British comedian Russell Brand found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults

France 24 Friday 06 November 2026, 16:45 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Video contentVideo British comedian Russell Brand found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults Issued on: Share British comedian Russell Brand was on Thursday, November 5, found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults by a London jury, including a 16-year-old girl. He now faces "significant" prison time, according to the judge.

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