Russell Brand's father isn't accepting his son's conviction, and he made that clear during a heated confrontation with reporters outside a London courthouse. Following the comedian's sentencing on Monday, November 9, Ron Brand dismissed the jury's verdict, questioned the British justice system, and insisted that his son—not the women he was convicted of assaulting—was the real victim.

The exchange, captured by Sky News outside Southwark Crown Court, came shortly after Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

When a reporter asked Ron whether he had a message for the victims, he responded immediately. "The victim? What? Russell?" he asked.

After the reporter clarified that the question concerned the women involved in the case, Ron pushed back.…