Kelly questions the account underlying the rape conviction
Megyn KellyCommentator and broadcaster
Kelly acknowledges the guilty verdict and challenges the credibility of the account underlying the rape conviction.
“the one count of rape that this jury appears to have bought is what I thought was by far the least credible account.”
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Russell Brand denied nonconsensual sex; jury convicts him of rape and sexual assault
Russell Brand said his relationships during the period under scrutiny were consensual. A jury later convicted him of rape and three sexual assaults, while acquitting him on three other counts. Prosecutors described abuse of power; Megyn Kelly disputed the credibility of the account underlying the rape conviction.
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Kelly acknowledges the verdict and disputes the credibility of the account underlying the rape conviction. Her descriptions of testimony are her account; the jury's verdicts are separate court findings.
Before the quotation
Kelly begins by reporting four convictions from seven counts.
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She presents her reading of the trial testimony and criticizes the earlier documentary. Her account is distinct from the jury's findings.
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Why this label?
Kelly contests the prosecution's account and the credibility underlying a conviction. The quoted passage does not justify nonconsensual conduct.
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