Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years for rape, abuse warning issued
Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for raping a fan and sexually assaulting three women at Southwark Crown Court on 9 November. The sentencing followed his conviction on 2 November for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
Earlier, culture secretary Lisa Nandy warned that misconduct like Brand’s could still be occurring in the media and called on organisations to join the whistleblower protection scheme. Brand had also testified in a New York civil case that he might have exposed himself on the set of the 2011 film *Arthur*, though he could not recall the incident.