What Russell Brand's Book Reveals After Rape Sentence: 'No One Was Safe'
Summary
The article says British publishers withdrew several Russell Brand books after a jury convicted him of rape and sexual assault and he received a 10½-year prison sentence. It revisits passages in his 2007 memoir that describe sexual pressure, violence toward women, and cruelty to a dog, and notes that commentators say celebrity media once treated provocative behavior more leniently.Key Facts
- Pan Macmillan and other publishers reportedly withdrew Brand’s books from sale after his conviction.
- The article says a jury convicted Brand of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
- Brand was sentenced to 10½ years in prison, according to the article.
- In his 2007 memoir, My Booky Wook, Brand described a school game involving grabbing girls over their clothing and wrote, “No one was safe from me.”
- The memoir recounts Brand using pleading, emotional pressure, and lies to persuade a woman identified as Penny to have sex.
- Brand wrote that he spat in a lap dancer’s face after she slapped him, and that he smashed a sex worker’s phone.
- Brand also wrote about luring the family dog, Topsy, upstairs and kicking it down the stairs.
- Public relations professionals told Newsweek that entertainment media in the late 2000s and early 2010s often treated provocative celebrity behavior as part of a performer’s public image.
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