YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star::YouTube has blocked Russell Brand from making money off its platform and the BBC pulled some of his shows from its online streaming service in the wake of rape and sexual assault allegations against the comedian-turned-influencer.

  • flossdaily@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just a reminder that there are a far more allegations against Trump, and Trump has been found liable for rape, and yet Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.

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        I think it’s important to point it out. The other rapist is exalted when he should be getting shut down too.

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            Yeah. Here:

            https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/17/a-timeline-of-sexual-assault-allegations-against-russell-brand

            Of all those claims, these stuck out:

            • a 16 year old in 2006 when he was 30 and gave her instructions to hide from parents. Underage is rape.

            • In 2012 he is accused of raping a woman who was treated in a Rape Treatment Center afterwards.

            • In 2020, there was another 16 year old and evidently his manager believed him at first and then issued a statement saying he was misled and terminated business with him.

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              16 is not underage in the UK, where this is alleged to have happened.

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                While it’s not “technically” underage rape, let’s be honest it basically is. No normal person thinks it’s acceptable for some in there 30s to have a relationship with a 16 year old.

                The law is there to protect say an 18 year old in collage, where it’s common for 16-18 year olds to be in the same classes, not for creepy 30+ year olds.

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                  That’s not how the law works though. You can drink whatever alcohol you can legally buy the second you turn 18 (in the UK). The same applies for sex at 16. Maybe you don’t like it, but 16 is the age of consent for sex, with whoever else is legal.

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                    He’s abusing the law, it’s obviously not designed for a 30 plus year old to have a relationship with a 16 year old.

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                Both child grooming and emotional and sexual assault are illegal in the UK, bizarre as this may seem to you.

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                  I fully support them being illegal, why would you think that would be bizarre to me?

                  I merely pointed out, in the case of the 16 year old schoolgirl, she was not legally underage, no matter how shocking and disturbing we may find Brand’s behaviour, which I do. I don’t think she has made any claims of rape or assault against Brand, but others have. I don’t know what laws, if any, apply to his treatment of her, but I don’t think underage sex is one of them.

                  If we think something is already illegal when it isn’t, then it reduces the incentive to change the law - why make something illegal when you already think it is? Possibly the UK needs new legislation to vary the age of consent depending on the participants, as in other states.

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                    She has accused him both of rape and of grooming her. What on earth do you think her punching him in the stomach while he forcibly deep throated her was supposed to be?

                    This has been highlighted in the news coverage.

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              I only see allegations, no convictions. Remember what happened to Kevin Spacey and Julian Assange?

              For what it’s worth: I’m not saying he’s innocent. But to go from allegation to conviction, you’ll need a judge in my book. Not a trial by media.

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                Youtube yanks monetization from much poorer people for much more mysterious and never revealed reasons. It’s a privately owned business, known for fucking over its content creators.

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                Well there are cases where one unnamed source makes an unprovable accusation, and then there are cases with multiple alleged victims over the span of a decade…

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                  don’t pretend like it would be impossible for the powers that be to conjure up people to make simultaneous accusations to get someone out of the public arena

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                    So you’re willing to believe that “the powers that be” would fake a +10 year string of sexual misconduct allegations against some British B-Tier celeb, but are at the same time incapable of fixing the courts?

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                Yes, this is true about Spacey being innocent. I have personally known people who have made false allegations so I don’t doubt it happens.

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        Just trying to resolve some cognitive dissonance for Trump supporters who maybe haven’t thought about it in these terms.

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      Imagine hating someone so much you bring him into any convo you enter. We get it bro, orange man bad, last I heard he is in jail or something. now shut up!