Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
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The actress was at the centre of one of the UK's most infamous broadcasting scandals when Brand and co-host Jonathan Ross left lewd voicemails for her grandfather, the late Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs.
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Brand → leave → grandfather
The pair prank-called the veteran actor live on BBC Radio 2, during which Ross shouted that Brand had slept with his granddaughter.
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Brand → call → granddaughter
Dubbed "Sachsgate," the row prompted thousands of complaints and drew swift condemnation from then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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row → dub → Brown
Despite the fallout, Baillie later revealed Brand supported her through personal struggles, funding her stay in a rehabilitation facility in 2018 - an intervention she previously credited with saving her life.
"The most important thing is to admit your mistakes and correct them as much as you can," she said.
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she → reveal → them
"Now if they've proven that he's done these things... that's what needs to happen.
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what → prove → things
He needs to make amends."
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He → need → amends
Reflecting on when allegations against Brand first surfaced in 2023, following a joint investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches, The Times, and The Sunday Times, Baillie admitted she initially struggled to accept them.
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she → reflect → them
"I just found it really, really tricky to associate him with any form of aggression toward a girl, because he worshipped girls," she said.
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she → find → girls
"Any woman who has been abused in any way deserves some listening time...
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who → abuse → time
He really ought to do the right thing, which is, as an addict in recovery, make your amends."
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which → do → amends
Addressing the challenge of accepting the court's findings, she added: "It's really hard to let go of the need for someone to be on that pedestal in your memory, because he saved my life.
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he → address → life
I'll be honest, if I didn't go to rehab, then I'd probably be dead.
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I → go → rehab
So I owe my life to him for that.
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I → owe → that
"Because he saved my life.
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he → save → life
I'll be honest, if I didn't go to rehab, then I'd probably be dead.
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I → go → rehab
So I owe my life to him for that."
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I → owe → that
"But the most important thing is to admit your mistakes and correct them as much as you can.
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you → admit → them
I'm really sad that he's been found guilty because I really thought that I had a better judge of character than this, but I am open-minded enough to know that I can be wrong.
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I → find → this
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"I feel a lot of sympathy for the accusers and the victims.
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I → read → accusers
I really hope that they can find some healing."
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they → hope → healing