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Netflix is not removing Russell Brand’s 2018 comedy special, Russell Brand: Re:Birth, from its streaming platform. The special had prompted discussion after the British comedian was convicted of rape and sexual assault.
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A London court sentenced British comedian and actor Russell Brand to 10 years and six months in prison after a jury found him guilty of one rape and three sexual assaults. He had been tried on seven charges concerning offences alleged to have taken place between 1999 and 2009, and was acquitted of two further rape charges and an attempted sexual assault. Brand, who has denied the allegations throughout, has been held in custody since the verdict. At the sentencing hearing, the victims described the lasting impact of the offences on their lives. One report said the judge described Brand as a sexual predator and stressed that women retain the right to refuse sexual contact regardless of circumstances including what they wear or drink.