Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
110
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The jury in Russell Brand’s rape and sexual assault trial has retired to consider its verdicts.
asserted
jury → retire → verdicts
Brand, 51, has been described as a ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexual predator during the three-week trial at Southwark crown court.
asserted
Brand → describe → court
The comedian is accused of seven offences, including rape and sexual assault, against six women in allegations spanning 10 years from 1999.
asserted
comedian → accuse → 1999
He denies all the charges.
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He → deny → charges
Addressing the jury of eight men and four women, the judge, 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 → address → you
The judge had earlier begun summing up the evidence in the case by going through each count on the indictment.
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judge → begin → indictment
In her closing speech on Friday, the prosecutor, Riel Karmy-Jones KC, said six women who did not know each other had come forward to accuse Brand of a similar pattern of behaviour.
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who → close → behaviour
“Six women who have nothing to gain, who have not sought the limelight, who have not looked out for some form of publicity, who have not taken part in a documentary, not made claims for compensation,” she said.
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she → have → compensation
“There is no benefit to them, apart from perhaps some closure by coming before you and telling you their accounts of what happened to them so long ago.”
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what → be → them
Brand’s barrister, Ian Winter KC, said in his closing speech on Monday that a Dispatches documentary about the comedian’s alleged sexual misconduct had “poisoned the wells” of justice against him.
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documentary → say → him
He also said there had been “monstrous delays” in the women in the criminal trial coming forward to police, and he questioned why Brand had been accused of “only three rapes in 10 years” out of all the women he had slept with.
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he → say → women
Brand made no comment to the press when he arrived at court on Tuesday morning accompanied by his wife, Laura Brand, and members of his entourage.
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he → make → entourage
He wore a knee-length black wool coat over a black suit with a long white scarf.
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He → wear → scarf
Brand is accused of three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
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Brand → accuse → assault
An allegation of indecent assault was changed to a charge of attempted indecent assault last week.
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allegation → change → assault
Brand has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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Brand → plead → charges
The trial continues.
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trial → continue → ?
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