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Russell Brand’s Instagram Account Removed By Meta After Rape Conviction

Headline via Variety · first report 11 Nov, 23:18 IST, latest 13 Nov, 13:32 IST

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What we know

5 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Variety at 11 Nov, 23:18 IST; the latest is from Variety at 13 Nov, 13:32 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

StatusVerified
Reported by5 news organisations
First report11 Nov, 23:18 IST
Latest report13 Nov, 13:32 IST
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What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

Russell Brand’s pubic hair is no longer on display at a London museum of curiosities following the comedian’s conviction and sentencing for rape and sexual assault. Viktor Wynd, the eccentric collector behind the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art &…
Russell Brand, who was convicted of rape and sexual assault, posted on Elon Musk’s X that Meta had taken down his Instagram account. After being sentenced to 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, Brand has now found himself without a social media…
It comes after the 51-year-old disgraced entertainer was sentenced to 10-and-a-half-years in prison.
Donald Trump Jr. has defended Russell Brand following his rape and sexual assault convictions, questioning the comedian’s 10-year-and-six-month prison sentence. Referring to Brand’s marriage to Katy Perry, Trump Jr. remarked that no one seemed to consider him…

Quoted from the newsrooms’ own feeds, with their names and links. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details.

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