He claims two well known media outlets have emailed and written to him claiming some serious criminal behaviour. Not specified but from what he says likely related to claims of sexual misconduct in his earlier days.
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This has been being trailed for a few days. Brand seems certain to be acccused in some way given his preemptive response but there are other names in the frame (David Walliams, Noel Fielding, David Jason).
Brand, or at least his more fervent followers are claiming it's because "he's getting close to the truth". I believe there is an edition of "Dispatches" coming up (tonight?) that will detail the accusations. There's some print source that's on the story too but I haven't heard who that is....no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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We'd all do well to reserve judgement until we hear the nature of the claims and things make their way through due process - but Russell must know that there's nothing lilly white about a self confessed drug abusing sex addict....maybe some earlier behaviour is coming back to bit him.....
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Russell Brand - In Plain Sight #C4dispatches will air at 2100 on Channel 4. We will hear testimony from 5 women who make allegations including rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour - which he denies. Collab with @thetimes ...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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4 of the 5 accusershave chosen to remain anonymous. I can see why but if it's not a legal case accusing while hidden does make it seem slightly less convincing....no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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"...controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour "
-I do wonder when this became a crime. If it is then most of the world is guilty: male and female alike... oh and all our children too: they are the absolute masters of it.
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Thank goodness the fraudian piled in with some helpful "analysis" a.k.a. every smeary framing we can find crammed into one giant gish gallop. This kind of combined, full-court press does lend itself to the "take him down" theory:
The comic, who has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse and given support by Elon Musk and Andrew Tate, hints that a darker agenda is at play
This weekend’s accusations that the comic and actor Russell Brand has committed serious sexual crimes will test just how possible it is to knock the reputation of a celebrity who has always admitted to previous “bad behaviour”, and built up his fame on the strength of it.
After all, this is someone who has openly “joked” with Jimmy Savile about getting together to have sex with young women. So just how vulnerable is the Brand brand?
Reaction to Channel 4’s Dispatches documentary Russell Brand: In Plain Sight may lead to the cancellation of the current tour of Bipolarisation, his live theatre show, but will it dent the performer’s lucrative online popularity?
It is a question that matters because the 48-year-old comedian and social commentator now has such a large international following for his daily Stay Free broadcasts, to say nothing of the millions of viewers of his regular posts on YouTube, and his many TikTok and Instagram followers.
Such a huge collective audience has already given Brand the support to push back against what he dismisses as “rather baroque attacks” and allegations made in the TV documentary and the Sunday Times. In answer to allegations of rape and sexual assault while at the peak of his fame more than a decade ago, he said: “Now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual. I was always transparent about that then, almost too transparent, and I am being transparent about it now as well.”
Speaking on Friday night from a studio in the grounds of his £4m family home in Henley-on-Thames, he added his own spin on the motivation behind the claims: “To see that transparency metastasised into something criminal, that I absolutely deny, makes me question: is there another agenda at play?”
The most serious accusations appear to date from a time after Brand claims to have beaten his addiction to drugs and following a period of treatment for sex addiction, according to the Sunday Times. Back in 2007 he wrote in his autobiography: “At one point, about five years ago, I had a harem of about 10 women, whom I would rotate in addition to one-night stands and random casual encounters. But shagging – incessant as it was – no longer seemed to have the required calming effect.”
His lawyers, responding to accusations put to them by journalists at the Times and the Sunday Times, reportedly said they were not able to provide any response to such a “large litany of questions” and since his accusers had chosen to anonymise the names of the women involved. They said this was a strategy designed to hurt their client, who suspected there was a “deeply concerning agenda to all this, namely the fact that he is an alternative media broadcaster competing with mainstream media”.
Brand quickly found support from two fellow internet heavyweights, the billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and the misogynist influencer Andrew Tate. It came as well from his family, including his high-profile sister-in-law, the television presenter Kirsty Gallacher, aunt to his two daughters and the sister of his pregnant wife, Laura, 36, whom he first dated when she was 19. “Welcome to the club, Russell Brand,” said Tate, as Brand’s PR companies and affiliated showbiz entities dropped him from their websites.
The powerful recent testimony from women in Britain and America is more than just a determined attempt to tell their story and shine light on the alleged grim past of an entertainer who became a popular comedy and film star, voicing Dr Nefario in the cartoon Despicable Me, before his turbulent, brief marriage to the pop megastar Katy Perry. It is more significant than that because Brand now represents more. His voice is listened to by English speakers across the world, where his charismatic and rebellious performances give credence to several prominent conspiracy theories, including the suggestions that the Covid pandemic, support for Ukraine and climate crisis concern are all masking the activities of shadowy global manipulators.
The shows put out by Brand give his fans the chance to imagine themselves part of his circle. It is a byproduct of social media that sociologists are watching with interest and which can function almost like a traditional cult. A leader draws viewers in with the lure of promised intimacy, or at least of a sense of “community”, which coincidentally is the name of the “wellness” festival that Brand stages in the countryside each year.
Brand is, he often emphasises, merely “asking the questions” and “staying free”. But the arrival on the cultural and current affairs landscape of popular internet pundits such as him and Tate, and in America, Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro, has become a serious challenge to public faith in careful journalism and in the more experienced, educated voices of comment. And that is exactly what was intended.
The mainstream media, claim acolytes of Brand and Rogan, has had its own way for too long and merely parrots fraudulent tenets to guard a comfortable elite. Yet, while they point at the vested interests of much of the established commercial media, and attempt to tar the licence fee-funded BBC, Brand rarely mentions the money that likely flows to him every time he ignites a big reaction by saying something controversial. ...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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But the arrival on the cultural and current affairs landscape of popular internet pundits such as him and Tate, and in America, Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro, has become a serious challenge to public faith in careful journalism and in the more experienced, educated voices of comment.
FIrst, immediately (and only) noting Tate and Ben Shapiro as comparisons but secondly, "a serious challenge to public faith in careful journalism and in the more experienced, educated voices of comment".
Oooooooooooooooh, get ####ing you. He obviously didn't go to the right schools....no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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The programme is now airing. I watched the first ten minutes, but I was tired and my wife is going back to NZ first thing tomorrow morning, so needed and early night. I don't know what the producers were thinking but they've maybe successfully ruined any likely police or court action against him. The "evidence" presented in this manner is likely worthless and highly prejudicial, but I have no legal qualifications so take my opinion with a grain of salt. If the media genuinely believe that Russel Brand is a sexual predator and rapist then they should be referring the matter to the police, who can be relied on (hollow laugh) to provide the necessary fair judicial process.
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The Guardian piece is carefully constructed to link Brand to 'conspiracy theories', which is seen as form of dangerous heresy. At the same time the Guardian has conspiracy theories of their own regarding Brand's brand itself, only the Guardian gets to define what conspiracies theories have credence or not.
Why didn't the women involved go to the police with their stories, (or, as the Guardian prefers, their testimony) when they supposedly happened? Did the women receive any 'compensation' from the Times for their stories? Was Brand contacted in advance and allowed to tell things from his perspective? That seems to be normal journalistic procedure with controversial stories.
watched some of the C4 sexpose and it left me with three questions.
1) Have you made a statement to the police?
2) Do you have a solicitor?
3) Do you have an agent?Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
Monbiot takes the opportunity to remind ppl of his 'concerns' about Brand
Posted by Ian M on September 17, 2023, 10:41 am, in reply to "The babe"
ie: joining the establishment pile-on at precisely the right moment to inflict the most damage as Brand's character is being assassinated. Just like he did with Corbyn, ML, Dark Mountain, Pilger, Chomsky and any other dissident worth their salt. He's such a sh!t - 'I've no insight into the grave allegations' - then maybe you should stfu about it instead of choosing this moment to stick the boot in yet again?
George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot I've no insight into the grave allegations against #RussellBrand aired this weekend. But I've been concerned for a while about the way he now amplifies groundless conspiracy theories and the far-right influencers who promote them. theguardian.com/commentisfre…🧵 I once admired Russell Brand. But his grim trajectory shows us where politics is heading | George... In an age of distortion, public figures have powerful tools and a responsibility. This is an object lesson in how that can go wrong, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot theguardian.com
As Brand repeatedly points out, there's a lot wrong with the mainstream media. But there's also a lot wrong with shows like his, whose audience numbers appear to depend on propagating ever more ridiculous claims and conspiracy fictions.
Brand is not on the far right. But I see him as cynically using the themes, obsessions and spokespeople of the far right to boost his numbers. In doing so, he is assisting them, by mainstreaming far right politics. Even though this is doubtless not his intention.
The question I've never been able to resolve is why far right conspiracy fictions seem, for so many online influencers, to be the key to massive audiences. What is it about this nonsense that attracts so many people?
Here's a thread from before in which I explore these questions in more depth, placing Russell Brand's journey in the context of similar influencers who have travelled from progressive critiques of power to amplifying far right themes, such as @ggreenwald.
1. What the hell has happened to Russell Brand? Here’s my column on his terrible political journey, plus a thread on the wider context, that explains what makes his shift so dangerous. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfre… Tell your story; Ask a question; Interpret generously http://storybythethroat.wordpress.com/tell-ask-listen/
on September 16, 2023, 7:33 am