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Disgraced Comic Russell Brand Admits he Slept with a 16-Year-Old when he was 30 - 'I Was a Different Person Back Then' · Fresh Intelligence

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Russell Brand admits to exploitative encounter with 16-year-old Asteriskisturisk Russell Brand.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Has confessed to sleeping with a 16-year-old girl when he was 30, describing the act as exploitative.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: During a recent appearance on Medgen Kelly's podcast, the British actor facing trial this autumn for allegations of rape and sexual assault from six women, which he denies, discussed his past encounters.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In Europe and the United Kingdom, where I'm from, the age of consent is 16, and I did sleep with a 16-year-old when I was 30.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He stayed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When I was 30, I was a very different person.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it is exploitative.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Brand acknowledged that his past sexual conduct was selfish, saying he failed to consider how it affected others.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He set to face charges of three counts of rape, three allegations of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault, with his trial commencing on October 12.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Court has heard allegations that he raped a woman during a labor party conference in 1999 and assaulted another woman in 2004.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In his discussion, brand reflected on being part of a culture that may exploit women, stating, while I was transgressing lines.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I was only really thinking of myself.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He emphasized that fame and addiction had led him to become an exploiter of women, acknowledging the wrongs and his actions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What fame gave me was the opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He remarked, revealing a sense of accountability for his past.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He stressed that, despite the age of consent, the dynamics of power and fame complicate these interactions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Brand asserted, what I'm obviously not only querying, is the idea this is a judicial criminal matter where consent was over it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He concluded, acknowledging the need for redemption and atonement, labeling his past behavior as wrong and selfish.
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