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Could Russell Brand go to prison if convicted — and how long would he be jailed for?

Former comedian long traded on his extreme persona, yet many will wonder how he was allowed to act in plain sight for so long In the early 1990s, when he was a student at the Italia Conti theatre school, a teenage Russell Brand became so fixated on a classmate that he followed her for 200 miles, trailing her through the streets of London before sneaking, ticketless, on to her train to Wigan. By…

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    Could Russell Brand go to prison if convicted — and how long would he be jailed for? (opens The Independent in a new tab)

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    The downfall of Russell Brand: from Big Brother and Hollywood to convicted rapist (opens The Guardian in a new tab)

    Former comedian long traded on his extreme persona, yet many will wonder how he was allowed to act in plain sight for so long In the early 1990s, when he was a student at the Italia Conti theatre school, a teenage Russell Brand became so fixated on a…

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