Russell Brand convicted of rape and sexual assault
What each leads with
Daily Beast ↗ — Headline and lede state "Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault" and quote the judge: "You have been convicted of a number of offenses, including rape" and "significant custodial term," with immediate remand in custody.Daily Beast — Headline and lede state "Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault" and quote the judge: "You have been convicted of a number of offenses, including rape" and "significant custodial term," with immediate remand in custody.
ZeroHedge ↗ — Headline frames outcome as "Russell Brand Found Guilty As 'Only Three Rapes' Defense Fails" and highlights barrister's closing question to jurors: "Why is it that only three rapes in 10 years?"ZeroHedge — Headline frames outcome as "Russell Brand Found Guilty As 'Only Three Rapes' Defense Fails" and highlights barrister's closing question to jurors: "Why is it that only three rapes in 10 years?"
Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault
K. “You have been convicted of a number of offenses, including rape,” Justice Joel Bennathan told the 51-year-old former comedian in a packed courtroom at Southwark Crown Court in London on Thursday afternoon. “The consequence of that is inevitably a significant custodial term,” the judge went on.
Russell Brand Found Guilty As 'Only Three Rapes' Defense Fails
" The 51-year-old comedian was convicted at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday of one count of rape and three of sexual assault, the Telegraph reported. The rape conviction relates to a young fan Brand met after one of his Hammersmith Apollo shows in 2009, and one of the sexual…