00:00The sentence I pass on count six, rape is nine years imprisonment. So the total sentence is one
00:07of 10 years, six months. The few days you have already served will count. You will serve two
00:15thirds of that sentence, then be released on license and will be liable to be recalled into
00:20custody if you breach its terms. Russell Brand was just sentenced to 10 years and six months in
00:26prison for rape and sexual assault. He originally faced the maximum possibility of life in prison.
00:32Justice Joel Benethen of London's Southwark Crown Court delivered separate sentences for each of the
00:37actor's convictions on Monday morning. Brand received nine months for the first assault,
00:4118 months for the second, reduced from two years, and eight months for the third,
00:46as well as nine years for the rape. Justice Benethen promised Brand a quote significant
00:50sentence ahead of the sentencing, which is read at Southwark Crown Court in London.
00:55Brand did not display any emotion when receiving the sentence, but he mouthed I love you to his
01:00wife, Laura Gallagher, while exiting the courtroom. In his remarks at court, the judge blasted Brand's
01:05quote, casual, arrogant disregard of any woman's right to say no to you. One of the victims who
01:10spoke at sentencing revealed she feared she'd contracted HIV after the disgraced comedian removed
01:15a condom without her consent. Brand spent the weekend in jail as he awaited his sentence after
01:20being taken away in a police van immediately following his rape conviction on Thursday.
01:24Brand was reportedly petrified his first night in one of London's most troubled prisons.
01:29The facility is plagued by overcrowding, vermin, and violence, according to official watchdog reports.
01:35According to the Daily Mail, the convicted rapist cowered in fear as hundreds of fellow inmates
01:39taunted him with chants upon his arrival. And overnight, Tesla CEO Elon Musk actually defended
01:45Brand in a repost on X. Musk wrote that Brand's possibility of facing life in prison was, quote,
01:51unjust. The disgraced comedian was found guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault
01:55in his London criminal trial last week. Brand was acquitted of two other rape charges,
02:00along with one count of attempted indecent assault. Shortly after that guilty verdict,
02:04Brand faced additional rape accusations, including from a woman he dated when she was a minor.
02:09Brand is now under investigation by the Metropolitan Police over those allegations.
02:13Brand pleaded not guilty to all seven charges during the trial.
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