Rapist and sexual abuser Russell Brand has been jailed for 10 years and six months after his survivors revealed the trauma of watching him being “celebrated for his disgusting behaviour” until he was finally brought to justice.

Mr Justice Bennathan told the former Hollywood actor that he will serve at least two-thirds of his sentence in prison as he accused the star of showing a “casual, arrogant disregard for any woman’s right to say no”.

The judge said Brand’s celebrity status had protected him until a 2023 exposé by Channel 4’s Dispatches , The Times and The Sunday Times “empowered” other women to come forward.

Sending him to the cells, the judge added: “Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and demand justice in the criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Mr Brand, act without their consent.”

One sexual assault in which Brand demanded a massage from a Channel 4 worker in front of two members of his entourage in 2009 showed how much…