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Reply | Russell Brand...
at 14:29 6 Nov 2026
To clarify this is a debate I am not defending Brand at all for any of his behaviour, I'm just looking at the evidence and thinking if this wasn't Brand, then I might think differently about this conviction |
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Reply | Russell Brand...
at 14:27 6 Nov 2026
I havent seen the full evidence, all I am saying is that it cast doubt in my mind and that comes from someone who thought it serves him right when I saw he had been found guilty.
As I said on one of the charges he was convicted of there were just the two people present, one of them was lying, who knows which one , there was no other evidence other than their own testimony's, he said he didn't do it, she said he did.
Easy to not believe Brand as he is such an awful human being, easy to say serves him right, but that does not mean he was guilty |
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Reply | Russell Brand...
at 14:04 6 Nov 2026
Yes I am serious, as much as I deplore the crimes that he committed and I cannot think of many more so called celebrities that I hate as much as Brand and the way he has behaved throughout his time in the limelight, I still can't help thinking that some of this, perhaps not all has come out of the woodwork a little and money is at the root of it.
I am not sticking up for his behaviour in any way shape or form and I have not had the opportunity of spending several weeks looking at the evidence as the jury have, but when I look at the charges I still think that he is getting stitched up on some of them.
Overview of Charges
Across the investigation and trial, Brand faced seven charges:
Three counts of rape
Three counts of sexual assault
One count of attempted indecent assault (reduced from indecent assault during trial)
He ultimately was found guilty of one rape and three sexual assaults, and acquitted of two rapes and one attempted indecent assault.
So given all the 7 offences were of a similar nature, Brand chats to a woman, who is open to his advances, probably because he is a "Star", they probably know his reputation and that they will be in affect one night stands and used, they are not expecting a long term relationship.
Take the count of rape he is found guilty for
The incident occurred in 2009 after a gig.
Complainant described a sexual encounter in Brand’s dressing room involving another woman.
Later, at Brand’s home, she stated that consensual sex turned into anal rape, with Brand removing a condom without consent.
Brand later sent her a message apologizing.
Jury convicted him of rape.
So the woman has been happy to have had a threesome in his dressing room, so she is clearly sexually experienced and happy to get into this sort of thing.
She then went back the Brand's home, given the earlier sexual encounter she knew what she was getting into and was happy to go home with him, happy to give him her phone number so he could text her
After that it is all hearsay and it takes 17 years to get it to court
The other 3 charges of sexual assault followed similar patterns, at least two of them appeared to have started in front of witnesses in a public place, a London bar & also a radio station, yet no one reports it to the police or tries to stop it, & it takes 22 years to get them both to court.
If I was a woman being dragged into a toilet in a London bar against my will, I would be screaming my head off & shouting for help, but that doesn't seem to have happened and you have to ask the question why ?
As I say I could not hate Brand any more than I do and his behaviour, I could not deplore the crime of rape and sexual assault more, but there is something in this that doesn't sound right.
Not a sexual crime, a woman I know was walking across the car park in Hedge End at Sainsbury's earlier this week about 5.30 in the evening looking at her phone and some scumbag snatched it and ran, a man nearby saw this happen and chased them and retrieved the phone.
Now if an ordinary man in Sainsbury's would do this, how did one of Brand's victims be dragged into a toilet unwillingly to perform oral sex ? in front of a number of customers in a bar.
Too much hearsay involved in this and it was Brand's word against the complainant, |
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Reply | How many posts?
at 12:26 6 Nov 2026
After rushing in to the HQ it turns out it is something to do with the server, we were going to fix it now, but we have our morning swim at 8am, then a spot of brunch and it is a friday so the beach bar had a party, so we will try to get it done on Monday |
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Reply | Russell Brand...
at 11:41 6 Nov 2026
Listening to some of the tv comments it seems that he has escaped rape charges, it is the non consentual sexual acts he has been found guilty of, so they all seem to have gone back willingly but then found he was a little more sexually adventurous than they were |
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Reply | How many posts?
at 11:37 6 Nov 2026
Im looking into it, troble is it is only 6.36 am in Nassau so ill just finish breakfast and then ill pop round to fansnetwork HQ to sort it |
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Reply | Russell Brand...
at 10:12 6 Nov 2026
I agree with you all on here about Russell Brand, there are few Englishemen on this planet who are as low and odious as Brand.
I remember when he was receiving a reward at a ceremony about 20 years ago when he taunted Rod Stewart from the stage about having had a relationship with the singers daughter and Rod showed true class in the way he put him down.
As much as I hate Brand, I can't help thinking that although he has exploited his fame to sleep with young women, that he didn't have to try much, you are invited to Russell Brand's hotel room, you know you aren't going there for a chat about football.
As much as i am delighted to see his demise, I can't help thinking he has been stitched up |
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Thread | West Brom Game Matchday Thread
at 08:44 3 Nov 2026
The Hawthorns is traditionally a good ground for us, can we keep the run in the League going by winning there again |
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Reply | Away ticket sales
at 12:39 2 Nov 2026
I tend to walk slowly after a few pints |
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Reply | Burnley in Financial trouble
at 12:38 2 Nov 2026
I said this on here a few years ago, their owners bought a club with no dept and then leveraged the club & ground (IE Mortgaged) so they could effectively get their money back and had bought the club for nothing.
Some might realise now why I spoke up for Sport Republic when they took us over without doing this sort of thing |
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Reply | Away ticket sales
at 10:50 2 Nov 2026
Looking at the ticket website I would say we have now done about 2,600 for Preston, assuming that they have kept the block on the right of the stand clear for segregation.
They seem to have just put on sale another 500 seats |
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Reply | Away ticket sales
at 10:49 2 Nov 2026
It is easier to to Wolverhampton from Birmingham than it is to Aston Villa have a drink by New Street station and then get a train to Wolverhampton about 2.20 gets there for 2.35 and 15 min walk to the ground
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Reply | Bondage in General
at 09:38 2 Nov 2026
I used to go in Bondage in General and bought the odd t shirt, I think the tickets they sold were not for the Gaumont though as it had its own box office, but for other gigs at the city at independent venues.
A real collection of alternative styles in there |
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Thread | 5 Things About The QPR Game
at 09:36 2 Nov 2026
1. Good to see am almost packed St Mary's, just about the only section with empty seats was the two blocks in the Chapel next to the away fans, although the little group at the back seems to be growing.
2. What was the little skirmish about in the Chapel when the police were ejecting a fan , had Pat From Poole finally snapped and launched a solo attack across the barrier.
3. I actually thought the atmosphere was ok on Saturday, not up there with the Pompey game, but decent.
4. What was QPR's kit all about, it looked like either they were wearing their home shirts inside out or they had put them in the washing machine with some red & blue shirts.
5. Couldn't hear the QPR fans from where I sit, so can't tell whether they were good or bad in terms of support |
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