Over the following weeks, Brand referred to her as “the child”, asked her to read Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita and coached her on what to say to her parents when he wanted to see her, Alice says.
She was 16, so yeah, he’s right: he was banging a child.
Even if he isn’t convicted of the others (one was treated at a clinic after the assault) dating a 16 year old when you’re 30 is gonna get you some time.
Assuming this is all true (I do believe them, but it’s up to judge/jury to decide) but he somehow manages to get out of this, his reputation is in the toilet
It’s creepy and abusive as fuck so I don’t say this out of any great desire to defend him, but that girl is of legal age in the UK, so by our standards he isn’t a nonce, legally speaking.
Ya’ll motherfuckers need Romeo and Juliet laws. Age of consent at 14-16 isn’t a horrid idea, but slap a “within 5 years of the age of the oldest companion” and you fix Richard Brand grooming a fucking child.
The thing is, if this happens 4 times, most likely there are more who might speak up. The thing with these victims, in many cases, they think they are the only one. Knowing there might be others, would increase the chances of them to go public with their experience which might be even worse.
16 is above the age of consent in the UK as far as I know, so the issue wouldn’t be the dating of a sixteen year old, it’d be the apparent rampant rapes and assaults regardless of age.
Not to dog on the UK but maybe they should raise that a little, it’s incredibly easy for an adult to take advantage of a 16 year old, not even just sexually.
I think it’s actually the USA who has an unusually high age of consent. Most of us have an age of consent of 16 and a drinking age of 18.
I don’t exactly think we should raise it, but I sure wouldn’t be against a Romeo and Juliet style amendment. I remember dating an 18 year old when I was 21, and that felt like a big gap. I can’t begin to imagine 16 to 30+. Though that wouldn’t be illegal here either^*.
We have exceptions if the older person is in a position of trust like a teacher, coach etc. Then it’s illegal.
There’s no defence here, just correcting someone who seems to be defaulting to the USA law
I literally said brand is a cunt in my comment, what more do you want me to say? That he’s a total cunt? He’s still a rapist regardless if this is all true.
You know we have a real problem in our society when these women haven’t been able to come forward with these allegations until the press have contacted them.
If they fear coming forward after being assaulted by someone who is hardly discreet about being a sexual predator, what must it be like for the victims of more outwardly respectable public figures?
I’ve only seen six or seven “news” posts about this chode this morning. Step it up people. Let’s get it up to a dozen or two. Please keep posting about smelly looking British man.
I’ve only seen six or seven “news” posts about this chode this morning. Step it up people. Let’s get it up to a dozen or two. Please keep posting about smelly looking British man.
You’re commenting on an article that was posted 8 days ago dumbass.
Edit: lol you even commented in this post last week! Idiot.
What I found interesting about Brand was how he turned on a dime a few years back. From argent leftie to all of a sudden rightwing conspiracy theorist attacking the media. It is always interesting how often people who work in the media seem to attack it. Trump did it. Savile did it. Rolf Harris even did it during his final Glastonbury performance when allegations started getting traction.
Who else have we seen suddenly behave like this? I can think of a few GB News presenters, a couple of youtubers.
TLDR: he was married to her and pretty much a major douche and was a horrible human being. After watching the Katy Perry documentary you will understand.
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