RUSSELL BRAND SENTENCED TO 10.5 YEARS IN JAIL

Russell Brand, 51, got 10 years and six months at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Judge Joel Bennathan said Brand had "become a sexual predator" as he rose to fame two decades ago, described his "staggering arrogance," and pointed at the entourage that "indulged" his behavior. Press Association reported Brand showed no emotion as the sentence came down. He built an entire career on never shutting up, and on the one day it counted he had nothing. He was acquitted of two other rape charges and a count of attempted indecent assault, and he is expected to serve around seven years before release on licence. Most of the last few years he spent on Rumble as an anti-establishment streamer, warning his audience that the establishment was coming for him. The establishment turned out to be a jury in south London. The worse part is everything around him. Katherine Ryan called him a predator to his face while filming Comedy Central's Roast Battle in 2018, and the remarks were edited out of the episode. This week she said she feels "grief and relief." Brand's own barrister, Ian Winter KC, told Sunday Times journalist Rosamund Urwin "I hope you are pleased with yourself" after the verdict, which is a bold line to take on the day your client becomes a convicted rapist. Police say they are now assessing fresh reports.

Why you should give a shit: He is out on licence in roughly seven years, and every executive who filmed a comedian calling him a predator in 2018 and sent it to the cutting room will not serve a single day.