A woman who was sexually assaulted by Russell Brand said she received death threats on social media after giving evidence in the trial.
Complainant 3 (C3), who was sexually assaulted by Brand at a TV industry party in London in 2004, read out a victim impact statement in court from behind a screen after the comedian was convicted last week.
Her voice shaking, she told London’s Southwark Crown Court that her character was “torn apart” online, and that her family “wanted to scream at their phones as they scrolled.”
C3, who has a lifelong right to anonymity,
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