Comedian and controversial YouTuber Russell Brand has received a prison sentence of 10 years and six months for multiple sexual offenses, including rape and sexual assault.
The 51-year-old was sentenced to nine years for a rape conviction. He also received an 18-month sentence for sexually assaulting a woman at a radio studio in London in 2004 or 2005. Additionally, he was given nine months for another assault at a bar in London in 2004 and eight months for an incident during a television project in 2009. These sentences will be served consecutively.
Prosecutors had initially called for a sentence ranging from 10 to 15 years following Brand’s convictions. According to reports, as Brand was led away from Southwark Crown Court in London, he mouthed the words “I love you” to his wife, Laura Brand.
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