Make Page Six a Preferred Source Megyn Kelly was outraged that Russell Brand was given a 10-year sentence for his rape and sexual assault convictions.
“Good Lord. Ten and a half years in prison?” the political journalist said on the “Megyn Kelly Show” Monday.
“He grabbed a boob. He kissed a lady. He sniffed a lady. And he had backdoor sex with a woman who licked his backdoor before she was even introduced to him,” Kelly, 55, added.
The attorney then criticized the UK, claiming the country allowed “immigrants” to come there and allegedly “rape young, white girls with impunity for years.”
“They did nothing for the vast majority of those child rapists,” she claimed. “And now Russell Brand — for grabbing boobs, kissing, sniffing, and having that kind of sex with a woman who consented to vaginal sex with him seconds beforehand and also had clearly been joking with him and talking with him about having anal sex and had given him the equivalent on their first meeting for that — he’s going to jail for 10 years,” Kelly added.
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“This is an outrage. This is an obvious double standard.”
Kelly then alleged Judge Joel Bennathan led a “political witch hunt” against the comedian.
On Monday, Brand, 51, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault from crimes that took place between 1999 and 2009.
Kelly has also allegedly been a victim of sexual assault herself.
In her 2016 memoir, “Settle for More,” she accused Fox News founder, Roger Ailes, of making “obviously inappropriate sexually charged comments”
Kelly also claimed Ailes tried to “grab me repeatedly and kiss me on the lips.”
Gretchen Carlson, Kelly’s fellow anchor at the time, also accused Ailes of inappropriate behavior that same year.
After an internal investigation, Ailes — who denied the claims — resigned and paid settlements to multiple women.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
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