Russell Brand’s joke about prison being ‘lonely’ resurfaced after he was sentenced to 10 years and six months for rape and sexual assault.
During his 2014 appearance on “The Jonathan Ross Show” alongside Lindsay Lohan, Brand, 51, discussed his 2012 arrest in New Orleans for throwing a photographer’s iPhone.
“Sometimes they would leave me in the police cells for a while, and I didn’t like it very much. It was tedious. It’s lonely. It’s hard to establish a relationship,” the disgraced comedian said in the resurfaced clip, drawing laughter from the audience.
Brand then told Lohan, who has also had several run-ins with the law over the years, “It’s worse to be arrested in your country than in mine.” »
He joked that British police were “much friendlier”, explaining that officers handcuff suspects in front rather than behind their backs.
The actor also joked that US police confiscated his drugs, adding: “It’s boring in cells. That’s when you need drugs.”
Meanwhile, Lohan, 40, appeared visibly shocked by Brand’s remarks before revealing she had already spent 14 days in solitary confinement.
“Solitary confinement is very different. You leave your cell for an hour a day and you don’t go out,” she added.
As Page Six previously reported, Brand was sentenced Monday to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted Nov. 5 of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
He was acquitted of two further charges of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Judge Joel Bennathan had warned Brand he faced a “significant” prison sentence.
Following his sentencing, lawyer Kally Sahota told Page Six that Brand would remain at HMP Wandsworth in London for “the next few weeks” before being transferred to another prison depending on his “security, safety and rehabilitation needs.”
He is reportedly being assessed for possible transfer to the notorious “Monster Mansion” prison, HMP Wakefield, a high-security facility where child sex offender Ian Watkins was stabbed to death last year.
Brand reportedly spent his first 24 hours behind bars, “staying in his cell as much as he could” and “trying not to show fear” while awaiting transfer to another prison.
He has since faced further allegations of sexual misconduct from six other women, including Vicky, 19, who alleged he continued to have sex with her even though she asked him to stop because she was in pain.
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