Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sex assault
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A London jury on Thursday convicted Russell Brand of one count of anal rape and three counts of sexual assault, clearing him of three other charges after a three-week trial at Southwark Crown Court.

The 51-year-old comedian, once among Britain’s biggest broadcasters and briefly married to Katy Perry, denied all allegations from six women spanning 1999 to 2009. Prosecutors cast him as a “calculating” sexual predator.

Testifying in his own defense, Brand admitted using fame to gain “sexual access” but insisted the encounters were consensual. He had relocated to Florida, building an online following around politics, wellness and his faith.

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