Russell Brand sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison for rape, sex assault

Actor Russell Brand has just been sentenced in London. He was convicted of rape and sexual assault. Ryan Christopher, what do we know so far this morning? All right, so Rosanna, it is official now that Judge has sentenced Russell Brand to a total of 10 years and six months behind bars. Now, in this case, Brand was found guilty of rape and sexual assault in the United Kingdom. Nine of those years for the first single conviction of rape. The rest of the sentence is from his three convictions for sexual assault. Now, the victims of these cases, they read their impact statements this morning. with one woman calling him, quote, a sexual predator who has no remorse. Now, in addition to this case, now London's Metropolitan Police also said that Mr. Brand is under investigation for two other alleged rapes, one involving a then 16-year-old girl at the time. Now, the charges that he was just sentenced for involving four women dating back more than 20 years as the 51-year-old actor and comedian, he was also acquitted of two additional rape charges. Brand testified in this case and denied ever forcing women to have sex with him, saying that it was always consensual. And after his guilty verdict, he was taken into custody without bail. And Brand rose famously to prominence in the early 2000s, hosting TV shows and his own BBC radio show. He also appeared in Hollywood movies like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek. Now, he was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry. But again, now, Russell Brand facing a sentence of 10 years and six months behind bars. Yeah, Ryan, the talk out there was they thought he was going to get about eight. so he got more than they thought he was going to get. And I hear that he had rosary beads while he was in court and he was praying as, you know, the sentencing was. Thank you so much, Ryan, for that update.