Comedian Russell Brand charged with rape

And his right-wing transformation is now complete.
- I'm not entirely sure it wasn't the other way around.
  He probably knew some charges were coming years ago, and started adapting his output accordingly.
  
  Oh for sure. He's been soft-pedaling his right-wing transformation ever since the initial allegations went public years ago. The hard turn recently is probably exactly as you say, he knew charges were coming.

So it goes something like this:
Man rapes
Man gets away with it for a while
Man gets charged for it
Man joins the far-right

It's always the ones you most expect.
- So Jared Leto.
  
  No way, there's absolutely nothing fishy going on with Leto. It's a totally normal, completely above board, women only island cult.
  
  Fun fact Jared Leto has been to my flat before (i didnt live there yet), took a bite out of an apple belonging to my roommate and left it there. He also signed the kitchen table.
  I could easily prove this btw because there is video evidence, but doing so would dox my address so im not going to.
  
  But he was so pretty in ~~fight club~~!
- Noel Fielding?
  
  What makes you think of him?
  Like Brand has been a blatant huge hypocrite for years (Talking about injustice of poor people whilst marrying in to a massively rich family, for example.).

The moment someone starts going all "anti-woke" you know they've got something to hide and they are trying to get acquainted with the pardon-dealing industry.
- Yeah. Forcing himself on women was entirely consistent with his public persona, but shifting hard right just to seek cover makes it so much scummier.
- Nah. It was the moment he turned to Jesus and got baptised I realised he was guilty.
  The right wing shift was for the money.
- The moment someone “gets jesus” it’s time to alert the authorities.
  
  So he's also into kids?
  
  And check their hard drives.
- Pardon dealing industry? In the UK?
  I’m pretty sure only 4 pardons have been given in the last 25 years. 1 was posthumous (Turing) and the other 3 were given to convicts who saved people’s lives while incarcerated.
  I don’t think being anti-woke is going to help anyone get a pardon in the UK.
  I do think it’s a grift, just not convinced it’s a grift for a Royal Prerogative of Mercy.
  
  I don't mean in the UK. He probably has done some of that in the US too.
  He could flee and seek political asylum or something. The US has extradition treaties with the UK since 2003, but they are pretty much ignoring all laws and treaties anyway.
- I need to just stick off other social media, nice that this is the consensus here

Rapist Russell Brand charged with Attempted Comedy

It’s always the people who you expect the most.

It's always the ones you most suspect.

He’ll be on Joe Rogan in about a month
- Freudian slip, but true nonetheless
- He's been a regular on Bro Brogan for years. That's where his shift to the right-wing began a few years ago, shortly after his sex pest behavior became public knowledge.

Further coverage from The Onion
- Haha my thoughts exactly
- In an article from 2 years ago LMAO
- Man that's fucking great.
- LOL, my thoughts exactly.
- Okay but seriously… this actually has come up before though right? I distinctly remember there being major allegations against him years ago
  
  Check the date on that article, the joke is more layered than you thought.

This explains his sudden turn to Christianity last year. He's going to try the "God forgave me" defense.
- Actually it was his turn to the right wing grifting. Christianity was just icing on the cake to make evangelicals acceptable to him
- it was pretty obvious when he started to trying to hide behind the pro-rape party of conservatives.
- More like "I can't be guilty of such a crime. I'm saved!"

After watching Kathy Perry's documentary and what he did to her, I fucking hate this asshole.
- I never watched that, what did he do?
  
  He divorced her over text, minutes before she was about to get on stage on her premiere tour. Then ghosted her after.
- Kathy Perry
  lul
  
  "names may have been changed to protect people's privacy"

"Rapist Russell Brand charged with attempted comedy"

Well, I've seen this coming for a while now, but I must admit, I actually liked him once upon a time. His comedy specials weren't just funny, they made you think about the abstract ideas of religion and consciousness. He was like a handsome rockstar comedian, the sort of person I wish I could be. Smart, sexy, cool, interesting. Hell, when I got sober from alcohol, reading his book that re-imagined the twelve steps into something less religious actually helped.
But then I heard the rumors, and it kind of fit with the image he gave himself. And then he made that abrupt turn into right-wing conspiracy and that all but confirmed it. To be honest I thought he'd already been charged with something and had just celebrity-ed his way out of it. Sucks, man.
- I loved Dennis Miller back in the '80s, before he made his heel turn into a right-wing douche. In retrospect, I realize I actually just liked the SNL writers coupled with his snarky delivery.
  
  Dennis Miller was a great writer himself, and wrote all of the Weekend Update stuff that he did, and a bunch of sketches. It's ok to say he was once great at what he did, because he was. But I would recommend going back and watching Dennis Miller Live on HBO. I went back and re-watched it during the pandemic, and it's pure Libertarian garbage wrapped up in snarky wit and big words. So he's always been kind of a right-leaning douche, but 9/11 broke his brain and he dropped all the Libertarian pretense.
- Hey, help is help, don't let his failings mean that your success is somehow tarnished. I get the sentiment as well. He was a little over the top for my taste but the reboot of Arthus he did still ranks pretty high on my list.

The only guy guy in the world who was less annoying when he was on crack

You’re kiddin’! HIM? …Nahhh. He’s always seemed like a super stable, reliable guy. You just never know about some people, you know?
- It's always the ones you mostly suspect...
  
  Wait... Is racism back on the table guys??
  That irish fucker with the marshmallows is gonna get it
- Don't worry, he can buy a Trump Gold Card, become a U.S. citizen, and Trump will offer him the position of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.
  
  This is depressingly spot-on.

How did his newly found faith in God not spare him of this????????
- He’ll use this in his defence, somehow. Swear blind it’s why he miraculously found God.
- A resolve all your sins get out of jail free card you get when you become Christian is how.
- Let's just not mention that the "whichever new faith" we're speaking of is the very rapey evangelical Christianity, while making sure that we randomly emphasize that Islam is rapey, which is then expanded into Muslims being rapey. All in a post that has nothing at all to do with Islam or Muslims or refugees or whatever other bogeymen we regularly like to demonize.

But he's always seemed so sane and stable?
- Certainly not the type of guy they would write a movie about an unstable, unpredictable, impulsive, and self centered rock star with him in mind to play the lead.
  
  And that is basically his character in both Get Him To The Greek AND Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  
  Him and Diddy both in that movie too…
- Yeah, this is some of the least surprising news ever
- especially with those crazy eyes on the thumbnails of youtube videos.
- I hope to god you're being sarcastic

I am shocked!...it took this long. Dude has been a creep forever. He has been getting exponentially worse as time has went on.
- britian is pretty slow on these types of crime, he pivoted to the right to avoid said charges.

People think Russell Brand is funny?
- He used to be.
  
  I had vaguely remembered him and saw him on YouTube a while back. I thought, hey, I think I liked this guy. Clicked into his video and was pretty shocked and immediately wrote him off.
  
  No junk, no soul
- he does look like a crazy homeless person, because his eyes is always bugged out on the youtube thumbnails.
- Yeah, I was wondering why they labeled him comedian, he's walking cancer.

I've been thinking for a while that people that have a sudden right wing or andrew tate sphere turn are really just trying to get with like minded rapist, or whatever they're into, circles. Basically networking and putting out signals.

That’s very unsurprising
- I found this part surprising:
  He has also established himself as a wellness guru.

after a police investigation into allegations made following the broadcast of a Channel 4 documentary
"The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that criminal proceedings are active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial.
Were the allegations not brought to the police before the tv documentary? Why didn't the police investigate before? If so there should be an investigation and prosecution of those involved in the "non-investigation".
This failure to investigate is an outrage, many people including me listened to Russel Brand in the 2010s, but the police failed to investigate and now has the gall to say "the defendant has a right to a fair trial"? Does the public not also have a right to a fail investigation and prosecution?
- Were the allegations not brought to the police before the tv documentary?
  I might be speaking out of my ass here, but it could be that the allegations were brought to the police first, but there wasn't enough evidence at the time for the police to file charges, and then the documentary investigation turned up more evidence than the police had.
  
  Quite possible it's just a fuck-up. But really the police should be able to do what a TV documentary crew can do. I mean what is the police there for? (Socialist answer is obviously to protect the rich and powerful)
  How many cases were not pursued because it wasn't profitable and opportune to make a popular documentary for them? Inequality based on identity like gender is the core belief of fascism, so this is a serious problem to leave unfixed.
- They may not have been, or the survivor may have not wanted to go to court so it went nowhere.

Sean Lock was a prophet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7S9qMOmP4o

Charged with rape again, right? Didn't we-the-people already cancel this idiot once?

I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked.

Hard to believe someone who looks like a rapist and acts like a rapist is a rapist.
- Right? The guy whose acting range was limited to "smarmy creep with an accent" turned out to be a sex pest. Weird!

Russell Brand... Why is that name familiar?
- He's a famous rapist.
  
  Famed accused rapist Russell Brand?
- He used to be in movies I guess, he turned rapist once he got outed by the news. Then he pivoted right wing, naturally as a way to shield himself from criticism
  
  Seems to be the power move of these clowns.
  Get caught doing something wrong, instead of owning up to it or apologizing.... just going "I JOINED THE REPUBLICANS BECAUSE THE WOKE LEFT TRIED TO TELL ME THE HOLOCAUST ACTUALLY HAPPENED! THEY'VE GONE TOO FAR!" and sadly winning allies from that

Again?

Why am I not surprised.
- Because he always been super rapey

Again?

Kathryn Ryan on Russel Brand
- Blocked in my country (UK) by the British Broadcasting Corporation, to whom I am forced to pay for a TV licence.
  
  I wonder, are the youtube download sites also region blocked?
  
  I'm in the UK and youtube blocked it for me too. I used windscribe a free VPN to pretend I was in the US and it showed fine.
- I love Katherine Ryan. I'm Canadian and British so seeing her do her comedy and be famous back at my home (I consider the UK my home) was great.
  She seems really genuine and you can hear the fear in her voice. You hear people on the Internet say "how come they all knew and could do nothing about it". Like she's explaining why.
- Gave me a captcha wtf

honest question here. unless there is video and audio proof. how the fuck could someone be charged for this 20+ years later over "he said she said"? like how the hell does that work. Could i just pick a random person and say they raped me in 2002 and then they will go to prison?
- Could i just pick a random person and say they raped me in 2002 and then they will go to prison?
  Yes, that is how it works. They will be in prison the next day.
  It's actually really easy. All you have to do is prepare some evidence, such as text messages and emails in 2002.
  Then you need to have several really cool and chill interviews with detectives. You should get your family and friends to lie to the police as well -- tell them to say that you described the fabricated rape to them way back in 2002.
  You should also make up some fake police reports from 2002 which were not pursued.
  The real trick though is getting several other women to do the same thing.
  Then yeah, the next day the police will arrest the person you've accused and they will be jailed without trial.
  You're a fucking idiot.
  
  Relax buddy. He was asking a genuine question, not doubting the victim.
  
  LOL goddamn
  
  He was charged, not found guilty yet, a charge doesn't automatically mean you're guilty. You should wait for criminal proceedings to end before declaring he did it. So many people are quick to presume the guilt or innocence of people who were charged before they're even convicted.
  
  Sounds like a lot of not evidence to me. Also, probably bring it up sooner.
- unless there is video and audio proof. how the fuck could someone be charged for this 20+ years later over “he said she said”?
  Same way a cold murder case gets investigated when all the DNA has degraded. They rely on circumstantial evidence. Now, that word has been corrupted by procedural crime drama TV shows, but make no mistake, a LOT of criminal cases are successfully prosecuted based on circumstantial evidence, because it is still legitimate evidence even though it's not direct evidence. They'll go through his electronic devices and look at text messages and photos and retrieve voice mails, they'll conduct interviews with others who were told about the allegations at the time and see how those stories line up, and so on.
  I'm not as familiar with this particular case as others are, but from the other comments I've read, it looks like the victim(s) had already filed police reports 20+ years ago, but those didn't go anywhere for whatever reason (lack of evidence, incompetent police work, etc). So that helps the case quite a bit.
  Could i just pick a random person and say they raped me in 2002 and then they will go to prison?
  Technically, yes. There have been cases where this has happened, although it is extremely rare. The police would investigate your allegations and almost certainly find them lacking, at which point you would be charged with filing false police reports, and most likely sued by the person you accused.
  Here's a fun statistic: A man is more likely to be raped than to be falsely accused of rape. Just in case you were wondering how often the latter happens.
- Are you ok? That is call law and order. You accuse someone, judge look into it, if there is a merit, it goes to trial, and law can determine based on evidence?
  
  Did you read my question and comprehend it? I said other than video or audio proof how could there been be evidence in a case like this other than hearsay?

Its always the ones you expect

I consider his transformation into a double-Christian to be a confession that all the accusations are true. The biggest pieces of dogshit always face consequence mumbling prayers and missives.

Something was always "off" with this guy. You could feel it during his "sexy socialist Jesus" era and it was practically confirmed with his "conspiratorial Ghandi" revamp.
Here's a Channel 4 documentary that goes into further detail about this man's deranged proclivities.
- He always seemed like a cult leader disguised as a comic, using it to attract followers.
  
  he always looked like a crazy homeless person.

This is the guy we should be deporting.
- Wealthy immigrant accused of rape and spewing lies at every turn? Deport him? They going to offer him a job leading what ever department he wants to demolish. Probably justice.
- He's getting the Trump Gold Card that was announced, not getting deported. That card is just a call for the world's shadiest people to relocate to the US. Perfect, what could go wrong?!

I can't believe I bought this guys book. WTF was I thinking.
- Dude has charisma and is skilled at improv. He had a story of overcoming addiction and had some good things to say about social issues back then. That kind of thing sells, so lots of scumbags put it in their bios.
- What was it like?
  
  Pointless honestly. I should have read the jacket. It was a book about him overcoming addiction using the 12 step program and finding religion.
- How can this book be more than interesting and novel grammatical constructs saying a lot of bull shit at 200kmh?

This feels like one of the least surprising news items of all time.

How likely do you think it is that he'll actually return to the UK to face charges? Or that Trump still extradite him?
- Well, based on the fact that Trump forced Romanian authorities to give the Tate brothers their passports back and allow them to return to the US, I wouldn't be surprised if he decides to step in and protect Russell Brand too. He's a passionate defender of rapists (being one himself) and sex traffickers (having been BFFs with Epstein).
  
  The Tate brothers thing was a bizarre one though. Soon as they landed in Florida they were being investigated again by US authorities and then they immediately hopped on a plane back to Romania.

The way he groped Vanessa Bayer on SNL, I can't say I'm surprised
- For anyone who cares to watch:
  Season 36, episode 15. Air date: Feb 12, 2011. Skit: Livin’ Single.
  Over a decade later, it still makes me uncomfortable.
  
  Wait, was that amount of groping not part of the sketch?
  
  Age-restricted videos cannot be watched without Google login
  Lol. Can't watch evidence of allegations of pundits and politicians without giving your phone number and therefor become personally identifiable.
- Do we know that that wasn't consensual? Did she say later that the bit went further than they had agreed?

Wasn't it somehow clear he did something like that?

But but but he found Jesus!
- He was under the couch cushions the whole time!

Every time this person is in my feed it has been against my wishes.

A lot of his movie rolls his character is a womanizing rock star… art immitates life I suppose

A deportation we can all get behind.
- Don't be silly. That party loves rapists, as long as they're rich in the and/or white.

It's ok though. He's given his heart to Jesus now. Makes it all ok.
- Yeah but it's republicunt jesus, not you know... the good one.
  
  There is a good one?

You can certainly do one and not the other but yeahhhhhh the edgy jokes types don't seem to handle their personal lives with much more, shall we say grace.

Colour me shocked

To no ones surprise.

It's always the ones you most suspect.

lol

Well as always, if he's guilty may he have fun rotting in jail and hopefully drops the soap, if he's innocent I hope he bounces back from such life ruining accusations.
- What the fuck is wrong with you? Rape is horrific. That's why he is bring charged. Now you plod into this thread with rape fantasy.
  
  🤣🤣🤣 I don't remember hearing anyone say "murder is horrible" in response to Ted Bundy's execution, what goes around comes around innit.
  Fr tho, people forget jokes exist sometimes, I obviously don't wish rape on anyone, besides the whole dropping the soap thing's a myth anyways.

I mean, he looks like a caveman so.. prob has caveman brain.