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Swede

(35,860 posts)
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 09:52 AM Friday

Comedian Russell Brand charged with rape

Good.

Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999 and 2005.

The charges relate to four separate women.

The comedian and actor has been interviewed multiple times by police since an investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4's Dispatches in September 2023 revealed multiple serious allegations against him.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0457d02e9go

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Comedian Russell Brand charged with rape (Original Post) Swede Friday OP
Well that's a shock... (NOT) hlthe2b Friday #1
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy! Can't stand his R/W gaslighting and conspiracy theories. Doodley Friday #2
He is a Maga preacher now in Florida obamanut2012 Friday #3
Never fails malaise Friday #5
He dropped out - too hard for him muriel_volestrangler Friday #7
Bwaaaaah malaise Friday #9
WTF?! Sky Jewels Friday #12
Check out this old piece malaise Friday #4
Guess his spiritual awakening is over? Oneironaut Friday #6
Ah finally some good news today. BannonsLiver Friday #8
All I can tell you is this ScratchCat Friday #10
His discoveries of Jeebus & KRASNOV won't save him. UTUSN Friday #11

hlthe2b

(109,019 posts)
1. Well that's a shock... (NOT)
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 09:56 AM
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He's had that nasty self-entitled "bros" thing going on for a while. I suspect Katy Perry could say quite a bit but chooses not to.

malaise

(282,688 posts)
5. Never fails
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 11:02 AM
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The old Guardian article I posted mentioned that he was studying religion in global politics
From the article

He’s now studying for an MA in religion in global politics at SOAS University of London.

The holier they are, the more I worry

muriel_volestrangler

(103,401 posts)
7. He dropped out - too hard for him
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 11:50 AM
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In 2017, Brand enrolled in a Master’s programme – religion in global politics – at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. “I was not as famous as I had been, but pretty famous,” he says. “And I was 20 years older than everybody.” He did his best to hang with the kids and says his presentations were solid – “I was able to bust out some performance skills” – but the written assignments killed him. “I didn’t finish the course."

https://www.menshealth.com/uk/mental-strength/a36729290/russell-brand-explains-how-to-become-a-brand-new-you/

ScratchCat

(2,642 posts)
10. All I can tell you is this
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 12:40 PM
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Many years ago, I happened across a nude picture of this guy and wished I hadn't. Dude has the droopiest scrotum I have ever seen.

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