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Netflix Sets Russell Brand Documentary After His Rape and Sexual Assault Convictions
Netflix is making a documentary about Russell Brand, the British comedian and actor.
Called *Russell Brand: Open Secret*, it will trace his rise to fame and the criminal case against him.
The film is directed by Olivia Isaacs and made by 72 Films, a Fremantle company.
Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted of rape and three sexual assaults.
The crimes included a violent rape at his Hampstead home in 2009.
The documentary will examine how he avoided punishment for so long, despite people in the television industry being aware of his behavior.
It will include archive footage and accounts from people involved in the investigation, and Brand is expected to serve around seven years before release on licence.
Netflix will release Russell Brand: Open Secret on Nov. 13, a documentary about the comedian’s rise, the investigation into allegations against him and his criminal trial.
The film is directed by Olivia Isaacs and produced by 72 Films, a Fremantle company.
Brand was found guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault after a trial in London.
The reports differ on his prison sentence: Hollywood Reporter says 10 years and six months, while Rolling Stone says 10 years.
The documentary will include archive footage and accounts from journalists Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace, whose publications investigated Brand.
- Who
- Netflix is releasing the documentary about Russell Brand, directed by Olivia Isaacs.
- What
- Russell Brand: Open Secret will examine Brand’s life, the investigation into allegations of sexual offenses and his trial.
- When
- Nov. 13. The reports give different prison sentences following the trial: 10 years and six months or 10 years.
- Where
- The trial took place in London. The documentary will be released on Netflix.
- Why
- The film charts Brand’s rise and fall and the investigation that led to criminal charges.
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Police began investigating Brand after women made allegations in a Channel 4 documentary and a Sunday Times report.
Prosecutors first filed five charges against Brand.
Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
Netflix is set to release Russell Brand: Open Secret.
- Documentary
- Russell Brand: Open Secret
- Release date
- Nov. 13
- Director
- Olivia Isaacs
- Production company
- 72 Films, a Fremantle company
- Convictions
- One count of rape and three counts of sexual assault
- Trial location
- London
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Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say ‘no’ and to demand justice from criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent.
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