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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Vanessa Thorpe

Will accusations dent Russell Brand’s popularity with conspiracy theory fans?

Russell Brand at the Brixton Academy in London in 2014.
Russell Brand at the Brixton Academy in London in 2014. Photograph: Caitlin Mogridge/Getty Images

This weekend’s accusations that the comic and actor Russell Brand has committed serious sexual crimes will test just how possible it is to knock the reputation of a celebrity who has always admitted to previous “bad behaviour”, and built up his fame on the strength of it.

After all, this is someone who has openly “joked” with Jimmy Savile about getting together to have sex with young women. So just how vulnerable is the Brand brand?

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