Comedian and Hollywood actor Russell Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault Thursday morning as his weeks-long trial concluded.
\n\nThe 51-year-old had been accused of seven offences across a showbusiness career that began with stand-up comedy at venues like the Hackney Empire and the Edinburgh Fringe in 1999 before he was hired as a video jockey (VJ) for MTV U.K. and gained his own BBC radio show.
\n\nBrand gained widespread UK fame hosting Big Brother’s Big Mouth (2004–2007), along with various television shows.
\n\nThe then married couple Katy Perry and Russell Brand arrive at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2011 at the Noika Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California. They were legally divorced on July 14, 2012. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
\n\nHis trial began at Southwark Crown Court in London on 12 October, with the jury hearing testimony from the complainants and witnesses as well as the accused himself.
\n\nThe BBC reports on the first day of the trial, the prosecution set out details of the alleged offences involving the six women.
\n\nThe prosecutor described Brand as a “sexual predator” whose “strong desire for some form…
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