Russell Brand Found Guilty: Watch His Body Language With Police

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Russell Brand has been found guilty of four serious offenses involving four women and non-consensual physical contact. And one conviction involves forced intimacy. We all know what that means. And they've released four clips from his interviews with the police. As soon as the full interviews come out, I'll do episodes on those. But for right now, this is all we've got. And I'm going to go through them almost sentence by sentence so you'll know exactly what's going on from a body language and behavior perspective. Let's take a look. [00:00:24] Speaker 2: You end up going to call in regards to this matter. And then you say something that you haven't said today. [00:00:32] Speaker 1: We see that little pop in his eyebrows there. That's because that's the moment that woman looks him right in the eye. And that's his way of saying, non-verbally, I'm listening and I'm paying attention. [00:00:43] Speaker 2: They could draw an influence or come to conclusions. [00:00:46] Speaker 1: Now, this is his first interview with the police. And what's going on is about what you'd expect. He doesn't move much. And when he does speak, it's really quiet. Now, this is not like his normal baseline of being really verbose and funny and talking to everybody in the room. Because he understands how serious this is. And that consistent head shake yes, again, that's non-verbally telling her he's taking in information and he understands it. [00:01:21] Speaker 2: And the last bit is anything you say may be given in evidence. [00:01:25] Speaker 1: Again, this is all normal behavior for somebody in this situation. And that little squint with his head pushed forward, that lets her know he's locked in and he's paying attention to everything being said and what's happening. [00:01:36] Speaker 2: I've explained that it's being audio and visually recorded today. And that may be played in court, the recording. Do you understand? [00:01:47] Speaker 1: I do. And that quiet, I do, that's completely out of character for him when he's on camera. Do you understand? I do. So this is the perfect example of why you have to take into consideration when you're observing someone. Everything going on around that person in that situation and you have to put it into context in real time with what's happening. Do you understand? I do. So of course he's not going to try to be funny and be loud in there. He's in big trouble and he understands what's happening. [00:02:17] Russell Brand: Thank you for your time today. As I've repeatedly stated publicly and written about extensively, I led a very promiscuous life in the past, which I've spent years openly denouncing. I've never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity. On the 16th of September, 2023, a defamatory and fictitious documentary was broadcast. [00:02:40] Speaker 1: Now, this one's interesting because he has to explain his behavior with people he didn't know and with people who were fans and fanatics and really like being around famous people. [00:02:49] Russell Brand: In conjunction with the publication of two national newspapers containing false anonymized allegations, which led to unprecedented media reporting. Subsequently, both the media and the police publicly invited additional allegations to be made, which has resulted in further encounters being invented or reimagined. [00:03:08] Speaker 1: What's really interesting here is how small his illustrators are. He's pretty much just using his hand a little bit and his thumb moves some, but not a whole lot. Illustrators, as you know, are the way our brain emphasizes specific words and phrases like I did just then, specific words and phrases. And this lets us know he's trying to draw the least amount of attention to himself as possible because he's embarrassed. And he's worried, as he should be. Then he scans everybody on the other side of the table when he talks about non-consensual activity. He's making sure they see him say that, making sure he gets that point across. [00:03:40] Russell Brand: At present, I do not recall the names of the complainants or meeting them. However, it's entirely possible that I may have encountered them and that we may have engaged in consensual sexual activity. [00:03:52] Speaker 1: Then he does the same kind of scan on reinvented or reimagined. [00:03:55] Russell Brand: Or physical contact that's been since reimagined. The allegations that you are interviewing me about relate to events that allegedly took place between 24 and 16 years ago. [00:04:08] Speaker 1: When he looks up the other times, it's very short comparatively. [00:04:12] Russell Brand: In the past, my engagement with interested members of the public was friendly, consensual and warm. [00:04:18] Speaker 1: Now things are changing a little bit. He gets to the good part, where he's talking about meeting people and being out in the public and talking about how friendly he was and talking about how considerate and loving he was with these people. [00:04:29] Russell Brand: There was often physical contact. Live shows, press events, junkets and book signings. I did my best to be accessible, non-discriminatory and loving. I spent a lot of time at these events. I've shared kisses with hundreds of members of the public during press events. [00:04:44] Speaker 1: Then he talks about how he shared kisses with hundreds of members of the public. Ugh. [00:04:49] Russell Brand: You know what trench mouth is, don't you, buddy? Photos of many such kisses in front of people, in front of hundreds of people, are available online. Everything I did in public, once I was famous, could be photographed or recorded and end up in a tabloid. I was aware of this. [00:05:07] Speaker 1: His cadence is sped up a bit and he seems a little bit more comfortable. His volume is up some as well. [00:05:13] Russell Brand: I routinely made provocative jokes or comments with members of the public during live performances and broadcasts. [00:05:23] Speaker 1: Apparently, talking about being famous and talking about the people who love and adore him, that's one of his favorite things to talk about. [00:05:29] Russell Brand: I did, on occasion, find reasons for leaving or asking partners in casual sexual encounters to leave shortly after the experience had concluded. [00:05:39] Speaker 1: And keep in mind, what he's reading has been fine-tuned and rewritten so many times, so it sounds the way it should sound in this situation. [00:05:47] Russell Brand: I had sexual encounters in countless locations and scenarios, often with people I've just met. So it sounds like the accusations are just misunderstandings. The way of life that I've described, the magnitude of the promiscuity, deceptively rendered in recent media attacks, accompanied by advertisements for complainants, have caused consensual encounters to be unfavorably reframed decades later. [00:06:12] Speaker 1: And we know this because nobody talks like that. Nobody says these have been reimagined or these have been unfavorably reframed. Nobody says that. [00:06:22] Russell Brand: As I stated at the outset, I've never engaged in any non-consensual sexual activity. [00:06:28] Speaker 1: As the illustrators are still really tiny. Now, if he was really into this and tried to be forceful and say, here's what I'm trying to say, this is really important, he would have seen some illustrators. But we're just seeing a little hand going back and forth a little bit. [00:06:41] Russell Brand: I understand that you will now ask further questions. I do not intend to respond to your questions without sufficient time to consider the information to answer accurately. But the biggest one happens when he says, I understand you will ask further questions. I will therefore listen to your questions, but I will not be providing further responses at this time. You've indicated to my solicitors that you'll be asking me if I have any final comments at the end of each interview and that we'll be afforded a break at that stage. If I have anything further to add, I will do so after that break or in due course after this interview. [00:07:14] Speaker 1: There's also something else going on here, it's not very big, everything's fairly small body language wise. But watch how he rubs his leg really slowly with his left hand. That's stress. That makes sense. He should be stressed. And that's a famous cue for stress. [00:07:30] Russell Brand: Thank you for your time today. As I stated at the outset of this process on the 16th of September 2023, a defamatory and fictitious documentary was broadcast in conjunction with the publication of two national newspapers containing false anonymized allegations, which led to unprecedented media reporting. [00:07:49] Speaker 1: This is his third time doing this over the last few months. So he knows how it's going to go and he knows how to act. [00:07:55] Russell Brand: Subsequently, both the media and the police publicly invited additional allegations to be made, which resulted in further encounters being invented or reimagined. [00:08:04] Speaker 1: And there's nothing he can do with his normal personality skills that he uses to make this any better, to make this go any faster, to make these people like him more. Even if they did like him more, it wouldn't matter because this is the law they're dealing with. [00:08:17] Russell Brand: It is even more apparent from the additional disclosure he provided on the 10th of January 2024 that these encounters have been invented or reimagined. [00:08:27] Speaker 1: He's just reading. No illustrators, no adapters. We don't see anything really happening here. [00:08:32] Russell Brand: I understand that we now ask further questions. I do not intend to respond to your questions without sufficient time to consider the information to answer accurately. [00:08:39] Speaker 1: And he looks up briefly just four times. And that's all the connection he tries to make during this one. [00:08:43] Russell Brand: I will therefore listen to your questions, but I will not be providing further responses. And he wants to get into this, get it over with, and get out. You've indicated to my solicitors that you'll be asking me if I have any final comments at the end of each interview, and then we'll be afforded a break at that stage. If I have anything further to add, I will do so after the break or in due course after this [00:09:04] Speaker 1: interview. Thank you. Thank you. Granted, the interview is longer than this, but right now this is all we have. He's reading the Bible during this, and that's a pretty big statement to make when you're in this situation. He wants to show he's changed, and he's a very religious man now. [00:09:26] Speaker 4: Okay, so the continuation of the interview with Russell Brand is still the 17th of July, 2025. He's just gone quarter past 10. [00:09:35] Speaker 1: I get it. Don't get me wrong. I'm a Christian. I love Jesus. Jesus loves me. His dad can't get enough of me. However, in a situation like this, I'm not going to be in there reading the Bible. I'm going to be talking to big guns and see if I can get him to help me with that, see if I can get him on it. [00:09:51] Speaker 4: Same again. We've had a short break for some consultation and a toilet break. Can you confirm that we've not spoken about the offense? We haven't. That they've been off, and the same people in the room? Correct. Thank you very much. Thank you. [00:10:02] Speaker 1: I'm just going to caution you again. He adjusts a little bit and pulls his shirt together. Why he wore something like that, I have no earthly idea. Not that it would matter, and he may be under the impression it doesn't matter. [00:10:12] Speaker 4: I certainly think that it may harm me defensive. Do not mention when questioned, something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say, you may be given evidence. [00:10:17] Speaker 1: And then again, maybe he's gotten all the information about this, and he realizes he's in for a really long ride on this. [00:10:24] Speaker 4: Would you like me to explain it? No, thank you. Thank you. Right, okay, so we've spoken about three incidents. We've asked you lots of questions. And no matter what he says or does at this point, it doesn't really matter. Give you the opportunity to speak to us. I want to ask you now, is there anything else you would like to add with regards to the interview, any more detail? [00:10:45] Speaker 1: Again, this clip is really short because this is all that's come out so far. But when the full interviews come out, I promise you I'll come back and we'll go through every one of them. So there you have it. Russell Brand being interviewed by the police. Now, if you have any questions about body language, just email me, bodylanguagequestions at gmail, and I'll get right on it. And I'll see you next time. [00:11:21] Speaker ?: Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye.