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.

  • 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