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J.K. Rowling is a British author best known for the seven Harry Potter novels. She also writes the Cormoran Strike crime series under the pen name Robert Galbraith and founded the children's charity Lumos. She comments often on X about women's rights and sex-based legal protections.
We have documented 1 statement by J.K. Rowling, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Condemned
Statement summary
Rowling wrote that saying Brand's conviction must be wrong because he did not rape you after you went home with him makes as much sense as arguing Fred West was innocent because you left his house alive.
“I don't want to shame any particular woman here, but publicly announcing that the #RussellBrand conviction must be wrong because you went home with him and he didn't rape you makes about as much sense as saying 'well, I left 25 Cromwell Street alive, so Fred West's innocent.'”
Rowling rejects the argument that Brand's conviction must be wrong because some women who spent time with him were not assaulted, so we labeled it as condemning his conduct.
Brand denied nonconsensual sex in 2023, saying a TV company and a newspaper had sent him allegations. After four convictions and three acquittals, prosecutors condemn his conduct while Megyn Kelly challenges the account underlying the rape conviction.
