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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

After watching Kathy Perry's documentary and what he did to her, I fucking hate this asshole.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I never watched that, what did he do?

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 4 points 51 minutes ago (3 children)

He divorced her over text, minutes before she was about to get on stage on her premiere tour. Then ghosted her after.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 27 minutes ago

Holy FUCK. You know back when he was pretending to be a queer leftist, he had me genuinely fooled. He's a truly scary fucker.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 1 points 18 minutes ago

God that's awful. And calculatingly cruel.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world -3 points 39 minutes ago

Huh, women intuition is never wrong

Until it is

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

How did his newly found faith in God not spare him of this????????

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago

He’ll use this in his defence, somehow. Swear blind it’s why he miraculously found God.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world -1 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 36 minutes ago)

Islam, everyone's favorite popular cult, is very rapey.

Catholics have been very rapey since a long time ago, Buddhists and Muslims as well

I'd wager whichever new faith this guy adheres to has no sway in their behavior as there are bad actors in basically everything

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 30 points 5 hours ago

Rapist Russell Brand charged with Attempted Comedy

[–] El_Azulito@lemmy.world 18 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You’re kiddin’! HIM? …Nahhh. He’s always seemed like a super stable, reliable guy. You just never know about some people, you know?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's always the ones you mostly suspect...

[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 3 points 2 hours ago

Wait... Is racism back on the table guys??

That irish fucker with the marshmallows is gonna get it

[–] 404UsernameNotFound@lemmy.wtf 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Don't worry, he can buy a Trump Gold Card, become a U.S. citizen, and Trump will offer him the position of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Russell Brand... Why is that name familiar?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 18 points 3 hours ago

He's a famous rapist.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

He used to be in movies I guess, he turned rapist once he got outed by the news. Then he pivoted right wing, naturally as a way to shield himself from criticism

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 39 points 8 hours ago

It’s always the people who you expect the most.

[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That’s very unsurprising

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I found this part surprising:

He has also established himself as a wellness guru.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This is the guy we should be deporting.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 2 points 56 minutes ago

Wealthy immigrant accused of rape and spewing lies at every turn? Deport him? They going to offer him a job leading what ever department he wants to demolish. Probably justice.

[–] tikifire@lemm.ee 48 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

This explains his sudden turn to Christianity last year. He's going to try the "God forgave me" defense.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 11 points 3 hours ago

Actually it was his turn to the right wing grifting. Christianity was just icing on the cake to make evangelicals acceptable to him

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 17 points 7 hours ago

it was pretty obvious when he started to trying to hide behind the pro-rape party of conservatives.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

More like "I can't be guilty of such a crime. I'm saved!"

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 59 points 12 hours ago

It's always the ones you most suspect.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago
[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

after a police investigation into allegations made following the broadcast of a Channel 4 documentary

"The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that criminal proceedings are active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial.

Were the allegations not brought to the police before the tv documentary? Why didn't the police investigate before? If so there should be an investigation and prosecution of those involved in the "non-investigation".

This failure to investigate is an outrage, many people including me listened to Russel Brand in the 2010s, but the police failed to investigate and now has the gall to say "the defendant has a right to a fair trial"? Does the public not also have a right to a fail investigation and prosecution?

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 hour ago

They may not have been, or the survivor may have not wanted to go to court so it went nowhere.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 12 hours ago

I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago

Its always the ones you expect

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