British comedian Russell Brand sentenced to over 10 years for rape and sexual assaultNPR's Kate Bartlett reports that Russell Brand was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to ten years and six months in prison after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman he met at a 2009 show and sexually assaulting three other women between 2004 and 2009. Justice Bennathan called him a sexual predator and praised the women's bravery, while Brand denies all charges and six complainants testified during the four-week trial.