Katy Perry said her ex ‘should be in jail’ — months before Russell Brand’s guilty verdict

Katy Perry reportedly joked at a performance in Oxfordshire that her ex “should be in jail”, months before Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault. The remark, reported by Bang Showbiz, has drawn attention again following the verdict; representatives for Perry and Brand had not responded to requests for comment.

Perry and Brand were married from 2010 to 2012. In a 2013 interview, she described the relationship as controlling and said she had moved on. Brand was convicted last week in a London court of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving six accusers, and was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison.