# Revealed: Russell Brand’s first sex offence conviction was for outraging public decency when he stripped naked at Piccadilly Circus

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/revealed-russell-brands-first-sex-offence-conviction-was-for-outraging-public-decency-when-he-stripped-naked-at-piccadilly-circus/
- Published: 2026-11-11T10:53:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T11:05:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16281071/russell-brand-prosecuted-stripping-naked-25-years-ago.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Brand was convicted over public stripping in 2002.
- The incidents took place during May Day demonstrations in London.
- Extracts from his memoir were used as evidence in his recent trial.

## Summary

Russell Brand was convicted of outraging public decency after stripping naked during London demonstrations in May 2002. The episode has renewed attention because extracts from his 2007 memoir were used as evidence in his rape and sexual assault trial this month.

In his memoir, Brand said he climbed the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain at Piccadilly Circus, exposed himself and dangled sex toys through police van windows during protests attended by about 5,000 people. He was arrested, released, then stripped again on a van in nearby Wardour Street; police later tracked him down and charged him with two counts of outraging public decency.

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