Russell Brand
British comedian and actor Russell Brand was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted of raping a fan and assaulting three women during his showbiz career.
Judge Joel Bennathan opened his sentencing remarks by saying that the 51-year-old Brand had become a sexual predator as he rose to fame two decades ago.
Brand, who frequently boasted about his sexual exploits over the years as part of his polarising public persona, reportedly did not show any emotion as his sentence was delivered.
The father of three was convicted by a jury in a London court last week of raping a 21-year-old woman in 2009 and sexually assaulting three other women as he rose to fame in the 2000s. He was acquitted of two further counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The allegations and charges against Brand stemmed from 1999 and the following decade when he went from an unknown stand-up comic and underground presenter to one of the most recognisable faces on British television.
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