Actor Russell Brand was sentenced Monday in a U.K. courtroom to 10 years and 6 months in prison after he was found guilty Nov. 5 by a London jury of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four victims, following a weekslong trial.
Before sentencing Brand, 51, Judge Joel Bennathan of London's Crown Court in Southwark said the sexual assaults and rape Brand committed against the four women between 2004 and 2009 were fueled by his "staggering arrogance."
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