Russell Brand's ex who was victim of the 'Sachsgate' scandal says comedian 'needs to tell the truth'

Artist and actress Georgina Baillie, one of Russell Brand's former lovers, has urged him to 'tell the truth' - and admitted she had been wrong to trust him.Ms Baillie's relationship with Brand hit the headlines in 2008 after the comedian, along with TV presenter Jonathan Ross, left lewd messages for her grandfather, Andrew Sachs, who played Manuel in the hit '70s comedy Fawlty Towers.In what became known as 'Sachsgate', the pair prank called the late Mr Sachs on BBC Radio 2 and left a voicemail in which Ross blurted out: 'He f***** your granddaughter,' prompting a furious backlash - including from then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Ms Baillie credits Brand, 51, with 'saving my life', because he paid for her to go to rehab in 2018, and said she has always held him 'on a pedestal' in her memory.After allegations emerged three years ago against Brand, she said she did not view him as a rapist.But after he was this afternoon found guilty of raping a woman and sexually assaulting three others, Ms Baillie said Brand must 'admit his mistakes'. At no point throughout the month-long trial did he admit to any of the charges.Ms Baillie told 5 News: 'The most important thing is to admit your mistakes and correct them as much as you can. 'Now if they've proven that he's done these things... that's what needs to happen. He needs to make amends.' Georgina Baillie, Brand's former lover, said he must 'admit' what he has done to his victims In 2008, Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross left a vile message on Sachs' answering machine about Brand sleeping with his granddaughter - then broadcast it to millions radio listenersMs Baillie revealed Russell Brand paid for her rehab as an amends for the 'Sachsgate' scandal (both pictured in 2008)The jury also cleared Brand of two further counts of rape and one charge of attempted indecent assault. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges. Ms Baillie had an on-off relationship with Brand in the early 2000s. She agreed to a request from his legal team to write a statement supporting his defence.Allegations of sexual misconduct were first published in 2023 by Channel 4 Dispatches and The Times and Sunday Times, after a joint investigation.The reporting included allegations of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013 from a number of women. The women whose testimonies were heard last month at Brand's trial were encouraged to come forward after seeing the investigation. Recalling the moment she first heard of the allegations in the media, Ms Baillie said: 'I just found it really, really tricky to associate him with any form of aggression toward a girl, because he worshipped girls.'Any woman who has been abused in any way deserves some listening time... He really ought to do the right thing, which is, as an addict in recovery, make your amends.'Ms Baillie has previously spoken of being a survivor of sexual abuse herself, and also struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol.Russell Brand, 51, pictured outside Southwark Crown Court today with his wife Laura Gallacher, is facing jail after being found guilty of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three women Brand stands while listening to Judge Mr Justice Bennathan at Southwark Crown Court, London, as he is found guilty of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three womenShe believes she would be 'dead' if Brand hadn't funded her rehabilitation in 2018.Struggling to square the Brand revealed in court with the man she thought she knew, Ms Baillie said: 'It's really hard to let go of the need for someone to be on that pedestal in your memory. 'Because he saved my life. I'll be honest, if I didn't go to rehab, then I'd probably be dead. So I owe my life to him for that. We speak to the detective who brought down Russell BrandHi, I'm Alex Matthews, Editor of The Crime Desk.Russell Brand has been found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults - and our reporters Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull were in court every day to witness it all. They sat down with Detective Inspector Laura Nelson who revealed why the women who accused him in the infamous documentary were not involved in his rape trial. Subscribe to The Crime Desk to listen to the podcast. 'But the most important thing is to admit your mistakes and correct them as much as you can.'I'm really sad that he's been found guilty because I really thought that, like, I had a better judge of character than this. 'But I am open-minded enough to know that I can be wrong. I'm okay with being wrong. 'I feel a lot of sympathy for the accusers and the victims if they've been proven. I really hope that they can find some healing.' Russell Brand is facing years in jail after being found guilty on Thursday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others to feed his 'voracious' and violent lust.The comedian and actor closed his eyes as he was convicted of raping a 21-year-old fan he picked out of the crowd after one of his Hammersmith Apollo gigs in 2009.Brand, then 33, pushed the woman face down into a pillow on his 'enormous' bed and removed his condom while raping her at his £2.3million Hampstead mansion, leaving her struggling to breathe.She was left bleeding from her anus and afterwards said Brand ordered her to 'clean up the mess you've made' before switching on the TV to watch the science-fiction series Quantum Leap.The woman tried to clear up before being ushered out by a member of staff. A driver then handed her tissues as he took her home. Fearing she had contracted HIV, she underwent tests, which came back negative.It can today be revealed that Brand has also been accused of raping two more women, including a 16-year-old schoolgirl, with the Crown Prosecution Service seeking to bring further charges.READ MORE: I covered every day of the Russell Brand trial... no amount of prayers were ever going to save himREAD MORE: The wife who stood by Russell Brand's side: How 'mummy blogger' Laura Gallacher – and her golfer father Bernard – supported comedian during rape trialREAD MORE: Beginnings of Brand's depravity: How his sex-obsessed father Ron paid for a prostitute for his 17-year-old son – sparking a lifelong compulsion to use and abuse women: ALISON BOSHOFFREAD MORE: Russell Brand's strange entourage of God-fearing misfits who attended court with him every dayREAD MORE: Brand's Florida reinvention as a 'saviour in swimwear' who preached on the beach, baptised young women in the ocean and cosied up to MAGA and the manosphere