Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Outlets on this story
159
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
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The 51-year-old denies three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.
asserted
old → deny → assault
On Tuesday afternoon, the jury – consisting of eight men and four women – was sent out to consider its verdicts.
asserted
jury → consist → verdicts
Mr Justice Bennathan said: “I can only accept a verdict from all 12 of you that is a unanimous verdict.”
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that → say → you
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The jury were asked to pick up their personal belongings and paperwork before leaving the court to begin deliberations.
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jury → read → deliberations
During the trial’s opening, prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC described the defendant as a “ruthless, calculated and manipulative” predator who raped and groped women to satisfy his sexual appetite.
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who → describe → appetite
She alleged he was was “obsessed” with sex and treated women as a “means to an end”, and was “child-like in his expectation that his every desire should be met”.
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desire → allege → expectation
He is accused of forcing himself on another MTV worker in a Soho bar toilet during a party in 2004, kissing and groping a radio worker in 2005 in a corridor, and raping a 21-year-old fan he met after a stand-up comedy set at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2009.
asserted
he → accuse → 2009
Brand is also alleged to have thrust his head into a female Channel 4 worker’s lap in 2009 when she had been forced to give him a massage.
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she → allege → massage
In her closing speech, Ms Karmy-Jones KC said Brand liked to exercise “control” over the women, and felt “disdain” towards them as he pursued his goal of sleeping with 5,000 women.
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he → say → women
She said women were “disposable” and a “means to an end” to the television personality.
asserted
women → say → personality
During his evidence, Brand said consent during sex is “fundamental” and suggested to him it is “more important that the sex itself”.
uncertain
it → say → sex
He denied having a “goal” to sleep with 5,000 women and while he admitted he was “obsessed” with sex in his younger years, he denied the extent of the impact on his life.
asserted
he → deny → life
When the individual claims were put to him, and he was asked if he had raped and sexually assaulted the women, Brand repeatedly said the word “no”.
uncertain
Brand → put → word
In his closing speech, Ian Winter KC urged the jury to separate Brand’s sexual behaviour and treatment of women from the question of whether he committed crimes.
asserted
he → urge → crimes
He said it is “not criminal to treat women unkindly before, during or after sex”, adding that if there is consent then “it is lawful”.
asserted
it → say → sex
The barrister said the complainants’ allegations came “very many years” later, adding that they “only did so once the well of justice had been corrupted and contaminated”.
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well → say → justice
He said the women came forward for “reasons connected to the TV programme”, relating to a Channel 4 Dispatches broadcast, and “not for reasons personable to themselves”.
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women → say → themselves
Mr Winter said the women were “not random, not independent”, adding that they had each been “thoroughly contaminated” by the documentary.
The trial continues.
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trial → say → documentary
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