Gerwyn Price’s Russell Brand posts spark enormous backlash – ‘shut the f*** up’
Gerwyn Price has been told to ‘shut the f*** up’ after sharing a controversial post about Russell Brand following the disgraced comedian’s sentencing
Gerwyn Price shared a controversial post about Russell Brand(Image: Getty Images)
Darts star Gerwyn Price has come under fire after sharing a controversial post seen as supporting Russell Brand.
The disgraced comedian was sentenced yesterday to 10-and-a-half years in prison for rape and sexual assault after the judge told him he is a “sexual predator”
Brand, 51, faced seven charges: three of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault. He was found not guilty on three counts. The crimes took place between 2004 and 2009 and related to four women.
Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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Following the verdict, Price shared a post on Facebook which claimed there was ‘zero evidence’ against Brand and that a victim had a threesome with him three days prior.
The post compared Brand’s sentence with Hamoud Al-Soaimi, who was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration of a child.
Al-Soaimi, who was 15 at the time, received a two-year suspended sentence following the prosecution of a grooming gang operation in Newcastle, while the three adult men involved were jailed for a total of 36 years.
Gerwyn Price shared this post on Facebook
Price attempted to clarify his post in the comments section, writing: “Not saying anyone is innocent just highlighting the two tier justice system we have to deal with.”
However, on X, the darts community had a rather different take, as one user said: “Gerwyn Price is such a f****** whopper.” Meanwhile a second pleaded: “Someone please get Gezzy to stfu.”
Price had previously posted a photo of Brand on Instagram Stories with the caption: “Speaking up on certain topics, now this” with emojis.
The world No.4 and former world champion has enjoyed runs to three different major finals this year, as well as four semi-finals, including Finals Night in the Premier League.
Price has been drawn in the same group as Sebastian Bialecki and Joe Hunt in the upcoming Grand Slam, the third final major of the year, and the penultimate tournament before the World Championships next month.
