{
  "id": 19281678,
  "title": "In the UK, Russell Brand's conviction echoes #MeToo and the Weinstein case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/in-the-uk-russell-brands-conviction-echoes-metoo-and-the-weinstein",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T04:18:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/11/10/in-the-uk-russell-brand-s-conviction-echoes-metoo-and-the-weinstein-case_6776629_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "British comedian and actor Russell Brand was sentenced in the United Kingdom on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison. ABC News AU reports that Brand, 51, 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. CBS News states the sentence was for the rape of one woman in 2009 and the sexual assault of three others. Brand will not be eligible for release until he serves at least seven years, or two-thirds of his sentence, according to ABC News AU.\n\nPublic figures including Bob Geldof and Dannii Minogue have spoken out against Brand over the past two decades, according to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Jemima Goldsmith, who dated Brand between 2013 and 2014, released a statement following the sentencing accusing him of violence, coercive control, and abuse. Ms. Goldsmith stated she had to call the police to remove him from her home during a violent incident in 2014, though she chose not to press charges at that time.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}