Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison After Rape Conviction

Actor was also found guilty of three counts of sexual assault at his trial Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison Monday following his conviction on rape and sexual assault charges. A jury in London found Brand guilty on four of the seven charges against him, including one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was found not guilty on two additional counts of rape, as well as one count of attempted indecent assault. The allegations against him were tied to claims made by six women between 1999 and 2009. The bulk of Brand’s sentence was tied to the rape charge, for which the judge sentenced him to nine years in prison. Meanwhile, each of the three assault charges carried their own penalty: nine months, 18 months, and eight months. The assault sentences will be served concurrently, but consecutively with the sentence for the rape charge. The rape count, the most severe charge Brand was found guilty of, had a maximum sentence of life imprisonment under British sentencing guidelines, but the more common term was four to 19 years behind bars. Following Brand’s conviction on Thursday, the actor was remanded into custody; he had been out on bail during his trial. “A custodial sentence of some length will result,” the judge told Brand. The rape conviction stemmed from a 2009 incident where a woman said in a police interview that she went to Brand’s home expecting to have consensual vaginal sex, but during intercourse Brand removed his condom and had anal sex with her. Trending Stories “I said, ‘Can you stop?’” she told police of the incident. “I said it repeatedly.” The woman told some of her friends about the incident soon after, who later testified during Brand’s trial. Brand testified that the anal sex was consensual and she never told him to stop. After Brand’s rape trial, London’s Met Police announced that two more women had come forward with allegations against the actor, which could result in more charges against Brand and another trial. Their investigation is ongoing.