The Russell Brand “Political Prosecution” Conspiracy Theories

From the late Charlie Kirk, April 2025, following the charging of Russell Brand: Every single allegation against Russell Brand concerns events that took place twenty years ago or more. None of them existed while he was a famous actor or comedian. All of them emerged once he became a highly visible dissident on politics and Covid. Brand has been forthright about his behavior as a young man, but the idea he was a serial rapist is absurd and, more importantly, completely unprovable. This is a political prosecution, plain and simple. Kirk’s Turning Point USA organisation kept faith with Brand, inviting him to lead prayers from the stage the following October, shortly after Kirk’s murder; he also enjoyed the support of Tucker Carlson (who recently published Brand’s book How to Become a Christian in Seven Days), and just weeks before his trial he spoke at an event with Robert Kennedy Jr. This was not just a matter of “innocent until proven guilty”, or even “we can never know”: those around…

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