Russell Brand begged jurors for ‘forgiveness’ today, telling them he had abused his fame and dedicated his life to ‘beyond reckless philandering’.
The 51-year-old comedian said it was ‘wrong’ that he had used his celebrity to ‘facilitate sexual access’, saying I ‘dedicated a lot of my life to what seems now beyond reckless philandering and idiocy.’
Giving evidence in his trial, the actor told Southwark Crown Court that he once enjoyed ‘staggering fame’, but allegations of rape and sexual assault meant no one would now ‘touch him with a barge pole’.
In an extraordinary appearance on the witness stand, the comedian once known
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