Jimmy Carr says Russell Brand ‘goes to alter’ in jail in ‘consent’ swipe

Russell Brand has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years for rape and sexual assault convictions, with comedian Jimmy Carr swiftly mocking the disgraced star with a dark consent joke.

Russell Brand has been brutally ridiculed by fellow comedian Jimmy Carr with a cutting prison joke as he now faces more than a decade locked up. Brand, 51, was sentenced on Monday to 10-and-a-half years for raping a woman and sexually assaulting three others.

Brand was convicted of the 2009 rape of a fan and sexual assaults in 2004, 2005, and 2009 against TV and radio workers last week. He is now behind bars after Mr Justice Bennathan condemned his “staggering arrogance” in carrying out his offences.

The judge told him: “About 20 years ago Russell Brand, you were becoming famous, you were clever, and in many people’s eyes you were funny and charismatic. You had also become a sexual predator.”

He went on to say that Brand displayed a “casual arrogant disregard to any woman’s right to say no to you”, while his celebrity status led him to believe “you could act when you liked and how you liked”. The judge handed down a nine-year sentence for the rape, with an additional year and a half tacked on for the sexual assaults.

Just hours after the verdict was handed down, Brand was savagely targeted by Jimmy Carr in a clip shared on X. The footage captures Carr mid-performance when an audience member questions him about “what do you think of Russell Brand?”

Carr replies: “This is interesting. It’s crazy to think that Russell Brand is going to jail for something he did not do – get consent.”

He then quips: “I think Russell Brand’s views on sex and consent are going to change in the next week.”

The fallout from his conviction continues, with the Met Police confirming it has active investigations against the Essex-born entertainer. His former girlfriend, Jemima Goldsmith, released a statement following his sentencing in which she said she “had my own personal experience of his violence, coercive control and abuse”, requiring her “to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident”.

The Prime Minister has pledged to overhaul the legal system in the wake of Brand’s trial. Andy Burnham highlighted the courage of the women who came forward to report the disgraced television personality, stating the government would be “relentless in making whatever improvements we can” to better support victims, including ensuring rape and serious sexual offence teams are present in every police force.

Last week, Mr Burnham told Times Radio he would “look closely” at remarks made by Sir Mark Rowley, after the Metropolitan Police Commissioner backed calls to reform legislation to tackle “rape myths”. Sir Mark had previously told the BBC that what emerged from Brand’s trial came perilously close to “victim blaming”.

Victims Commissioner Claire Waxman has called for a new legal obligation on judges to direct juries whenever rape myths have been raised during a trial.