Russell Brand

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I’m not sure Fearne Cotton is an especially good judge of male character (i.e. Ian Watkins)
 
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How much did the bosses at CH4 know when he was their darling, trying to get ahead of the curve maybe?
 
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What I worry a bit about is whether evidence can be used in court if it’s all been in the public domain beforehand- could it be spun as creating ‘unfair’ prejudice or something?
 
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It's worth noting too that sex crime allegations are dependent on victims coming forward, something which is very difficult to do and some people are never able to.

Accusations also need to be practically airtight because most of the time it's one person's word against another so you need supporting evidence to back it up.

It does take time.
 
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What I worry a bit about is whether evidence can be used in court if it’s all been in the public domain beforehand- could it be spun as creating ‘unfair’ prejudice or something?
It would hardly be brought to court now? I may be naieve but if they wanted to, they would have. I envisage alot of women coming forward after this tho.
 
Why is this coming out now though?
Because there’s no time limit for victims of abuse!

You don’t know how long these women took to even accept that it happened to them, never mind the fact he’s a celebrity and the whole world will be listening and judging them when they do speak!
 
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This part about the 16 year old is making me feel sick, can't begin to imagine what those in that position go through.
I can hardly listen to it.
 
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It's been ten years!
Other comedians are saying he's had plenty of people in court for 'reasons' connected to this. I suspect we'll hear more now this is out. It's easy to keep an individual quiet but not so easy once a programme like this validates their experiences and they know they're one of many. Why does it matter? A rape doesn't become less of a crime because he gets away with it for years.
 
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Trying to get my head round this. I need to have a read up and watch the Dispatches programme but can't say I'm surprised. The only thing that doesn't make sense to me is why the police haven't been involved so off.to do some reading to catch up. Never liked this bloke since that phone call to I think Andrew Sachs granddaughter a lot of years ago.
 
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