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U.K. to consider new age of consent law after Russell Brand accuser speaks out
British comedian and TV star Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months on 9 November after being convicted for rape and sexual assaults.Photograph: Brook Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images The government has said it will consider calls to change the age of consent after a woman waived her right to anonymity to publicly claim she was raped by Russell Brand as a 16-year-old schoolgirl. Mia Latter, now 37, alleged she had been orally raped by the jailed comedian when she was a teenager and he was 30 years old. In an interview with the Sunday Times, she called for the introduction of a…
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- Yahoo NewsU.K. to consider new age of consent law after Russell Brand accuser speaks outBritish comedian and TV star Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months on 9 November after being convicted for rape and sexual assaults.Photograph: Brook Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images The government has said it will consider calls to change the age of consent after a woman waived her right to anonymity to publicly claim she was raped by Russell Brand as a 16-year-old schoolgirl. Mia Latter, now 37, alleged she had been orally raped by the jailed comedian when she was a teenager and he was 30 years old. In an interview with the Sunday Times, she called for the introduction of a…
- NY PostRussell Brand rape accuser reveals identity for first time, details alleged abuse at age 16Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault on Nov. 5.