Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse
Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse
Four women, including one who was just 16, make allegations after an investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches
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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.
Ya’ll motherfuckers need Romeo and Juliet laws. Age of consent at 14-16 isn’t a horrid idea, but slap a “within 5 years of the age of the oldest companion” and you fix Richard Brand grooming a fucking child.
We do, for below 16
Most states have them to various extents.
Five years is... a bit much though.
He's not technically a child rapist and he can go someplace that's not technically under the jail
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.
Not to dog on the UK but maybe they should raise that a little, it's incredibly easy for an adult to take advantage of a 16 year old, not even just sexually.
I think it's actually the USA who has an unusually high age of consent. Most of us have an age of consent of 16 and a drinking age of 18.
I don't exactly think we should raise it, but I sure wouldn't be against a Romeo and Juliet style amendment. I remember dating an 18 year old when I was 21, and that felt like a big gap. I can't begin to imagine 16 to 30+. Though that wouldn't be illegal here either^*.
* We have exceptions if the older person is in a position of trust like a teacher, coach etc. Then it's illegal.
The age of consent throughout most of the USA is also 16.
Age of consent is 16 here in the UK bro
He's still a cunt
Yeah, I'm American and we tend to think the world and laws revolve around us. My bad! (Still 16 and 30 tho...)
Yeah - if your defence is "well it's not illegal, soooooo..." it's a pretty safe bet you're being a piece of shit.
There's no defence here, just correcting someone who seems to be defaulting to the USA law
I literally said brand is a cunt in my comment, what more do you want me to say? That he's a total cunt? He's still a rapist regardless if this is all true.
I think they were referring to his defence of himself
Oh
In that case sorry dude
Yeah - not disagreeing, my dude - just pointing out that even the defence he's fronted is dogshit.
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.