Do Jared Leto next!
If you’re feeling upset about the length of the sentence, think about where you were ten years ago and you’ll quickly realize that ten years go by very slowly. That’s a huge chunk of life when you really think about it. It’s only the number itself that looks small
There’s something to say about the fact he will be only 61 when he gets out, though. It does give one anxiety, doesn’t it? It’s not like he’ll be old and frail
Still… seven woman… And probably more out there… And ONLY 10 years?
The last 10 years feel simultaneously like an eternity and like a blink of an eye…
Good, one more rapey, creepy, rich cunt not walking the streets. Now if only the US would start doing the same things to our rich, rapey cunts. We should start with the orange molester in chief.
Methinks that the only time we’re gonna hear about this guy from now on is in “What celebrity destroyed their reputation the most” posts.
He must be broke
This guy wasn’t already a convicted sex offender? This just now happened!?
Bro, I’m mandela effecting hard right now lmao.
God damn man it’s so real
The onion is the new xkcd.
He’s not allowed to cast pods in there, is he?
Lou Sanders win
Good riddance m8
What do you call a serial rapist getting ten and a half years?
A GOOD START.
There’s already two more women who have come forward, and more are being encouraged to as well, so you got this right
yeah, exactly what I was meaning to reference. I mean, who knows, maybe these were the only incidents and he’s completely innocent of all the others.
…seems extremely unlikely, though
Honestly 10 years feels like roughly the right amount of time, assuming it’s actually 10 years in prison and not 18 months in a celebrity daycamp.
People change a lot in prison. Even a year or two. 10 years of prison later he will be a very very very different person, and I don’t think an additional 5+ years would really make much of a difference.
I was reading that in the UK this translates to 5 years before being eligible for parole.
Which is still a lot for someone who is used to the lifestyle / comfort that Brand had.
I personally feel like 10 full years in prison isn’t enough, but I’m not a judge. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The judge stated a minimum term of 7 years before he can apply for release on licence. He will be on the sex offenders register for life, forever having to report his whereabouts, every time he moves address etc.
I really just goes to the “Is prison a punishment, a rehabilitation system, or a deterrence”. If someone isn’t rehabilitated after 10 years, then they also won’t be after 20 (IMO). And there are lots of studies that show lengthy sentences don’t really function as a deterrence due to human brains poorly conceptualizing 5 vs 10 vs 15 vs 20 years. At some point it’s just “A long time in jail” and advocating for 10 vs 20 years doesn’t benefit the deterrence aspect. Also, your average violent criminal isn’t thinking “Well I WOULD rape her if it was only 5 years, but since it will be 10, I won’t”
So then it’s just about punishment. And 10 years in jail is a very very intense punishment. Forced to choose, I would take a LOT of other punishments to not have to spend the next 10 years in jail which, for what it’s worth, often leads to rape from others in the prison.
I was more meaning that there are other cases coming. But yeah, the sentence seems… sentencing is difficult. Can any time truly make up for violent crimes? But yet there must be serious consequences.
I’m surprised it is that much. I know someone who went down for rape with someone under age and sexual misconduct with someone else underage and he got 6 years. Probably serve 4 years I guess, for permanently destroying two peoples’ lives. Ridiculous.
Not rich enough to be immune from punishment. Git gud.
All he had to do was add his name onto the Epstein files to get away with it.
“Under English law, the maximum sentence for rape is life imprisonment, and 10 years for one count of sexual assault, according to Britain’s sentencing council.”
This guy got basically sentenced for one + half a year of the 3 assaults and not caunting the 1 rape
Those are maximum sentences for Category 1 though, and would be given for extreme cases.
It looks like Brand was sentenced on a Category 2 rape, which has a starting point of 10y custody.
He got 10 more years than the epstein pedogang though.
With Brand’s history and lifestyle, 10 years night still be a life sentence.
just imagine how many religions he can get into now
Being a high profile sex offender in a jail 18 months could turn out to be a life sentence
There are rumours that he already has a fan club in jail and cowers his way into the mess hall and back to his cell every day.
He probably won’t serve all ten years, assuming good behavior
7 years then the British equivalent of parole. It’s in the article.
There’s a first time for everything!
Crap. I have several Russell brand shirts / sportsware. Guess donation centers are going to see a real swell of this stuff.
I bought his Booky Wook when I was 19. Still got it. I know there’s a word for owning items related to a criminal, but I can’t remember it right now. Makes you feel like one of those true crime enthusiasts who have a collection of Jeffrey Dahmer’s letters or something
Maybe I should put it in a glass case and watch guests gasp and stare at it with morbid curiosity
I think they literally showed a page from the book in the trial. Wild.
Times like this, it’s good to know what’s important.
He has his own brand of shirts??
https://russellathletic.com.au/
No, it’s a joke about this brand.
My got the Wikipedia section on the incidents (a life times worth of offending, and it being an open secret at the BBC that he was a known predator) was exhausting.
Luckily this was also in there too:
In the days following his charges, Brand was “indefinitely” suspended from his role as an ambassador for the Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital charity[239] and dropped as a celebrity spokesperson for the American Catholic meditation and prayer app Hallow.[240]
Sad to see the BBC continuing to protect predators. You’d think some hard questions would have been asked after Jimmy Savile.
Tiggywinkles
I do love the sheer percentage of British things that scream “WE ARE BRITISH” by their very name.
Isn’t it named after the Beatrix Potter character
No clue, but doesn’t invalidate my point. If anything, reinforces. lol. I do want to note that I say so lovingly. :)
