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  "id": 19271243,
  "title": "Russell Brand fumbles to find Bible verse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/russell-brand-fumbles-to-find-bible-verse",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T02:54:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/russell-brand-fumbles-to-find-bible-verse-20261110-p61cyp.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "British comedian and actor Russell Brand was sentenced in the United Kingdom on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison. According to Malay Mail, Judge Joel Bennathan described the 51-year-old as a \"sexual predator\" who acted with \"staggering arrogance\" and used his fame to protect himself. CBS News reported the sentence was for the rape of one woman in 2009 and the sexual assault of three others, while ABC News AU stated he was convicted of the rape and sexual assault of four women between 2004 and 2009, though he was acquitted of two other counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.\n\nABC News AU reports that Jemima Goldsmith, who dated Brand between 2013 and 2014, released a statement following the sentencing accusing him of violence, coercive control, and abuse. She stated she had to call the police to remove him from her home during a violent incident in 2014 but chose not to press charges at that time.\n\nThe Sydney Morning Herald noted that Brand's spiritual awakening occurred around the same time police began investigating allegations against him in 2023. The Age reported that Brand spent years attempting to preemptively save himself from a legal reckoning by self-imposing a moral one.",
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      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Russell Brand jailed for 10 years and six months over rape and sexual assault convictions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/russell-brand-jailed-for-10-years-and-six-months-over-rape-and-sexual",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Russell Brand sentenced to more than 10 years for rape and sex assault",
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        "title": "'Sexual predator' Russell Brand jailed for 10 years for rape, assault",
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Russell Brand, wife Laura Gallacher share emotional moment during sentencing hearing: ‘Total devastation’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/russell-brand-wife-laura-gallacher-share-emotional-moment-during",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:30:37.000Z"
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        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/russell-brand-sentenced-to-10-years-and-six-months-in-prison-for-rape",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:39:51.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Russell Brand's ex Jemima Goldsmith accuses him of violence and abuse against her",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/russell-brands-ex-jemima-goldsmith-accuses-him-of-violence-and-abuse",
        "published": "2026-11-09T20:05:20.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Russell Brand jailed for 10 and a half years after London rape conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/russell-brand-jailed-for-10-and-a-half-years-after-london-rape",
        "published": "2026-11-09T21:04:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Russell Brand's ex Jemima Goldsmith accuses him of 'violence and abuse'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/russell-brands-ex-jemima-goldsmith-accuses-him-of-violence-and-abuse",
        "published": "2026-11-10T02:19:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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