The Celebrity Abusers Thread

[westlondonmist]

15 minutes ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwdr8grnykrlo

Well this will be interesting to see how long it is before someone takes a pop at him. 

 

15yrs is a long time these days for that sort of offence, so it must be pretty bad. Personally he should hang, as should all child abusers.

The most he will serve is 50% of his sentence. I think he will be out before that mind. 

[IANdrewDiceClay]

 

 

[tiger_rick]

On 10/17/2026 at 3:05 PM, IANdrewDiceClay said:

 

 

Surely even in little Britain, we won't allow that?

[RedTwoster]

1 hour ago, tiger_rick said:

Surely even in little Britain, we won't allow that?

Superinjunctions and the like have rarely not backfired - Ryan Giggs being the perfect example of that, but there are others which have basically just resulted in the Streisand Effect setting in. 

Having said that, with Twitter effectively being no more and social media being flooded with misinformation, perhaps this is the perfect time for someone looking to cover something up to do just that. Maybe their name is correctly shared somewhere, there are plenty of nefarious services that can use bots to drown out the noise. 

Edited October 19 by RedTwoster
Said Mandela Effect, when I meant Streisand Effect...

[Browser Brady]

Are we allowed talk about the Russell Brand case or only when it’s over ?

 

 

[Browser Brady]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmje5k3q9ello
 

 

Not looking good for Brand.  

I must confess i did enjoy his podcast back in the day. Never found amusing or entertaining on TV but the Podcast medium seemed like a good fit for him.

 

 

 

[Briefcase]

From what I've read and heard about Brand even before this case and everything that came out a while ago he just comes across as a nasty manipulative man taking advantage of girls and then trying every trick in the book to come across as a saint (playing the 'good guy' act, turning to religion etc). 

I am not saying the allegations are true (although my person opinion is he's guilty as sin and has probably done much more we don't know about). Back then perceptions were a lot different as Brand probably came across as a lad (shagger of the year 3 times by The Sun says it all) who thought he could get away with things because of his fame. 

It's also worth mentioning that he was probably drugged up on Coke so he probably doesn't remember things that happened at the time, let alone now. 

I find the daily interactions with the press during this trial and his recent post on socials really distasteful, feels as though he is trying to manipulate people into feeling sorry for him, I find the whole thing really disturbing to be honest and I am sure there's many other women that haven't been able to come forward. Just horrific really. 

[Browser Brady]

7 hours ago, RedTwoster said:

When a trial is ongoing, it’s considered ‘active’ meaning that speculating about it could be considered contempt of court. It’s never really worth the risk, to be honest. 

Gotcha.

[Ironic Indie Lad]

The Brand trial could be done and dusted any minute / day now by the sounds of it.

Prosecution and defence cases both finished, Judge wrapped up yesterday. Jury deliberated for about an hour last night before being sent home. They have been deliberating today for another hour so far.

It's all gone by extremely quickly. I am sure it was originally expected to last up to 12 weeks, its only been 3. 

[Carbomb]

I hope they nail that Savile tribute act to the wall.

[westlondonmist]

Get the feeling he won't be found guilty. It's so hard to prove and all it takes is one jurer to say well she should have said no louder. 

Edited 2 hours ago by westlondonmist