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Russell Brand: Comedian accused of rape and sexual assault of four women (www.independent.co.uk)
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Comedian Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotionally abusing four women during the height of his fame.

The alleged assaults occurred between 2006 and 2013, while he was a presenter for BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4, and include an assault on a 16-year-old girl.

He vehemently denied the “very serious criminal allegations” ahead of a Sunday Times article and an expected expose to be aired by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme tonight.

The allegations include crew members on his Big Brother spin-off being made to feel they were working as a “pimp” by approaching young women on his behalf, and that he raped a woman at his Los Angeles home.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

what?

  1. don't see how 'clever' enters into it one way or another. it's certainly not a trait that reduces the chances of being a predator.

  2. predators aren't people who can't find willing partners, they're people who want unwilling victims.

  3. you heard about another rich celebrity that was just sentenced to 30 years for rape?

  4. occam's razor says no such thing. the legal principle presumption of innocence says innocent until proven guilty.