# Russell Brand made consent joke at health summit before sentencing

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/russell-brand-joked-about-consent-at-trump-event-weeks-before-rape-conviction/
- Published: 2026-11-12T08:16:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T08:33:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16280461/Russell-Brand-joked-consent-Trump-rape-conviction.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Geopolitics, Politics, World

## Key points

- Brand joked about consent at a US political event.
- He was convicted of rape and sexual assault weeks later.
- Police are investigating two further rape allegations.

## Summary

Russell Brand joked about consent while speaking at a Make America Healthy Again summit in September, weeks before his conviction for rape and sexual assault. The episode has drawn attention because he was warmly received at the event despite the charges he was facing, and appeared alongside figures in Donald Trump’s political circle.

The summit, attended by Vice President JD Vance and Robert F Kennedy Jr, featured Brand criticising vaccine mandates, junk food and pharmaceutical companies. He was later convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault, and sentenced to ten years and six months in prison; he is expected to serve about seven years. Police say investigations into two further rape allegations are ongoing.

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