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Revealed: Russell Brand Exited Comedy Central’s ‘Roast Battle’ After Facing Sexual Predator Claims On-Camera (deadline.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately the UKs libel laws make these kind of things difficult, especially if you're a smaller comedian and Brand was, for a bit, a Hollywood level star with the money and solicitors to bury you.

This investigation took four years across three media outlets to properly piece together, and gather enough evidence to get their legal teams to sign off on the release.