# Columnist questions Russell Brand’s public displays of faith during trial

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/amanda-platell-listening-to-russell-brands-victims-in-court-was-distressing-enough-but-theres-something-else-about-the-behaviour-of-him-and-his-wife-that-has-sickened-me-to-my-soul/
- Published: 2026-11-10T17:39:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T18:06:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16281021/AMANDA-PLATELL-Listening-Russell-Brands-victims-court-distressing-theres-behaviour-wife-sickened-soul.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Culture, Fashion, World

## Key points

- Platell questions the sincerity of Brand’s courtroom displays of faith.
- Brand received a ten-year-and-six-month sentence.
- The columnist criticises supporters who cast him as a persecuted figure.

## Summary

Columnist Amanda Platell questions whether Russell Brand’s public displays of Christian faith during his trial were sincere or intended to improve his reputation. She argues that his courtroom prayers, Bible and crucifix appeared at odds with his denial of the offences and says the trial put his victims through a distressing ordeal.

The article says Brand was baptised in 2024, the year after a Channel 4 documentary examined his treatment of women, and describes his regular court appearances with religious items and gestures. It reports that he was sentenced to ten years and six months, despite his lawyers describing him as a changed man. Platell also criticises supporters who compared him to Jesus and notes that Brand and his wife continued their religious podcast during the trial.

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