Russell Brand Sentenced to 10ﾽ Years in Prison: Judge's Brutal Words & Disturbing Video

Russell Brand got sentenced today in London for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Let's turn right now to your honor. I pass a sentence of imprisonment for nine months for count three, 18 months for count five, reduced from two years to allow for totality, and eight months for count seven. Those sentences are all concurrent to one another to further allow for totality, but consecutive to the sentence for rape. The sentence I pass on count six, rape, is nine years imprisonment. So the total sentence is one of ten years, six months. The few days you have already served will count. You will serve two-thirds of that sentence, then be released on license, and will be liable to be recalled into custody if you breach its terms. On your release, you will also be indefinitely subject to the notification requirements under the Sexual Offenses Act 2003. Would you go with the officers, please? Would you go with the officers, please? So, to recap, ten years, six months, nine years for rape... Nine months, 18 months, and eight months, respectively, for each of the SA charges. He's got to serve two-thirds before becoming eligible for release. So approximately seven years in custody before release eligibility, subject to the applicable release rules. The individual terms do not simply add together. The judge structured the sentences to produce a total of 10 and a half years. It's it's a strong sentence. The judge's strongest remarks right there, as you heard, Mr. Justice Joel Benetton delivered some particularly strong comments. He repeatedly referred to Brand as a sexual predator. He described Russell's arrogance as staggering arrogance. He said that Russell appeared to believe that his fame meant he could behave however he liked. He said Russell's entourage regularly indulged his behavior. He highlighted that three of the four offenses happened in public settings, which with other people present. He noted the additional humiliation suffered by women when people laughed after the assaults happened. One of the strongest quotes in there. You thought fame meant you could act however you liked, when you liked, unhindered by the rules by which decent people live. Boom. The victim's statements were devastating. Some of the biggest moments from court, the Channel 4 employee whom he assaulted by thrusting his face into her groin in front of a group of people while they were all laughing. Said she reported the assault immediately. She said senior management brushed it under the carpet cuz we have a famous Russell Brand. She said the experience damaged her confidence, left her feeling powerless. Said testifying in court brought her back to the day of the assault. Another victim said Russell Brand showed no remorse. She described being startled by his voice or image on television, like triggered or social media whenever she saw it or heard it. By the way, that happens to me. Just got to find the guy repulsive. She said she developed severe anxiety years later. As for the victim of rape, this is the woman with whom consensual sex began and then unannounced in a rather sort of Quick and, I would say, violent way, he turned her around and, how do you say this? It's so gross. He went in a different direction, did something else to her in a different orifice that she had no say in. She described feeling like damaged goods, said she abandoned her comedy ambitions, which makes me sad, right? I mean, I mean, how many young people? Men, women, all kinds, young boys, girls, all kinds of people who have come to me over the years, 20 some years, 25 years, and be like, oh, how many people have said, can you meet with, you know, my daughter? She really wants to, or her friend really wants to be in the entertainment business or something, right? Here's someone aspiring to be in the business. And so you have their hopes, their aspirations in your hands, and they look up to you. And this guy had a complete and utter disregard for people in that vulnerable position. This woman said she abandoned her comedy ambitions, all right? I mean, she gave up pursuing what she wanted to pursue. She described using a bunch of alcohol to cope with the aftermath. The women described lasting effects on their relationships, their careers, their confidence, their mental well-being. And what did the defense argue? Russell Brand's lawyer, Ian Winter, asked the judge for mercy. His arguments included, well, the offenses happened approximately 17 years ago. They were isolated incidents. Russell had fundamentally changed his life. He had undertaken rehabilitation and religious work. A lengthy prison sentence would have a catastrophic impact on his wife and three children. Yeah. And that's too bad for them because they seem to be, right? They're innocent in all of this. One particularly striking phrase, his lawyer characterized the rape as a short and momentary failure of consent. The judge ultimately rejected the defense's plea for substantially more lenient sentencing. And but the judge, you know, he did reduce the sentence a year. He considered the mitigating factors, including, right, the 17 years with no, you know, further reports, character, character evidence submitted on Russell's behalf. People wrote letters. The judge reduced the sentence a total of a year in recognition of those factors. So what happens next? Well, the story is not over. Police are investigating two additional rape allegations. Files have been submitted to prosecutors. Police have indicated they are prepared for more women to come forward. And here in the United States of America, Russell is facing a US civil lawsuit that's set to go to trial in March of 2027, filed by a woman who claims that he sexually assaulted her on the set of the 2011 comedy, arguably, Arthur. When he was married to Katy Perry, this woman alleges that Russell exposed himself to her, then followed her into the bathroom where the SA is said to have taken place. He gave these statements regarding this particular case, which are not going to help his cause. He bragged about, quote, a lineage of celebrated male behavior. He claimed that being promiscuous was fine because it, quote, Quote, defined famous men. Oof, that hurts everybody. He claimed he knew about consent because he'd been in a lot of bathrooms with people he doesn't know very well. Ah, ah, ah, so funny, so cheeky. I think our boy found Jesus a little too late. Okay, good luck, Russell. Godspeed, coming up, Amy Griffin won't stop. She thinks that she can win her legal squabble on a technicality. She's spoken out in another interview now. The first one since the giant pay-for-play disaster in New York Magazine, which was like mid-September or something. What she says now, in a minute. 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What is, and I'm guessing doesn't help Russell Brand at all. Not great at all. So over the weekend, a video started going viral from season one of his MTV show. It was actually 2006. And the guest on his show was Vanessa Feltz, who's a huge and beloved British television personality. And she was on the show, and he starts joking. And he just, actually joking is maybe a stretch, about sleeping with her and her two daughters. No, one of them was 15 at the time. We actually have a clip of it. It's disturbing. Have it off with either you or your daughters. Please. Here's a wacky suggestion. All three at once. Damn. She's always one step ahead. Certainly not. But yes, I felt, come on, some of them are adults. I've got two daughters. The answer's no, and I'm no. None of them? Hold on, let's go through it. Neither, neither. You've got two whole daughters, and I can't even have one. No, you can't. No, you can't. Selfish. When you have your own daughters, you'll know why I said that. Well, I won't sleep with him. Same. I've got Sam for him tonight. I'm not sure about that anyway. But the boys are in a lot of trouble. Right. God. Yuck. I'm only mucking about. I'm not actually going to sleep with my own kids. Don't go there. Yuck, yuck. He sounds like a 1940s, like, old radio comedy show. Hello, Mr. Soundso. How are you today? Oh, no, they did. This guy, with the hair teased up like that. I've never understood it. It was always that. But it was very disturbing. And she actually did an interview this weekend where she talked about how uncomfortable it was and how she it did not at all seem like it was a joke. And if you watch that clip, it very much seems she literally says, yeah, multiple times and tries to make a face. But then she also talks about the struggle that she had because. She had met him prior to this and had become friendly with him. She had gone to his standup. He was very popular around 2006. She was mesmerized by him, as were so many people. But then she had this experience and realized, oh, there's something maybe wrong. So then she talks about, you know, now seeing obviously some of all the allegations and what happened in court has obviously changed her tune. But it's very interesting because it was hard for her, it seems, you know, because someone who knew him and then also had this experience. Yeah. So. Yeah, look, I mean, the audience is laughing. Everyone's moving along. But it's uncomfortable laughter. I mean, take it from me. I've lost years of my life because of one moment of uncomfortable laughter. But, you know, it's what you do to survive, you know, a roach like Russell Brand. Anyway, off he goes. Thank you, Lauren.