Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
The 51-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, November 9, after a jury found him guilty of four sexual offences following a four-week trial.
The convictions relate to four women and incidents which took place between 2004 and 2009, during Brand's rise to fame as a comedian, television presenter and actor.
One of the convictions relates to the rape of a 21-year-old woman in 2009. The woman had met Brand after attending one of his stand-up shows at the Hammersmith Apollo. She told the court that although she had initially engaged in consensual sexual activity with him, he later raped her at his home.
The other convictions relate to three separate sexual assaults.
