Dispatches/Sunday Times investigation: Russell Brand accused of rape and sexual assault

[mancity2012_eamo]

The press broke Saville. Weinstein. The Catholic Church being a den of pedos in the US to name but 3 off the top of my head. That’s what investigative journalists do.

Absolutely.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Absolutely. But as I mentioned in a different post, it’s s double edged sword and needs to be careful not to prejudice a legal case.

As I said, I didn’t watch this program, so don’t know where it sits.

It shouldn’t. When you are sworn in on a jury, you are told to ignore all other information on the case and base your verdict solely on the evidence presented in court.

 

[Marklr]

Have we abandoned "innocent until proven guilty" in this country? Not that I believe he is, just that if it ever went to court wouldn't that cause problems?

 

[Blue Maverick]

That stand up footage is distateful, its not even funny.

Ah but he was edgy, against the grain blah blah, but yep I agree totally unfunny as most of the comedians who came out around that time, who basically just swore a lot and went on about sex and drugs, absolute rubbish.

 

[mexico1970]

Have we abandoned "innocent until proven guilty" in this country? Not that I believe he is, just that if it ever went to court wouldn't that cause problems?

Twitter did for that mate ;)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Have we abandoned "innocent until proven guilty" in this country? Not that I believe he is, just that if it ever went to court wouldn't that cause problems?

He’s neither at the moment as he isn’t on trial.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Same here, very unlikely for me

I'll be 92 when my daughter is 50.

I can't imagine just how much more of a miserable c*nt I'll be by then. Should be great!

 

[mexico1970]

I'll be 92 when my daughter is 50.

I can't imagine just how much more of a miserable c*nt I'll be by then. Should be great!

My eldest is 43 and I haven't hit peak FOC yet mate ;)

 

[nmc]

Rape is almost always a women’s word against a man’s, which is why it is so seldom prosecuted, because men have historically had both favour from the system and power to influence/shape that system.

It’s also potentially a flaw in the legal system - the hurdle of beyond reasonable doubt cannot easily be achieved with one word against another - it generally needs more evidence.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The beeb never learn, the dogshit abuse brand and co metered out to Sachs re his grandaughter was beyond abhorant and fully sanctioned by certain members of the "corperation". A fine of £150k from the ofcom didnt really cut it for me. Struggling to see how he earns a living as I would't really class him as a comedian but each to their own. A narcistic misoginistic oddity at best.

The 'Sachs-gate' show was prerecorded by Brand's own production company, and was aired without scrutiny from the BBC, so it wasn't directly sanctioned by the Corporation. The mistake they made was trusting brand and his production company. Ultimately they were held responsible.