UK’s Russell Brand sentenced to 10 1/2 years’ jail for rape, sexual assault

Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain’s most ‌high-profile broadcasters and a Hollywood star, was jailed for 10 1/2 years on Monday after he was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more around two decades ago. Brand – the former husband of US pop singer Katy Perry who in recent years moved away from the mainstream – was convicted on ⁠Thursday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more between 2004 and 2009. ‌He had denied all the charges. The 51-year-old...