{"id":115547,"date":"2026-11-09T17:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/uks-russell-brand-sentenced-to-10-and-a-half-years-in-jail-for-rape-sexual-assault-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:17:24","slug":"uks-russell-brand-sentenced-to-10-and-a-half-years-in-jail-for-rape-sexual-assault-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/uks-russell-brand-sentenced-to-10-and-a-half-years-in-jail-for-rape-sexual-assault-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"UK’s Russell Brand sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in jail for rape, sexual assault | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russell Brand convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009<\/p>\n

British actor and comedian Russell Brand arrives at Southwark Crown Court during the fourth week of his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009, which he denies, in London, Britain, November 3, 2026. REUTERS <\/p>\n

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Comedian Russell Brand<\/a>, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and a Hollywood star, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years on Monday after he was convicted of raping one woman and sexually \u200bassaulting three more around two decades ago.<\/p>\n

Brand, the former husband of US pop \u200bsinger Katy Perry, who in recent years moved away from the \u2060mainstream,\u00a0was convicted on Thursday<\/a> of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more between \u200b2004 and 2009. He had denied all the charges.<\/p>\n

The 51-year-old stood in the dock \u200bat London’s Southwark Crown Court as Judge Joel Bennathan sentenced him to 10 years and six months, saying he would serve two-thirds in custody before being released on licence.<\/p>\n

Brand was a sexual predator who \u200bbelieved “fame meant you could act how you liked, when you liked, unhindered by the \u200brules by which decent people live”, Bennathan told Brand.<\/p>\n

Brand mouthed “I love you” to his wife before he \u200cwas \u2060led away by dock officers and down to the cells.<\/p>\n

Read More: Russell Brand found guilty by UK court of rape and sexual assaults<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier, one of Brand’s victims, whom Brand anally raped in 2009<\/a>, said in a statement read by prosecutors that the trauma of the attack was “something I carry with me every day and it often feels \u200bnever-ending”.<\/p>\n

Brand’s lawyer Ian Winter \u200bsaid Brand,\u00a0who \u2060has spoken at length about his recovery from drink and drug addiction and his newfound Christian faith,\u00a0was “a fundamentally different person today \u200band has been for a very long time”.<\/p>\n

London’s Metropolitan Police \u200bhas said \u2060Brand is under investigation for two other alleged rapes, one involving a then-16-year-old girl, and the head of the force said on Friday that he “wouldn’t be surprised if many more came \u2060forward<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Brand, who \u200bstarred in films such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, “Get Him \u200bto the Greek” and “Arthur”, had denied ever having non-consensual sex. He was acquitted of two other rape charges \u200band an attempted indecent assault.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russell Brand convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009 British actor and comedian Russell Brand arrives at Southwark Crown Court during the fourth week of his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009, which he denies, in London, Britain, November […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/russel1794238781-0\/russel1794238781-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t