Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse

The idea that Elon Musk and Andrew Tate think that publically backing him helps quash any suggestion of bad actions is laughable.

Remember when Elon Musk offered to buy a horse for the flight attendant he sexually harassed on his private jet?
These pieces of garbage all stick together.
- "If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light."
  So business as usual for this guy
- I like to tell myself this is part of why he had to buy Twitter.

No part of this is surprising except that it hasn't come to light a decade ago.

That's not surprising either. This stuff usually only ever comes to light, when the talent is no longer profitable.
- Well that’s fucking depressing
- Totally agreed. But are we going to argue that The Russel Brand Experience was a profitable TV venture?
Lawl my partner and I were talking about a WEEK ago, saying we were surprised and happy that he’s apparently not raped anyone, or at least no allegations have come up.
This article is extremely relevant to that convo bahahaha

Once upon a time I actually liked Russell Brand. Thought he was intelligent and quite in touch with the ways of the world despite his eccentric character. He truly lost the plot when covid came around, although it wasn't the first time he'd talked absolute shite.

In hindsight, it's not really a surprise that he'd be this kind of person.

Yeah, I know a lot of people thought he was a reasonably smart dude with some interesting insights. But when you think about it he’s always been very superficial. There’s not much depth to any of his takes. He’s just charismatic and speaks like he keeps a pocket thesaurus in his jacket.
- He a junkie you would see rambling at a bus stop incoherently. The difference is an expanded vocabulary and a he's been on TV.
- When I was poor and I complained about inequality they said I was bitter. Now I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm starting to think they just don't want to talk about inequality. —Russell Brand
  Still one of my favorite quotes, it’s unfortunate that I won’t really be able to use it any more.
  Brand used to be a legit socialist back in the day. The longer he had money, the harder I think was for him to continue to understand the struggle of the common people. Either that or its audience capture like what happened to Dave Rueben.
  The YouTube channel the Kavernacle has done some good coverage on his drift to the right.
So many people I used to watch on youtube lost their fucking minds in 2020.
- This is shit he was doing more than ten years ago.
  You can't blame this shit on lockdown, he's always been a failure of a human being, it's just now we're finding out details.
I never liked him much, and that's not a "I knew he was out there raping", that I didn't know. But personality-wise he was basically an egocentric rockstar who thought he knew it all and everyone not agreeing with his views and sense of humour were just too stupid.
And turns out, he is behaving even more like a 80s rockstar than I thought.
- Perfectly cast in Get Him to the Greek, but at the time I thought it was acting, not just rolling out of bed.
He lost the plot well before Covid, it's just that it wasn't noticed outside the UK as it largely revolved around our election in 2015 when he was encouraging people not to vote, then when he realised at the last minute this would just lead to he Tories winning by default, backed labour at the eleventh hour, leaving a lot of his followers confused and aimless so the alt-right could swoop in and win them over.
I noticed that people who are using recreational drugs are disproportionally concerned about vaccine safety, which I find quite amusing.
- Yeah I've seen this as well, all the drug users I know went hard on the conspiracy train.
I liked his old podcasts back when he was still on drugs but pretending he was clean.
I'm just waiting for the study that shows COVID infection makes certain people less empathetic and more paranoid. There's just too much of it happening to not be biological IMO.

She was 16, so yeah, he's right: he was banging a child.
Even if he isn't convicted of the others (one was treated at a clinic after the assault) dating a 16 year old when you're 30 is gonna get you some time.
Assuming this is all true (I do believe them, but it's up to judge/jury to decide) but he somehow manages to get out of this, his reputation is in the toilet
- It's creepy and abusive as fuck so I don't say this out of any great desire to defend him, but that girl is of legal age in the UK, so by our standards he isn't a nonce, legally speaking.
- 16 is above the age of consent in the UK as far as I know, so the issue wouldn't be the dating of a sixteen year old, it'd be the apparent rampant rapes and assaults regardless of age.
- Age of consent is 16 here in the UK bro
  He's still a cunt
- The thing is, if this happens 4 times, most likely there are more who might speak up. The thing with these victims, in many cases, they think they are the only one. Knowing there might be others, would increase the chances of them to go public with their experience which might be even worse.

And in news that surprised absolutely no one...

I swear there's a dark triad for "free thinkers" like him.
He used to be good but like many they started doubling down on their beliefs during the pandemic and quite frankly they become mentally unwell.
- Was he good, or was he just grifting a different group before?

It's always the ones you mostly suspect.

I'm seriously more surprised these days when i read something like: leonardo DiCaprio never raped anyone.
- read again

Kutcher and Kunis' phones ringing off the hook right now.

There was a Dispatches program on about this tonight, and at some point they note that later in his career Brand would do charity work exclusively to benefit women, and Kutcher was my first thought.
Not saying he's done anything, but so often men claim to be feminists as a smoke screen to hide abusive behaviour ("he would never, look at all the good he's done!") and/or access victims.
She worked with him in forgetting Sarah Marshall
- So I'm sure she'll defend him

You know we have a real problem in our society when these women haven't been able to come forward with these allegations until the press have contacted them.

If they fear coming forward after being assaulted by someone who is hardly discreet about being a sexual predator, what must it be like for the victims of more outwardly respectable public figures?

Can we make a list of right wingers that aren't disgusting pieces of shit? Will be much quicker.

Funnily enough he used to be pretty left.
It's like this right wing conspiracy pipeline is a honeypot for pond scum that reveals who they really are.
- Populist rhetoric works because it offers seemingly simple solutions to complex problems and excuses behavior that would otherwise be unacceptable.
  Sometimes it's even a good excuse, others just an outlet for hate and stress.
- I thought he was quite left as well hadn't realized he swung to the right
- pretty left or just far-right?
  the LEGA also agrees with a lot of the far-left on how to deal with social Problems, but is still far-right.
I thought he was socialist?
- I think he used to say he was, not sure if he does anymore.
  His content mostly caputred the right wing conspiracy don't trust the gubbement, aliens are real, covid is not real but also a bioweapon crowd.

Never did like that guy. He seemed like a creep from the start, and I didn't ever find him funny.

I've never met a person irl who didn't think this guy was unfunny and a super creep. I could never figure out why he was famous cause I've never met a person who was even kinda a fan of his
- He was in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which is a pretty well-regarded movie. He probably gets a fair amount of residual respect just from proximity to that.
- He's Katy Perry's ex-husband.
Apart from anything else, he always just looked to me like he didn't bathe very often.

Completely and utterly damning. He's a rapist. I hope an investigation and conviction follows this reporting. Also maybe now's the time to codify that 16 year olds shouldn't be fair game for 30 year old men.

"He's a rapist."
If I wrote an article about you with an accusation of rape, would that also make you a rapist? Is that the standard of proof required?
- It depends, does your article reference a verified report from a rape crisis centre and a text apologising for the rape from the rapist?
- With several accusations of rape, from different people describing very similar circumstances, echoing his 'comedy', with one receiving apologies from a man who heard her screaming as the assault was occurring and was too afraid to intervene.
  Your knee-jerk apologism for this slimy predator reflects very badly on you. You can't even be bothered to research the accusations you're dismissing. Take a good look at yourself, it is not too late to change.
- You're picking a weird hill.

What an absolute asshole monster

That Times article should come with a trigger warning, it contains descriptions of the assaults.

He's a link that bypasses the paywall https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Frussell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6

It only shows the beginning of the article to me.
- Try pasting the original link in here
  https://12ft.io/

Not a single person with a brain is surpriced. The guy is a GLOWING red flag.

Well it helps that they printed his face on one.

When he came out getting super loud and obnoxious on political takes I figured he was the type. No surprise at all...

I see what you did there!

Didn't he non-consensually post candid pics of Katy Perry without makeup? I thought he was an asshole ever since then. Not that she should've been ashamed, but it should've been her choice.

I don't know the non-consensual bit for sure, but that's how I recall it being presented at the time and why I've never liked him. I'd never heard of the fucker before that.

I hadn't heard that until now but if he did that without her permission that's a shitty thing to do to a partner. Whether you're a celebrity or not there's a certain expectation of privacy that needs to be established in intimate relationships.

Throw the booky wook at him!

I too would also be against the government if the government was preparing a case against me for several counts of rape.
Fuck Brand. Hope he fucking rots in prison.
From argent leftie to all of a sudden rightwing conspiracy theorist
That's because things are in a circle. Go too far left and you end up on the right... All the wacko-commies are essentially fascists.
- What a stupid take
- Horseshoe theory is a farce mate.

Another right wing repugnant ghoul. Shocking

Not surprised. Will blame it on the drugs and drink. Slap in the wrist, British tabs will have their fun, then it will all go back to normal.

...to the surprise if nobody

Ah. So that is why I saw a headline about him bitching.

I am shocked. Shocked I tell you!

Bloody hell. That is messed up.

I'm sure the sort of people who fall for his dog whistle conspiracy brain damage will take these allegations seriously. Oh wait, of course they won't.

Not surprised. This dude has always been a chode

Paywall

What he did to Katy Perry is when he became dead to me. Now I hope he dies in jail.

Out of the loop here can you give me tldr on this?
- https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1110762-katy-perry-discovered-real-truth-about-russell-brand-years-before-sex-abuse-claims
- TLDR: he was married to her and pretty much a major douche and was a horrible human being. After watching the Katy Perry documentary you will understand.

Another person I've never heard of

- He's been pretty famous in the US too, just less so since he turned into a right wing wack job

I've only seen six or seven "news" posts about this chode this morning. Step it up people. Let's get it up to a dozen or two. Please keep posting about smelly looking British man.

I've only seen six or seven "news" posts about this chode this morning. Step it up people. Let's get it up to a dozen or two. Please keep posting about smelly looking British man.
You’re commenting on an article that was posted 8 days ago dumbass.
Edit: lol you even commented in this post last week! Idiot.
https://lemmings.world/comment/2073303

I'm sure if there is ample reliable evidence charges will be brought against him, until then I'll keep my pitchfork at home

Okay.

Not a fan of Brand but I am sick of this media circus bullshit.. they should not be publishing this unless a police investigation has taken place and he is charged and found guilty in court; we have a legal system for a reason.

They have opened themselves up to be sued for slander.

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And so close to elections Now nobody will believe anything he says.... how convenient

lol imagine caring what Russell Brand has to say about an election anywhere on earth.

Pretty serious libel here...

Do you even know what that means? How exactly is reporting allegations made by others libel? You know you'd have to prove that the statements are untrue and (since he's a public figure) you'd have to prove that the people making the claims knew they were untrue at the time right?
- Ok, for now its defamation and when its proven false then its slander. Is that more correct mr sir

I am certainly not defending Russell of these accusations, but I do see but just a quick search that the Times UK is a conservative paper and would love to tales Russell down as he is a threat for sure right or wrong.

Where the hell have you been? Russell Brand has been pandering to the Alt-Right for years now. He’s no threat to conservatives anywhere.
- He makes them look bad though. Maybe they're eager to throw him under the bus because he's "Hollywood" and that serves their narrative about west-coast celebrity elites.
Russel Brand uses a left wing aesthetic, but continually attacks and call for an end to the institutions that protect and preserve democracy.
- He calls for an end to the systems that no longer serve us - only their own best interests. Take a look around at the world - climate change and capitalism run rampant. It doesn't matter if team blue or team red are in charge. The whole establishment political spectrum are self-serving sheep in wolves clothing.
  That's the core of his message.
The Times is a reputable newspaper, and in no way comparable to fox news.
Also, Russel Brand is now arguably alt-right adjacent.
- Yeah The Times is right wing, but it's no Torygraph, Daily Fail, or Sin. It's like the respectable right wing paper, with at least some measure of journalistic integrity, at the top of the scale sliding down into tabloid rags.
It's a co-investigation with Channel 4 who are probably our most progressive of the free-to-air channels, and Brand jumped the horseshoe to the alt-right ages ago.
- That is your opinion, but from what I understand he attacks big centralized organizations all the time on his socials and thus I think we need to take that into consideration until a court says he is or is not guilty. Smear campaigns are a real thing.
The same way that right wing media companies in America are scrambling to take Joe Rogan off the air?