--- title: "Russell Brand Found GUILTY on Multiple Counts of S*xual Assault transcript | Megyn Kelly | Reclip.Me" description: "Full transcript of \"Russell Brand Found GUILTY on Multiple…\" from Megyn Kelly, November 5, 2026. 20 min, 3,562 words, timestamped. 8 notable quotes and 22…" canonical: https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript --- Transcript # Russell Brand Found GUILTY on Multiple Counts of S\*xual Assault From [Megyn Kelly](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly) · [Episode page](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault) · [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0desluTD7EU) November 5, 2026 · 20 min · 3,562 words · 30 timestamped sections This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Russell Brand Found GUILTY on Multiple Counts of S\*xual Assault", an episode of Megyn Kelly published November 5, 2026 (20 min, about 3,562 words). It mentions 22 people, works and ideas, including Russell Brand, Megan Kelly, United Kingdom, Ian Winter, Dispatches. ## What this episode is about Russell Brand has been found guilty on four counts, including one rape and three counts of sexual assault, after a nine-hour jury deliberation, with detailed accounts of alleged encounters spanning years and contested by Brand as consensual. The verdict centers on the credibility of the complainants and the jury’s assessment of consent in multiple alleged encounters. ## Key takeaways - Jury verdicts split with credibility often outrunning narrative; the most shocking moment may be context, not the crime. - Brand’s charges show how split accounts complicate truth; one largely trusted account can still yield true harm. - Nine hours of deliberation to split counts highlights how juries weigh consent, memory, and embodiment differently. - Media translation matters: sensational detail can overshadow systemic questions about consent, power, and accountability. - The case underscores how alleged encounters at high-speed celebrity intersections complicate rape discourse and legal clarity. ## Who speaks in this episode? - [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/speaker/megan-kelly) (Guest) · 13 min speaking ## What is discussed, and when 1. [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=0) – 5:00: [Russell Brand](https://reclip.me/person/russell-brand), [United Kingdom](https://reclip.me/location/united-kingdom), [London](https://reclip.me/location/london-4), [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly) 2. [5:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=300) – 10:00: [Russell Brand](https://reclip.me/person/russell-brand), [BBC](https://reclip.me/company/bbc-2), [Choice FM](https://reclip.me/company/choice-fm), [Big Brother](https://reclip.me/media/big-brother) 3. [10:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=600) – 15:00: [Russell Brand](https://reclip.me/person/russell-brand), [Dispatches](https://reclip.me/media/dispatches), [Laura Brand](https://reclip.me/person/laura-brand), [Hampstead](https://reclip.me/location/hampstead) 4. [15:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=900) – 20:00: [Dispatches](https://reclip.me/media/dispatches), [Ian Winter](https://reclip.me/person/ian-winter), [Birch Gold](https://reclip.me/sponsor/birch-gold), [Laura Brand](https://reclip.me/person/laura-brand) ## Notable quotes from "Russell Brand Found GUILTY on Multiple Counts of S\*xual Assault" - > Russell Brand has been found guilty of four of the seven counts he was charged with. *about [Russell Brand](https://reclip.me/person/russell-brand) · at [0:05](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=5)* - > Who they now say he raped anally at a second encounter they had back at his house. I'm going to get into the details. I should have warned you. It's graphic, but you know that by this point on this case. *about [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly) · at [0:56](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=56)* - > He was accused of grabbing complainant three's breasts during a party at a bar in the London neighborhood of Soho in the summer of 2004. *about [London](https://reclip.me/location/london-4) · at [3:44](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=224)* - > They rejected the second half of that finding him not guilty of oral rape of this complainant. They did find him guilty of grabbing her breasts at the bar. *about [BBC](https://reclip.me/company/bbc-2) · at [5:40](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=340)* - > His wife Laura walked by herself without Russell out to a black car and got in. *about [Laura Brand](https://reclip.me/person/laura-brand) · at [15:01](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=901)* - > To reports that his main defense lawyer, they call them over there if they argue in court, Ian Winter, who did a very good job representing Russell, cross-examining the women, delivering a very compelling closing. *about [Ian Winter](https://reclip.me/person/ian-winter) · at [16:14](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=974)* - > And every single one of his accusers here did admit that they were influenced by that documentary into coming forward. Russell's team said they. *about [Channel 4](https://reclip.me/company/channel-4) · at [18:40](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=1120)* - > Text MK to the number 989898 today and speak with a Birch Gold precious metal specialist. They will help you convert an existing IRA or 401k into an IRA in gold and silver and then you will. *about [Birch Gold](https://reclip.me/sponsor/birch-gold) · at [19:48](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=1188)* ## Who and what is mentioned in this episode? ### People - [Russell Brand](https://reclip.me/person/russell-brand) — Person · Primary subject (defendant) · 13 mentions · first at [0:05](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=5) Central figure; the episode reports on his convictions for multiple counts of sexual assault and rape and describes courtroom details and immediate aftermath. - [Megan Kelly](https://reclip.me/person/megan-kelly) — Person · Host · 1 mention · first at [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=0) Host and narrator of the episode; provides the breakdown, context, and commentary on the trial verdicts. - [Ian Winter](https://reclip.me/person/ian-winter) — Person · Defense lawyer (Russell Brand's counsel) · 2 mentions · first at [16:18](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=978) Named as Brand's lead defense attorney who cross-examined witnesses and clashed with press after verdicts. - [Laura Brand](https://reclip.me/person/laura-brand) — Person · Spouse (Russell Brand's wife) · 2 mentions · first at [14:07](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=847) Present in court during the verdicts; described reacting emotionally when guilty verdicts were read. ### Companies & orgs - [BBC](https://reclip.me/company/bbc-2) — Company · Referenced reporter/source · 3 mentions · first at [4:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=240) Cited as the source of courtroom reporting and excerpts summarizing complainants' testimony. - [Channel 4](https://reclip.me/company/channel-4) — Company · Producer/distributor of Dispatches · 1 mention · first at [3:09](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=189) Linked to the Dispatches documentary referenced as part of the reporting that influenced complainants and was criticized by Brand's team. - [Sky News](https://reclip.me/company/sky-news) — Company · News source · 2 mentions · first at [1:10](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=70) Cited for reporting courtroom atmosphere (silence) and details about jury deliberation and verdict announcement. The Sky News is reporting that there was absolute silence in the courtroom as the foreman delivered the verdicts following 9 hours and 13 minutes of jury deliberations. - [YouTube](https://reclip.me/entity/110008) — Company · Distribution platform · 1 mention · first at [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=0) Platform where the live episode is being broadcast and referenced in the episode description. Welcome everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. We are live on YouTube right now with breaking news out of the United Kingdom. - [Sunday Times](https://reclip.me/company/sunday-times) — Company · Referenced media/claimant source · 1 mention · first at [16:32](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=992) Mentioned as the outlet whose journalist was accosted by Brand's lawyer after the verdict; also linked to investigative reporting tied to the case. To the Sunday Times journalist, the journalist who was responsible for exposing Brand's alleged crimes in the 2023 Dispatches documentary and Times newspaper joint investigation was visibly shocked. - [SiriusXM](https://reclip.me/company/siriusxm) — Company · Broadcast partner · 3 mentions · first at [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=0) Referenced as a network where Megyn Kelly's show also airs live; included in episode context details. - [MTV](https://reclip.me/company/mtv) — Company · Alleged location of an incident · 1 mention · first at [2:47](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=167) Referenced as the site of an attempted indecent assault charge (2001) that resulted in a not guilty verdict. Indecent assault, attempted indecent assault. He was found not guilty. This was a no-brainer. The charge was that in 2001 he was he had attempted to indecently assault this… - [Choice FM](https://reclip.me/company/choice-fm) — Company · Alleged incident location (radio station) · 1 mention · first at [7:13](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=433) Referenced as location where one complainant said Brand assaulted her; that count resulted in a guilty verdict for sexual assault. They were inside a small room and came out into a smaller holding section when quote he just leapt on me. They described how Russell Brand lunged forwards and began to kiss them. They. ### Concepts & topics - [Labour Party](https://reclip.me/concept/labour-party) — Concept · Contextual reference (event organizer) · 1 mention · first at [1:32](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=92) Referenced to locate an alleged earlier incident (Labour Party conference) discussed in one of the charges. For this charge, Russell was accused of raping a woman in 1999 at a hotel during the Labour Party conference. This is the one where the woman invited him back to her hotel room after midnight and had him in her room. She says she went. ### Places & events - [United Kingdom](https://reclip.me/location/united-kingdom) — Place · Jurisdiction · 2 mentions · first at [0:04](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=4) Country where the trial took place and where the incidents are alleged to have occurred; episode references UK news coverage and courtroom procedures. Welcome everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. We are live on YouTube right now with breaking news out of the United Kingdom. - [London](https://reclip.me/location/london-4) — Place · Setting (jurisdiction / incident locations) · 2 mentions · first at [2:47](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=167) Multiple alleged incidents and trial details are situated in London; several referenced venues (Soho, MTV offices) are in London. - [Soho](https://reclip.me/location/soho) — Place · Setting (incident location) · 1 mention · first at [3:49](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=229) Identified as the London neighborhood where an alleged sexual assault (fondling at a bar) took place. He was accused of grabbing complainant three's breasts during a party at a bar in the London neighborhood of Soho in the summer of 2004. - [Hampstead](https://reclip.me/location/hampstead) — Place · Setting (alleged assault location) · 1 mention · first at [10:07](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=607) Referenced as the location of Russell Brand's home where one of the alleged rape incidents (complainant five) occurred in 2009. Russell Brand has been found guilty of anally raping complainant five at his home in Hampstead in 2009. - [Labour Party conference](https://reclip.me/event/labour-party-conference) — Event · Alleged incident time/place · 1 mention · first at [1:29](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=89) Referenced as the event during which a 1999 alleged incident (count one) was said to have occurred. For this charge, Russell was accused of raping a woman in 1999 at a hotel during the Labour Party conference. This is the one where the woman invited him back to her hotel room after midnight and had him in her room. She says she went. ### Media & podcasts - [Dispatches](https://reclip.me/media/dispatches) — Media · Investigative documentary referenced · 4 mentions · first at [13:08](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=788) Referenced as part of the 2023 documentary/investigation that reportedly influenced complainants to come forward and which Brand's team criticized. The journalist who was responsible for exposing Brand's alleged crimes in the 2023 Dispatches documentary and Times newspaper joint investigation was visibly shocked. - [Big Brother](https://reclip.me/media/big-brother) — Media · Referent (recognition source) · 1 mention · first at [9:08](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=548) Referenced by a complainant as the TV show through which she recognized Russell Brand at the time of an alleged assault. Account. And complainant number four said I knew who it was because I watched him on Big Brother. They said I watched him. I knew who it was immediately when it happened. I'm… ### Sponsors - [Megyn Kelly Show](https://reclip.me/sponsor/megyn-kelly-show) — Sponsor · Broadcast (program) · 2 mentions · first at [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=0) Program from which this episode is sourced; host promotes content and subscription links. The Megyn Kelly Show is your home for open, honest and provocative conversations. - [Birch Gold](https://reclip.me/sponsor/birch-gold) — Sponsor · Episode sponsor (advertiser) · 2 mentions · first at [19:19](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=1159) Sponsor read included in the episode offering a Veterans Day silver promotion and call-to-action to text a number. ## Full transcript with timestamps [0:00](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=0) Welcome everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. We are live on YouTube right now with breaking news out of the United Kingdom. Russell Brand has been found guilty of four of the seven counts he was charged with. The guilty verdicts include one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Unbelievably, the one count of rape that this jury appears to have bought is what I thought was by far the least credible account. It is complainant five. If you've been following our coverage, you know that that is the woman who alleged that she was raped anally by Russell Brand. This is the woman who within 10 seconds of meeting Russell Brand in his dressing room after a performance got down on her knees and started using her tongue to sexually pleasure him in the rear end. [0:55](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=55) That's the woman who they now say he raped anally at a second encounter they had back at his house. I'm going to get into the details. I should have warned you. It's graphic, but you know that by this point on this case. The Sky News is reporting that there was absolute silence in the courtroom as the foreman delivered the verdicts following 9 hours and 13 minutes of jury deliberations. Here's the breakdown of what happened. Count one, rape, not guilty. For this charge, Russell was accused of raping a woman in 1999 at a hotel during the Labour Party conference. This is the one where the woman invited him back to her hotel room after midnight and had him in her room. She says she went into the bathroom. He came She came out. [1:47](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=107) He was his his shirt was off. He was prancing around in just his She claimed his underwear, but her picture shows he had his pants on. She says he got on top of her and that he then vaginally raped her without even taking her pants all way off, that she had her shoes and socks and pants down at her ankles, and that she was unable to breathe as he was on top of her. He claims it was completely consensual um and that he asked her he gave her his email and asked her to told her he wanted her to meet his mother who was in town after the encounter and the jury we don't know the exact reasoning, but they did not find that she had been raped by Russell Brand. They appear to have believed that was a consensual encounter. [2:33](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=153) Same. Then there was count 2A, which was the most absurd count of all attempted indecent assault, attempted indecent assault. He was found not guilty. This was a no-brainer. The charge was that in 2001 he was he had attempted to indecently assault this complainant at MTV's offices in London, allegedly grabbing her arm and trying to drag her toward a toilet. All these years that complainant has been saying he grabbed me, he tried to pull me into a into a bathroom for consensual sex. He wanted to have sex with me and I wrestled away from him and said it's a no. Now she watches the Channel 4 documentary that that word is being used in in air quotes um and says oh you know I was wrong, it was rape. He raped me. [3:17](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=197) The jury not rape, it was attempted rape. He tried to pull me in there for a rape and the jury said no, we don't believe that. So good for them because that was obvious Count three, this is a third woman. Okay, count three and the next charge count four relate to the same woman and on one half of her complaint he was found guilty and on the other he was not. The first half of her complaint is that she was sexually assaulted. He was found guilty on this count. He was accused of grabbing complainant three's breasts during a party at a bar in the London neighborhood of Soho in the summer of 2004. [3:54](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=234) She alleged that he came in, he grabbed her, he he came up to her, he grabbed her. I'm just going to play the testimony. This is the BBC giving the details of this piece of complainant three's testimony during direct exam. Um, the second piece of it is the oral rape, which the jury rejected, but listened to the setup here in 209. [4:18](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=258) We were also read a transcript from a body and they had sort of pleasant conver- The defense continued saying you didn't say anything to him at the bar, you didn't ask any friends if they saw him grab your breasts, you didn't kick off and and they had sort of pleasant conversation for about a minute. And then she said he leaned forwards, put out both his hands and grabbed her breasts. She said this person who had just touched my breasts leant towards me just both hands grabbing my breasts only one minute into the conversation we were having. She said she was reeling from the shock of him grabbing her breasts when he grabbed her arm and began to pull her towards the toilet. She couldn't quite remember that he'd taken his penis outside of his clothing and that he was grabbing the back of her neck and head and hair trying to force her face down to his penis. She said to the jury quote he's holding on to my [5:01](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=301) head and hair quote every time I tried to move away he was strong and forcing me back. Then she described to the jury that he did force his penis inside her mouth. She said quote he wasn't very well endowed quote but there was a lot of pushing but right to the back of my throat. She continued saying if I do this maybe he won't try and rape me further. Do what he says and then you are out of here. Complainant three also told the court that she closed her eyes and tried not to be there during the alleged oral rape saying I couldn't even look at him. I was shaking. When asked how the alleged assault ended she did say quote he did ejaculate in my mouth and it went down my throat. I remember trying to get rid of what was left. [5:40](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=340) They rejected the second half of that finding him not guilty of oral rape of this complainant. They did find him guilty of grabbing her breasts at the bar. Um, you heard the BBC reporter there describing the second half of complainant three's allegations that after he grabbed her breasts at the bar he dragged her into a bathroom stall and forced himself orally upon her. Um, she was cross-examined at length about this. Was it even physically possible given Russell Brand's 6'2 height and the height of the complainant? And then the defense attorney for Russell Brand made the point that after this alleged sexual assault or rape, she got in a car with Russell, went to a second location after this horrific oral rape. She got into a car with him willingly. She went to a second location and they raised the point effectively of what woman who had just been orally raped would do that. [6:35](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=395) Um, the jury appears to have rejected the claim of oral rape. Not appears to have, they did reject the claim of oral rape, but they believed that he fondled her breasts. So he's been found guilty of sexual assault for that on that complainant. Um, that was the first guilty that came down. The sexual assault of count on count three, the fondling of this woman's breasts. Then we got to uh count five, sexual assault again. He was found guilty of this. The prosecution said that in the summer of 2004 or 2005 Russell Brand sexually assaulted complainant four at Choice FM radio station. [7:18](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=438) Um, she she talked about how he sloppily kissed her in front of witnesses who stood there and did nothing. And the jury appears to have bought this again back to the BBC podcast uh on Russell Brand. This is the this is the description of complainant four's testimony. The woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Brand at this station, which the jury appears to have believed, sought 212. [7:49](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=469) They were inside a small room and came out into a smaller holding section when quote he just leapt on me. They described how Russell Brand lunged forwards and began to kiss them. They said quote it was a flash of lightning. They said he wasn't alone. There was a woman with long dark hair with him and three other men. When they were asked to describe the kiss, they said it was frenzied, it was hard, it was very, very hard. I would say it was sloppy and it was wet. He was kissing all down my neck, and his hands were all over me. He touched my bum, my breasts, my waist. He was pushing his body against me, and I was up against the wall. Again, they clarified it was rough, and then said, quote, it was violent. At one point, they said they managed to put their hand up between them and Russell Brand and push him off and tell him to off, at which point he lunged backwards and in a laughing way went haha and looked [8:34](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=514) at the other people who were around. Complainant number four told the jury that not one of the other people, the women or the three men that they said were there, stepped in or said anything during the time they alleged they were assaulted by Russell Brand. [8:47](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=527) Here's some of the cross examination of that witness so you can get a fever you can get a feel for the Russell Brand defense against those charges sought 213. [8:58](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=538) But the defense was offering, how do you even know it was Russell Brand? You didn't check with anybody who is it. You didn't say to somebody this is just happened to me who can corroborate your account. And complainant number four said I knew who it was because I watched him on Big Brother. They said I I watched him. I knew who it was immediately when it happened. I'm absolutely sure that it was Russell Brand. The defense continued saying in one statement you said that there were three men there and one woman. In another statement you said there were four men there and one woman. And complainant four said I can't exactly remember when I gave the account saying there were four men there. I remember there being three men and one woman. And the defense said, well then that 's corroborating witnesses. That's people who would have come forward and backed up what you had to say. In fact, wasn't [9:36](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=576) one of them a member of staff at the place where you worked? And this is where complainant four really did get quite emotional. They were crying and having difficulty catching their breath saying uh this man was mauling me and no one did anything. I looked at the woman. I was pleading with her hoping she'd step in, but she didn't. [9:55](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=595) That woman has gotten exactly what she wanted. He was found guilty of sexually assaulting her. And then there was count six, rape. Russell Brand has been found guilty of anally raping complainant five at his home in Hampstead in 2009. This was the most outlandish charge after complainant two the attempted sexual assault that amounted to an arm grab in which the the evidence around complainant five was as I said at the top of the show she it it was she met she was a she was an ardent fan of Russell Brand. She was obsessed with him by her own testimony. She idolized him and she was invited to go backstage to see and meet Russell after a show. As soon as she got into the dressing room she and another woman started performing sex acts on Russell Brand. The other woman performed oral sex on Russell from the front. This woman basically gave him a different kind of sex from the back with her tongue. The big dispute at the [11:02](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=662) trial was whether she went inside with the tongue or just stayed around the outside of Russell's backside. Forgive me. I know this is graphic. This is what it has come down to within 10 seconds of meeting him. Then he \[snorts\] invited her back to his house. He he testified that they had been discussing anal sex that it was something she was interested in that it was something they were being playful about. They were flirting around about it and she immediately she went over there understanding that they were going to have sex. She had a boyfriend. She was cheating. She didn't care. She was obsessed with him and she wanted this jury to believe that while she willingly gave it up vaginally that he flipped her over and had sex with her anally. Her word was rape against her will and that it was violent and it was upsetting and that she was saying no and he was overruling her. Russell's testimony was she absolutely did not say [11:54](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=714) no. She did consent and it they were both enjoying the naughtiness of it. Um he testified that after that encounter they sat there watching television together that this wasn't somebody who was acting as though she'd just been raped nor was he ask ac acting as though he had just raped her. That they hung out for a while, they watched television. She claimed he got up immediately, walked out and said, look look at the mess you've made, now clean it up. Um there was a lot of testimony around this particular exchange. [12:28](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=748) And there there was testimony about what the woman had allegedly said um after the fact. There was a witness her her ex-boyfriend who testified that she resisted initially and then surrendered to it. And there was a question about whether that meant she had ultimately consented. Um the manager of complainant five, she's I don't know some sort of an influencer but like a coworker, said that that the complainant did tell her that Russell forgive me, me up the ass and really hurt me. Um now this was another woman though who didn't come forward until after she saw this so-called documentary and all those years prior had said nothing and certainly nobody had made a police complainant a complaint about this. [13:16](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=796) Russell's been found guilty of raping this woman. Finally, there was count seven sexual assault. He was found guilty on this count here. Russell was accused of sexually assaulting the complainant number six in 2009. She claimed that they were working together, that they were getting ready for a a show or a performance by Russell and that he was allegedly saying he he didn't want to go on his team was saying he didn't want to go on without getting a massage. They asked her if she would give him a massage of his shoulders, that she did it and that Russell basically put his face near her genitals and sniffed. [13:52](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=832) And she felt violated and assaulted and the jury has agreed that indeed is what happened. Now what happened this morning inside court uh was described as you know as I said dead silence. The um his wife Laura was in court stealing herself against the verdict and of course the first couple were guilty. She apparently had to grab her chair and steady herself when they got to the the third verdict, which was guilty. And then the guilties kept on coming. Russell Brand has been remanded into custody. The judge told him he is looking at a quote significant custodial term. [14:35](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=875) He asked if he could be released on bond until Monday, which is when the sentencing comes down. His lawyer asked if on humanitarian grounds he could be allowed to go home and say goodbye to his children. And the judge said no. The judge said with all due respect to his children, these are very serious crimes and he's got to go to jail right now. There'll be no saying goodbye. His wife Laura walked by herself without Russell out to a black car and got in. Uh reportedly cried in court. You can only imagine what she's feeling right now. Russell reportedly remained stoic. [15:15](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=915) Um was asked if he understood what the judge was saying and said yes, my lord. Which is how you refer to the judges over there. And then was remanded into custody to female bailiffs taking him out of the courtroom and he is probably in jail at this moment where he is going to stay at least until Monday when he will return for sentencing. Um my team is just telling me here Sky News reporting that following the rejection of his bail application as he was about to be led down to the cells, he mouthed I'm okay several times to his lawyers. He also signaled an okay sign and a thumbs up multiple times. He repeatedly said the words I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. [15:56](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=956) One can't help but wonder whether that's Russell trying to talk himself into it. There's no way he's actually okay. There's no way he's actually good. There was a situation outside the courtroom which is rather extraordinary according to reports that his main defense lawyer, they call them over there if they argue in court, Ian Winter, who did a very good job representing Russell, cross-examining the women, delivering a very compelling closing argument. The word used here is quote accosted a Sunday Times journalist following the verdict snarling. I don't know who the wrote this up, but this obviously is uh got some color that that is opinionated. [16:40](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=1000) Um quote, are you happy now? You it. To the Sunday Times journalist, the journalist who was responsible for exposing Brand's alleged crimes in the 2023 Dispatches documentary and Times newspaper joint investigation was visibly shocked. Obviously, Ian Winter genuinely believed that this whole thing was the fault of this documentary. That's a point he made on the cross-examinations of the women and it's a point he made in the closing argument that nobody ever conceived of these being sexual assaults or rapes and no one ever said that prior to watching this so-called documentary, which was a theatrical performance with the scary music underlaid behind actresses portrayal of the women who had come forward to the journalists. [17:38](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=1058) Not none of the actual women, I think number one, actually participated in on-camera interviews. All the most serious charges were played by actresses, which is very dicey, people. It's very dicey. I mean, you you see that, you see a professional actress who's trying to convince you that the testimonial is true. It's very different from seeing the actual alleged victim tell her story where all of our human instincts are designed to detect deception, uncertainty, even odd certainty about details that one might otherwise believe somebody would have a difficult time remembering. [18:19](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=1099) All of that is a race when you have a professional actress playing the role of victims, which was only disclosed in super small font on the screen here and there. So I I understand their objection to this so-called documentary which people thought involved the actual complainants so bravely telling their stories. That's not what happened. Um and every single one of his accusers here did admit that they were influenced by that documentary into coming forward. Russell's team said they were convinced into reimagining what had happened to them. [18:54](https://reclip.me/podcast/megyn-kelly/russell-brand-found-guilty-on-multiple-counts-of-s-xual-assault/transcript?t=1134) Thanks for watching this clip. If you're new here, subscribe. We got a whole lot more goodness where that came from. Would love to hear your feedback. You can email me too, megan m e g y n at megankelly.com or just leave a comment below. But join the community by becoming a subscriber. We really really value your input and your support. We may not always agree, but we are always going to talk about it and respect. No BS, no agenda, no fear. Good news, Birch Gold has extended the Veterans Day silver offer through November 11th. So act now to get a free 1 oz silver coin for every $10,000 purchased. 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