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Comedian and actor Russell Brand is due to be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday, 9 November 2026, after being convicted of rape and three sexual assaults involving four women.
The 51-year-old was found guilty of four offences following a four-week trial. The jury convicted him of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault relating to incidents between 2004 and 2009. He was acquitted of three other charges.
Brand was taken into custody immediately after the verdicts were delivered last Thursday. His request for bail ahead of sentencing was rejected by the trial judge, who considered him a potential flight risk.
Brand's defence lawyer, Ian Winter KC, asked the court to grant him bail over the weekend so he could spend time with his wife and three children before sentencing.
However, Justice Joel Bennathan refused the application, citing concerns that Brand might not return to court to face his sentence.
The judge acknowledged the impact on Brand's children but said the circumstances arose from their father's serious criminal offending.
Brand remained in custody ahead of Monday's sentencing hearing, which was scheduled to begin at 10.30am GMT.
The jury, made up of eight men and four women, deliberated for more than eight hours before reaching unanimous verdicts on four of the seven charges.
The convictions concerned four women and incidents at different locations in London between 2004 and 2009.
The offences included the rape of a woman at Brand's former home in Hampstead in 2009, after she had met him backstage at one of his comedy shows.
He was also convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a colleague's birthday gathering in a Soho bar, although he was acquitted of a separate allegation of oral rape involving the same woman.
Another conviction related to an incident at a London radio station in 2004 or 2005, when Brand was found guilty of kissing and groping a woman without her consent.
The fourth conviction involved an advertising recording in 2009, where a woman said Brand demanded a massage and pressed his face into her groin.
Brand was acquitted of two counts of rape and one attempted indecent assault allegation.
One of the rape allegations concerned an incident in a hotel room during the Labour Party's annual conference in Bournemouth in 1999.
The attempted indecent assault charge related to an allegation that he tried to drag a woman into bathrooms at the London offices of MTV.
Brand had denied all the allegations during the trial. He told the court that he believed he had never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity.
Justice Bennathan previously warned Brand that he faced a significant prison term following the guilty verdicts.
The sentencing hearing is taking place at Southwark Crown Court, where the court will determine the appropriate punishment for the offences.
The latest developments have attracted considerable attention because of Brand's former prominence as a comedian, actor and television personality.
Further details about the sentence are expected following the court proceedings.
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