Russell Brand prison sentence: Rape conviction, Bear Grylls baptism and cultural reckoning

Russell Brand is a convicted sexual predator. Hiding in plain sight, he boasted of his behaviour for decades – while the world laughed along. Brand’s crimes are heinous, cementing him as what The Australian’s literary editor Caroline Overington calls a ‘bad person with bad instincts’. Today, she joins Claire Harvey to ask: to what degree is the culture that enabled him complicit?

Russell Brand is a convicted sexual predator. Hiding in plain sight, he boasted of his behaviour for decades – while the world laughed along. Brand’s crimes are heinous, cementing him as what The Australian’s literary editor Caroline Overington calls a ‘bad person with bad instincts’. Today, she joins Claire Harvey to ask: to what degree is the culture that enabled him complicit?

Read more about this story at theaustralian.com.au and see the video by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

How the UK entertainment industry embraced Russell Brand’s predatory persona

Court shown photos from night of alleged rape in Russell Brand trial

‘Sexual predator’ Brand ‘hoped to sleep with 5000 girls’

The weekend edition of The Front is co-produced by Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. The host is Claire Harvey. Jasper Leak is The Australian’s audio lead. 

Russell Brand is a convicted sexual predator. Hiding in plain sight, he boasted of his behaviour for decades &ndash; while the world laughed along. Brand&rsquo;s crimes are heinous, cementing him as what The Australian&rsquo;s literary editor Caroline Overington calls a &lsquo;bad person with bad instincts&rsquo;. Today, she joins Claire Harvey to ask: to what degree is the culture that enabled him complicit?
Read more about this story at <a href="http://theaustralian.com.au">theaustralian.com.au</a> and see the video by subscribing to our <a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDC8EeZJyt1IVjv5bCRbFBkTl-VYpJyf">YouTube channel</a>. <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/russell-brand-the-bbcs-own-remorseless-predator-hiding-in-plain-sight/news-story/0432774d7c8dbe82dc6334cf784e4054">How the UK entertainment industry embraced Russell Brand&rsquo;s predatory persona </a> <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/monsterlike-woman-tells-london-rape-trial-russell-brand-attacked-her-in-hotel/news-story/3f8bb7d5640131bb742f6c4b1b691f66">Court shown photos from night of alleged rape in Russell Brand trial</a> <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/uk-prosecutor-tells-jury-russell-brand-a-sexual-predator/news-story/259d9abbc56e297c5969faf82587ff52">&lsquo;Sexual predator&rsquo; Brand &lsquo;hoped to sleep with 5000 girls&rsquo;</a>
The weekend edition of The Front is co-produced by Claire Harvey and Jasper Leak. The host is Claire Harvey. Jasper Leak is The Australian&rsquo;s audio lead.&nbsp;

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia's national broadsheet to audio, featuring behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page-one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.

Read more at theaustralian.com.au and see the video episodes by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia&rsquo;s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day&rsquo;s essential page-one stories, journalists&rsquo; candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.
Read more at <a href="http://theaustralian.com.au">theaustralian.com.au</a> and see the video episodes by subscribing to our <a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDC8EeZJyt1IVjv5bCRbFBkTl-VYpJyf">YouTube channel</a>.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories.

The Front

Russell Brand’s fake Christianity and the showbiz protection racket

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/2fb3740d-3436-44af-8cc0-a91900716aa5/clips/9bf17514-c7a6-4061-a131-b50100195cab/transcript