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Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assaults
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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2026
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"Under English law, the maximum sentence for rape is life imprisonment, and 10 years for one count of sexual assault, according to Britain’s sentencing council."
This guy got basically sentenced for one + half a year of the 3 assaults and not caunting the 1 rape
He got 10 more years than the epstein pedogang though.
With Brand's history and lifestyle, 10 years night still be a life sentence.
just imagine how many religions he can get into now
Authentic picture of Russell Brand.
he shouldve went hard into islam like tate is, especially with how woman are viewed under incel muslim/fundamentalism.
The fundamental Christian he was pretending to be don’t treat them any better.
Kegsbtrath’s pastor thinks if they’re married, they shouldnt vote.
It will be interesting to see how he goes.
I have found that, nowadays if media exposure gets taken away, a lot of people tend to chill out and drift more left leaning. Right leaning thinking for many tends to require constant nudging to keep people in that camp. So being isolated from that feed might do him some good. It will at least do the world some good.
I'm not saying, "take away the media and all is well" but there is a section of society that is heavily swayed by it.
a lot of people aren't rapists either, regardless of media exposure
Being a high profile sex offender in a jail 18 months could turn out to be a life sentence
There are rumours that he already has a fan club in jail and cowers his way into the mess hall and back to his cell every day.
IIRC, he wanted it like that enough to find away to Spike his stay. Pun Buffilly intended.
he will be too old to peddle any pundits to gain back fame by then.
He probably won't serve all ten years, assuming good behavior
7 years then the British equivalent of parole. It's in the article.
Not the British equivalent of parole. Just parole. And that's not automatic.
There’s a first time for everything!
Those are maximum sentences for Category 1 though, and would be given for extreme cases.
It looks like Brand was sentenced on a Category 2 rape, which has a starting point of 10y custody.