Russell Brand will be sentenced today for convictions related to rape and sexual assault
According to the The Guardian, Russell Brand was found guilty on four out of seven charges following a jury deliberation that lasted more than eight hours last week. The verdict is unanimous among the eight men and four women who served as jurors.
Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of two allegations involving rape and one incident of attempted sexual assault.
Cases in detail
In 2004, Brand was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a colleague’s birthday party held at a bar in Soho, London. However, he was not found guilty of orally raping her in a bathroom during another incident related to that same period.
The jury also determined that Brand committed acts of kissing and groping toward another woman at a London radio station between 2004 and 2005.
Another conviction involves an alleged anal rape of a fan who met Brand backstage at one of his comedy shows in 2009 at his home.
In a separate case from 2009, Brand was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman who claims the comedian demanded a massage and pressed his face into her groin while filming a commercial advertisement.
The Guardian reported that Brand faces a 'significant' prison term as part of this sentencing process. No specific sentence has been announced yet, but legal experts have indicated such cases typically result in lengthy incarceration given the severity of charges involved.