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Russell Brand admits ‘extraordinary and distressing week’ and floats media conspiracy over sex assault allegations (www.independent.co.uk)

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Brand claims that the UK Government and "the media" are out to get him!

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Damed impressive level of evil. The media moguls manage to force cooperation. From both the police and multiple people Brand had intimate relationships with. Before publishing any accusations. Because lets fac it. If these people had not been convinced to accuse him. Then it would be so obviose the media was just out to get him. Pretty hard to blame the news media for printing actual news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Damed impressive level of evil. The media moguls manage to force cooperation. From both the police and multiple people Brand had intimate relationships with. Before publishing any accusations.

It's even better than that - they somehow managed to get Brand to implicate himself:

The BBC announced on Friday that it was investigating a claim that Brand exposed himself to a woman at the corporation’s Los Angeles office building before laughing about it on his radio show.

Probably some Manchurian Candidate level brainwashing. Or he's a nonce.