Elon Musk responds to Russell Brand's rape conviction after comments resurface following guilty verdict
Warning: This article contains discussion of rape which some readers may find distressing.
Elon Musk has issued a one-word statement on X following Russell Brand's rape conviction.
Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on November 5. He was acquitted on three further counts.
Responding to a tweet about Russell Brand's upcoming sentencing today (November 9), which suggested he could face a lengthy prison term, Musk responded: "Unjust."
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On Thursday, the judge told Brand his rape conviction inevitably comes with a 'significant custodial term.'
As the verdict was read out, BBC journalist Sima Kotecha said Brand was 'incredibly still and appeared to show no emotion'.
She added: "He closed his eyes when the guilty rape verdict was delivered."
Musk's comments come days after his resurfaced tweet went viral following Brand's conviction.
"I support Russell Brand. That man is not evil," Musk wrote on 17 September 2023, two days after The Sunday Times, The Times, and Channel 4's Dispatches, featured allegations about Brand from four women.
On September 15 2023, the comedian released a social media video, in which he said he was 'very, very promiscuous' when he was younger. "During that time of promiscuity, the relationships that I had were absolutely, always consensual," he claimed.
Brand was found guilty of groping an MTV worker during a party at a Soho bar in 2004; sexually assaulting a Choice FM worker after encountering her in a corridor in 2005; and raping a 21-year-old fan after meeting her at a 2009 stand-up show at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Lastly, he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a Channel 4 worker during a forced massage in 2009.
His wife, Laura Gallacher, was in the court room at the time of the verdict, as Brand was seen saying: "Laura, I love you."
Kiesha Dosanjh
