Who is Russell Band ?
I’m glad that thumbnail makes him look sad and dishevelled.
and…cue the attacks on the British Justice system by right-wing supporters of misogyny!
I’m not a bit surprised
I will never understand how one can have so much money and success just to throw it all away for something so stupid and vile.
Stop thinking of money as an abstract thing, its simply power. And power has many forms, ability to influence and control others, control governance, do what you want as you want, have your opinion heard over others, control others, etc. People need to stop considering rich people as people with money, theyre people with unfretted power and those people are generally wicked.
I guess…he was a celebrity comedian, not a politician or asshole billionaire. I was honestly surprised to hear about the sexual assault allegations when the first came out.
He had crafted a careful delibrate public image i guess.
He didn’t exactly have fuck you money. Celebrities lose everything they have all the time bcz their money is at the whims of being likeable and getting people to buy their shit.
I think what i failed to convey is I think the mentality and motivation is all the same, power and control, its just some people get it from being a celebrity, or having money, or being a politician or any mixture. End of the day its a lust for power and control over others.
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Shitheads who spread this “women are liars” incel garbage are why so few rapes ever reach trial in the first place.
You really need to get yourself removed from whatever manosphere poison you’ve found yourself in, because it’s turning you into a terrible person. There’s no reason to believe a completely unfounded, unsupported conspiracy theory over the sworn court testimony of six victims plus many others who spoke out in public, other than pure vile misogyny.
Or maybe you want people to disbelieve women because you’ve got an unfortunate history of your own?
(edit: for those who joined after mod removed the post: user x0x7 @lemmy.world claimed that Brand was set up by these women as part of an organized conspiracy to take him down for supporting right wing politicians)
“become politically inconvenient”
Brand is not politically inconvenient. He just steered right when he saw the money.
Spoken like a true incel. Disgusting.
Anyone can see how gross and handsy he was while other people were present AND ALSO while being filmed.
It’s not hard to imagine how much worse he was behind closed doors.
He gets the Bill Cosby lifetime achievement award.
So he’s gonna be convicted in a preformative manner and let go a few months later?
I hope not. I however am unfamiliar with the UK justice system, praying that they’re not as susceptible to the wealthy wiggling their way out of punishment like in the USA.
Do Jared Leto next!
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
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
The last 10 years feel simultaneously like an eternity and like a blink of an eye…
Still… seven woman… And probably more out there… And ONLY 10 years?
Still… seven woman…
*women. So far. Apparently more are coming forward, maybe his sentence will increase.
Yeah sorry, as a non native speaker these sorts of things trip me up sometimes. :-). Very dependent on auto correct…
This punishment is for one count of rape and three of sexual assault. There were two other rape charges he was cleared of. I assume he would have gotten the maximum sentence otherwise.
Wait’ll you get older. I still think of covid like it ended last year.
Some people have a warped view of punishment and will always demand more punishment. Especially for lighter offenses, they think people should go to prison for decades, it’s insane. They’d have people quartered again if they could have their way
I’ve seen plenty of folks argue for the death penalty for rapists. Blows my mind a bit, speaking as a survivor. I’m also against the death penalty in general, though, and that’s unfortunately not the most popular opinion. Gallup puts it at 49% in support for people convicted of murder as of this year, and Pew Research has it at a whopping 66%.
Yes but no. 10 years should be the absolute minimum in a “singular” rape charge. But come on, to rape 7 women (that we got proof of) & only do 10 years is blasphemous.
Well that’s the thing. He wasn’t convicted of seven counts of rape. This punishment is for one count of rape and three of sexual assault. There were two other rape charges he was cleared of.
Yes but in peoples eyes the accusation is enough and they never follow up past the big headline.
Uhhh, pretty sure most people would consider one rape conviction a pretty goddamn big deal so it’s arguing semantics about the rest.
How bloody infuriating is it that I’m STILL arguing with people who are confidently saying that he was stitched up! They aren’t the brightest but still they seem to ignore his financial might thrown into his legal defences. What do those morons think they know that the court is missing?
I’m waiting for the picture of him without sunglasses and his hair shaved off.
This guy wasn’t already a convicted sex offender? This just now happened!?
Bro, I’m mandela effecting hard right now lmao.
The onion is the new xkcd.
God damn man it’s so real
I saw a Facebook story about his convictions and there were so many people in the comments saying he is just being silenced for his views and he’s an innocent man being done wrong by attention seekers.
Facebook is such a bin fire sometimes…
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]
Tiggywinkles
I do love the sheer percentage of British things that scream “WE ARE BRITISH” by their very name.
Here’s few more for ya:
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. :)
Sad to see the BBC continuing to protect predators. You’d think some hard questions would have been asked after Jimmy Savile.
