00:00About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous.
00:04You were clever and, in many people's eyes, funny and charismatic.
00:10You had also become a sexual predator.
00:13Disgraced British comedian and actor Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison
00:20after being convicted of rape and three sexual assaults.
00:24Judge Joel Benethon did not hold back in his description of the 51-year-old.
00:29Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no
00:38and to demand justice from the criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent.
00:48Brand was sentenced at London's Suffolk Crown Court following a trial involving offences against four women.
00:54Victim impact statements detailed years of trauma.
00:58The former Hollywood star maintained that his sexual encounters were consensual.
01:03Jurors found him guilty of four of seven charges.
01:06I pass a sentence of imprisonment for nine months for count three,
01:1318 months for count five, reduced from two years to allow for totality,
01:19and eight months for count seven.
01:22Those sentences are all concurrent to one another to further allow for totality,
01:28but consecutive to the sentence for rape.
01:31The sentence I pass on count six, rape, is nine years' imprisonment.
01:38So the total sentence is one of ten years, six months.
01:42The few days you have already served will count.
01:46You will serve two-thirds of that sentence,
01:49then be released on licence,
01:51and will be liable to be recalled into custody if you breach its terms.
01:55On your release, you will also be indefinitely subject to the notification requirements
02:01under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
02:05Would you go with the officers, please?
02:07My thoughts today are with the women who came forward
02:09and made this investigation possible.
02:13Reporting sexual offences can be incredibly difficult,
02:15and they have shown immense bravery, dignity and resilience throughout
02:20what has been a lengthy and challenging trial process.
02:25The victims have had to revisit deeply traumatic experiences
02:29and endure significant public and media attention.
02:33I hope today's outcome provides some measure of closure
02:36and allows them to continue rebuilding their lives.
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