Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault

Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault

A London jury found Russell Brand guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on Thursday at Southwark Crown Court, while acquitting him on three other charges. The fifty-one-year-old comedian and actor denied the charges, was remanded in custody, and will be sentenced on Monday as police investigate two additional rape complaints.

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