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IrelandRussell Brand verdict prompts TMZ debate over publicity and juries
Harvey Levin and Mark Geragos examine the convictions, courtroom presentation and fair-trial questions in an unusually widely watched 2 Angry Men episode.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 461,267 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (39,790).
What You Don't Know About Russell Brand... | 2 Angry Men
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- 0:28Levin sets out the rape and sexual assault convictions, alongside acquittals on the remaining counts.
- 7:33Geragos criticizes what he describes as the judge's intervention during defense cross-examination.
- 15:30Geragos explains difficulties in defending cases involving allegations from decades earlier.
- 20:41The hosts contrast British courtroom restrictions with televised American trials, then consider social media's effect on publicity.
- 24:07Levin criticizes Brand's court-arrival clothing, beginning a discussion of how defendants' presentation can influence jurors.
- 31:04The hosts predict substantial prison time following Brand's remand into custody.
Harvey Levin begins by separating the guilty verdicts from the acquittals. Russell Brand was convicted of rape and three counts of sexual assault, Levin reports, and acquitted on the remaining counts.
The 2 Angry Men episode then turns to a question that divides its hosts' attention: how much do publicity and a defendant's public persona affect what happens inside a courtroom?
Posted on TMZ as "What You Don't Know About Russell Brand... | 2 Angry Men", the discussion drew roughly 280,000 views in its first ten hours, already several times the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos.
Defense attorney Mark Geragos criticizes what he describes as the trial judge's intervention during defense cross-examination. He also discusses the difficulty of defending cases involving allegations from decades earlier. These are his arguments about the proceedings, rather than findings that the trial was unfair.
Archive material includes Brand's Piers Morgan interview and footage of police questioning. Later, the hosts contrast restrictions on British courtroom coverage with high-profile televised American trials, considering whether social media has weakened the boundaries around trial publicity.
Courtroom presentation becomes a substantial topic late in the episode. Levin criticizes Brand's open-shirt arrival outfit, while Geragos explains why defense lawyers pay close attention to how jurors might read a defendant's appearance. The discussion closes with their expectation of a substantial prison sentence following Brand's remand into custody.
English comedian, actor and media personality known for hosting Big Brother’s Big Mouth and starring in films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek.
More on Wikipedia ›English broadcaster and journalist who previously edited the British newspapers News of the World and the Daily Mirror.
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- Channel
- TMZ
- Subscribers
- 5,210,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 9,131,145
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,120,112 (on a normal day: 1,154,948)
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 281,184 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 461,267
The numbers
The episode had already exceeded TMZ's usual first-day views for regular uploads within ten hours. Its comment section was also substantially busier than a typical full first day.
