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IrelandRussell Brand expected to serve two-thirds of sentence in custody
CityNews cites the Sentencing Council's expectation in its report on the comedian's sentence for rape and sexual assault.
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Russell Brand sentenced to 10.5 years in prison
The offenses involved four women and took place between 2004 and 2009. CityNews reports that Russell Brand has been sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
The brief report pairs archive footage of Brand outside court with courthouse arrivals and courtroom images. Its closing detail distinguishes the full prison sentence from the time expected in custody: the narrator says the Sentencing Council expects Brand to serve two-thirds of his term in custody.
The report also says British police are investigating further allegations of rape. Those investigations are separate from the convictions for which he has been sentenced.
CityNews's Short drew about 70,000 views in its first 13 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for that format.
An English comedian, actor and media personality who became known as the host of Big Brother's Big Mouth and later starred in Hollywood comedies.
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- Channel
- CityNews
- Subscribers
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
- 278,989 (on a normal day: 563,941)
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 70,146 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 99,191
The numbers
The sentencing report passed CityNews's usual first-day views for a Short well before a full day had elapsed.
