YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel
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The BBC also pulled some of the British star's shows from its streaming services following rape and sexual assault allegations against the comedian, who has developed into a "wellness" and conspiracy influencer.

YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off his channel — The suspension comes following the publication of rape and sexual assault allegations against the British star::YouTube has blocked Russell Brand from making money off its platform and the BBC pulled some of his shows from its online streaming service in the wake of rape and sexual assault allegations against the comedian-turned-influencer.

  • GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.deEnglish
    85·
    1 year ago

    Well there are cases where one unnamed source makes an unprovable accusation, and then there are cases with multiple alleged victims over the span of a decade…

    • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
      511·
      1 year ago

      don’t pretend like it would be impossible for the powers that be to conjure up people to make simultaneous accusations to get someone out of the public arena

      • GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.deEnglish
        92·
        1 year ago

        So you’re willing to believe that “the powers that be” would fake a +10 year string of sexual misconduct allegations against some British B-Tier celeb, but are at the same time incapable of fixing the courts?

        • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
          49·
          1 year ago

          Yes? It’s orders of magnitude easier to get someone to make false accusations than to fix the court system. Not sure that’s a controversial statement.

          • GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.deEnglish
            72·
            1 year ago

            So do you think these accusations were done in preparation, or someone has a serious grudge against Russell, or are we all being retconned?

            • cricket97@lemmy.worldEnglish
              28·
              1 year ago

              Could be anything, yeah. Could be because they want to extract wealth from him, could be because they don’t like what he says. Or he could have actually raped someone. You don’t know and neither do I