Bear Grylls says justice has been served after Brand's conviction
Bear GryllsAdventurer and television presenter, posting on his own X account
Bear Grylls, who attended Brand's baptism, posted that Brand's faith had seemed genuine to him at the time, that it was right that justice had been served, and that the victims were the heroes of the day.
“Brand's faith seemed genuine to me at the time when I was a guest at his private baptism. ... It is right that justice has now been served. I can't imagine how hard this time has been for the victims, the heroes of the day.”
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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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Grylls's post the day after the verdict, about Brand's baptism, which he attended, and the conviction.
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Grylls had attended Brand's baptism before the trial.
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In the same post he wrote that judgement was for the courts and God and that he would not want to discourage anyone from coming to faith.
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The reference point is Brand's conduct toward the women in the case and his denial that any of his sexual encounters were nonconsensual. Grylls says Brand's faith seemed genuine but that justice has been served and calls the victims heroes, which accepts the verdict and condemns the conduct.
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