop, but he continued.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_00: She described the experience as extraordinarily painful and said that she struggled to breathe.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_00: She also testified that afterward, Brand told her to clean the blood and feces from his sheets.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_00: And months later, when Russell contacted her again, she confronted him.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_00: She told him that he had pushed her far enough and that he had treated her like an animal.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_00: And he actually replied and said, I'm sorry, which I think is a clear admission of guilt, in my opinion.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_00: But of course, he later claimed he didn't remember that conversation.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_00: She also testified that she'd told close friends and her parents what happened shortly afterward.
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_00: Her parents even took her to a clinic for treatment, although she did not report the assault to the police at the time.
• 19:29
  SPEAKER_00: The fact that she'd previously had consensual sex with him was actually a major part of the defense's argument.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_00: But obviously agreeing to have sex with somebody once doesn't mean that you've agreed to everything that they want to do to you afterward.
• 19:43
  SPEAKER_00: Brand acknowledged the sexual encounter but maintained that everything had been consensual.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_00: The jury disagreed and found him guilty of rape.
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_00: The final conviction involved another woman working in television in 2009.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_00: She was involved in a Channel 4 filming project.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_00: According to the testimony, Brand's associates pressured her into giving him a massage.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_00: During the interaction, Brand placed his head into her lap with his face against her genital area.
• 20:11
  SPEAKER_00: And Brand's associates actually sat there watching and laughing while the assault occurred.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: Nobody stepped in to help her.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_00: Brand's defense argued that while the conduct might have been inappropriate in a workplace, it didn't amount to a sexual assault.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_00: Which, of course, that's what they argued, and they were wrong.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_00: Thankfully, the jury saw that, and Brand was found guilty of that charge as well.
• 20:37
  SPEAKER_00: So of the seven charges before the jury, three resulted in acquittals and four resulted in convictions.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_00: Russell Brand maintained throughout the case that he'd never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity.
• 20:50
  SPEAKER_00: During his testimony, he acknowledged that he'd behaved selfishly in relationships with women and misused his fame to pursue sexual encounters.
• 20:59
  SPEAKER_00: But he insisted that selfish behavior and promiscuity didn't make him a rapist.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_00: His defense argued that the women's memories had been influenced by years of publicity, particularly that 2023 documentary.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_00: The prosecution strongly rejected that argument.
• 21:16
  SPEAKER_00: The women, prosecutors pointed out, didn't need to know each other.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_00: They argued that the documentary had given women who'd previously remained silent the confidence to report their experiences.
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_00: Prosecutors also emphasized similarities between the women's accounts.
• 21:33
  SPEAKER_00: Several described Brand as initially charming, playful, or flirtatious before his behavior suddenly changed and he became much more aggressive.
• 21:43
  SPEAKER_00: They described a man who seemed to expect sexual access to women because of who he was.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_00: And remember those police interviews where Brand repeatedly claimed he didn't recognize the victims?
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_00: Well, prosecutors pointed out that as the investigation progressed and more evidence was presented, his explanations changed.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, suddenly I do know these women now that you can prove it.
• 22:06
  SPEAKER_00: There was also a particularly troubling moment during the defense's closing arguments.
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_00: Brand's attorney questioned why the victims hadn't screamed or kicked or slapped Brand or tried to escape during the alleged assaults.
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_00: And like, what a horrible victim-blaming ass backwards ass take.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_00: It seems to me like Brand's attorneys are just as slimy as he is.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_00: Birds of a feather, y'all.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_00: Anyway, the jurors had to decide which allegations had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_00: Today, on Thursday, November 5th, 2026, the jury returned its verdict.
• 22:43
  SPEAKER_00: After approximately eight and a half hours of deliberations, they found Russell Brand guilty of four sexual offenses.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_00: One count of rape, three counts of sexual assault, four different women.
• 22:56
  SPEAKER_00: He was acquitted of those remaining three charges.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_00: According to reporters inside the courtroom, Brand stood motionless as the verdicts were announced.
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_00: His wife Laura was also present.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_00: Following the verdict, his defense attorney asked the judge to allow Brand to remain free on bail until sentencing, partly so he could say goodbye to his wife and their three young children.
• 23:18
  SPEAKER_00: Because he's a celebrity and deserve special treatment, of course.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_00: But the judge refused.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_00: He noted the seriousness of the convictions and expressed concern that Brand, who had homes in Britain and abroad, could flee.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_00: He also made it clear that a substantial prison sentence was expected.
• 23:36
  SPEAKER_00: And get this, y'all.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_00: After the guilty verdict, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that two additional rape allegations involving Russell Brand remain under investigation.
• 23:47
  SPEAKER_00: One of those allegations involves Alice, the woman who said she was just 16 when she was in a relationship with the then 30-year-old Russell Brand.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_00: Investigators have submitted files to the Crown Prosecution Service, which will determine whether further criminal charges are appropriate.
• 24:04
  SPEAKER_00: And I hope they are, but we'll see what happens.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_00: And this is my opinion, but I really would not be surprised if even more women come out of the woodwork after this with experiences of their own with this creep.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it seems like based on what has been alleged so far, this guy has been a serial offender for literal decades and has used his money and his fame to exploit and abuse vulnerable women.
• 24:31
  SPEAKER_00: How many victims possibly stayed silent because they thought nobody would believe them over a celebrity?
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_00: Only time will tell.
• 24:39
  SPEAKER_00: I hope that if there are other victims, they get justice.
• 24:43
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm glad at least some justice was served today.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_00: And that is all I have got for the slime ball Russell brand.
• 24:52
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you as always for joining me for another In the Headlines.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_00: And let me know what y'all think about this one on social media.
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, don't be a slimy creep and be divas, not deadly.