Russell Brand hosted Florida beach party before starting ten-year prison sentence

The Daily Mail reported that comedian Russell Brand hosted a 100-person beach barbecue in Grayton Beach, Florida, on September 27, shortly before his rape trial began in the United Kingdom. Brand invited friends, family, church members, and individuals from Path of Grace Recovery, a non-profit organization that assists women dealing with drug and alcohol addiction. [1]

CBS News and NBC News reported that the disgraced British actor was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison after being convicted on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. CBS News noted that a jury of eight men and four women at Southwark Crown Court in South London found Brand guilty for raping a woman in 2009 and sexually assaulting three others. [2][10]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, Brand was sentenced by Mr Justice Bennathan after a four-week trial. According to the London Evening Standard and thejournal.ie, police are investigating further potential criminal allegations against Brand following his sentencing. [3][4][17]

Thejournal.ie reported that Brand's former partner, Jemima Goldsmith, claimed she previously had to call the police to have him removed during a violent incident in 2014. Meanwhile, msnbc.com reported that the official newsletter for MAHA published a post questioning Brand's conviction a day after the sentence was delivered. [4][7]