Culture secretary warns media industry abuse is likely still occurring

Abuse in the media industry is probably still happening because organizations are not doing enough to protect women, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy warned. BBC News reported that Nandy made the comments on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme following the conviction of Russell Brand. [1][2]

Nandy told the BBC that she could not say as culture secretary that abuse is not happening today, adding that if she had to wager, she would say it is. She stated that since entering government, many people from within the media industry have reached out to her to allege that things have happened to them. [1]

Brand was found guilty of rape and sexual assault following a four-week trial. BBC News reported that the convictions followed allegations from multiple women spanning the decade between 1999 and 2009. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Following the verdict, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told the BBC that comments made during the trial came close to victim blaming. [8]