Russell Brand Facing Significant Prison Term

LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand faces a significant prison term after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The British actor-comedian is being sentenced Monday in a London court. Brand, who is known for outrageous stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol, asserted that he was innocent and all his encounters were consensual. But jurors largely rejected his defense. Brand was partly damned by his own words about his obsession with sex and his well-documented life of promiscuity. Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones says Brand was a ruthless, calculating, manipulative “sexual predator” who treated women as a “disposable commodity.”