Russell Brand lawyer Ian Winter KC self-referral to Bar Standards Board, Digi Mart USA News: Russell Brand’s barrister has reported himself to his professional regulator after reportedly launching a verbal attack on a journalist following the comedian’s conviction for rape and sexual assault.
Ian Winter KC approached Sunday Times journalist Rosamund Urwin, who first reported allegations against Brand in 2023, and said: “I hope you are pleased with yourself.” Urwin said she was “pleased justice has been done,” to which Winter replied: “Well, it wasn’t. You f***** it,” before adding “congratulations.”
In a statement sent to The Times, Winter said he has referred himself to the Bar Standards Board, the professional regulator for barristers. The statement read: “Having seen the ways matters have been characterised in today’s press I consider my professional duty requires me to self-report those allegations to the Bar Standards Board, so the matter can be subject to proper scrutiny.
I have made such a report.”
Brand had been found guilty by a jury of rape and three counts of sexual assault after a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. Winter is a barrister at Cloth Fair Chambers, a London-based firm that describes itself as “an elite group of King’s Counsel and leading juniors providing first class case analysis, advice and advocacy in fraud, criminal and regulatory law.”
Winter, who was called to the Bar in 1988 and took silk in 2006, previously represented Conservative MP Charlie Ephicke in 2020 after he was accused of sexual assault by two women. This is a developing story and will be updated.
