London, November 5 (askanews) – British actor and comedian Russell Brand has been found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults involving a total of four women by a London court. Police have released excerpts from videotapes of his interrogations between 2023 and 2025. Brand, 51, has always denied the charges, maintaining that the relationships were consensual.
He was acquitted of two further rape charges and one attempted sexual assault. He now faces a prison sentence. The sentence will be pronounced in the coming days. In a statement outside Southwark Crown Court in London, Chief Prosecutor David Roberts said: "Today's verdict concerns crimes committed between 2004 and 2009 against four different women.
None of these women knew each other.” “The evidence showed that Brand was a calculating sexual predator, who exploited his growing notoriety and power to create situations in which he could sexually victimize women, regardless of their wishes. I would like to thank all the women who came forward and reported Brand to the police.
It is thanks to their courage that he will finally face the consequences of his actions."
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