Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years 6 Months in Prison for Rape & Sexual Assault

Disgraced comedian Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault.

The judge said Brand would likely serve two-thirds of his sentence behind bars before being released on license. However, the ex-husband of Katy Perry faces further investigations into accusations of rape and sexual assault, which could increase his prison time if found guilty.

Brand’s sentencing came after a jury convicted him on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on November 5. He was acquitted on two rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault.

According to a report from Sky News, the Forgetting Sarah Marshall star showed no emotion as the sentence was passed, but told his wife, Laura Brand, “we’ll be okay” as dock officers escorted him from the court.

Of the four charges Brand was convicted of, the judge sentenced him to nine years for the count of rape, nine months for the count three sexual assault, 18 months for the count five sexual assault, and eight months for the count seven sexual assault. The judges reduced some time due to mitigating factors, including character witness statements.

During the sentencing, the judge told Brand, “I do not increase your punishment because of it, but all those women had to face being confronted and being told they had lied or twisted the truth and/or they had agreed to your sexual demands. That was all done because of you, on your instructions.”

He added that women “retain the right to say no and demand justice in the criminal courts” from predators like Brand, “whatever they wear, wherever they go, whatever they drink.”

Allegations about Brand were first published in 2023 after four women, who remained anonymous, accused him of sexual assault and emotional abuse between the years of 2006 and 2013. Brand has continually denied the accusations.

Brand was previously married to singer Katy Perry for just over a year before he filed for divorce in December 2011. Since 2017, he has been married to Laura Gallacher, whom he previously dated a decade earlier when he was 31 and she was 19. The couple has three children, and Gallacher testified as a character witness for her husband in court.

You can watch the sentencing in the video above, courtesy of The Guardian.