Sean Lock criticism of Russell Brand, Digi Mart USA News: The late comedian Sean Lock was a vocal critic of Russell Brand and once openly expressed his fears that his daughters might one day bring someone like him home. Lock, who died in 2021, made his feelings about Brand well known back in 2014.
More than a decade on, the former actor and podcaster has since been found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Lock took aim at Brand for “backpedalling” on his political views and revealed the real reason behind his “hatred.”
Lock explained: “Probably the reason I hate him so much is that I’m a dad and I’ve got this fear that one day my daughters will bring something like that home… and he’ll come in and go: ‘Oh, oh, such pleasure to be in your charming abode.'”
Twelve years after making those remarks, Brand has been found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault following a trial. The comedian then added: “He started out saying: ‘Don’t vote, it’s stupid and pointless to vote, don’t vote,’ and now he’s come out, Russell Brand, and said, ‘No, what I’m saying is, actually, who am I supposed to vote for?'”
“So if you reduce that to what he’s actually saying, it’s what everybody says at every bus stop or newsagent: ‘Huh, politicians, what are they like? How did that lot get in?’ The main problem now is that people get the politicians they deserve, because they don’t take any interest in politics.
“And [Brand] saying to people who are disaffected already, and aren’t engaged with the political process: ‘Don’t vote’, is the most moronic, self-serving, pathetic bit of attention-seeking w***.”
Brand’s allegations date from 1999 to 2009 and concerned six women, who are all entitled to lifelong anonymity. After eight hours, a jury of eight men and four women found the 51-year-old guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
He was cleared of two further charges of rape and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.
The verdicts are as follows: Count 1: Rape – Not guilty. Count 2A: Attempted indecent assault – Not guilty.
Count 3: Sexual assault – Guilty. Count 4: Rape – Not guilty.
Count 5: Sexual assault – Guilty. Count 6: Rape – Guilty.
Count 7: Sexual assault – Guilty.
