Comedian Russell Brand sentenced to more than a decade in prison

LONDON British comedian and Hollywood star Russell Brand was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault by the Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday (November 9, 2026). Brand, 51, was found guilty on Thursday (November 5, 2026) by the court of rape and three counts of sexual assault and not guilty on three other counts. He was charged in relation to a total of seven crimes. His crimes were committed between 2004 and 2009. The court found him guilty of raping a woman in 2009 at his home, after meeting her at a comedy show in the Hammersmith neighbourhood of London. Brand has the possibility of being released in about seven years subject to conditions, the judge said. Comedian Russell Brand found guilty by U.K.