Russell Brand, the raunchy, irreverent British comedian who became a celebrity darling in the early 2000s, has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison after being found guilty on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
Russell Brand, the raunchy, irreverent British comedian who became a celebrity darling in the early 2000s, has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison after being found guilty on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
He could be out in as little as 7 years. He was convicted of multiple violent rapes, with allegations of many more
He got an incredibly lenient sentence
He was convicted of one rape, and three sexual assaults.
9yrs for the rape and 18, 9 and 8 months for the assaults.
So he’s either at the high end of Cat 3 rape or the low end of Cat 2. It’s not incredibly lenient, but it doesn’t suggest the court was satisfied that it was “violent” beyond the inherent sexual violence. That would have been well into Cat 2 and been a longer sentence.
Still, he had a long period in which he thought himself unstoppable, so already there are more people coming forward. I doubt this will be the limit of his time inside.
That could be extended if he’s convicted of other charges.