accusations of rape and sexual assault.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe plain fact of it is that in Europe and in the United Kingdom, where I\u2019m from, the age of consent is 16,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I did sleep with a 16-year-old when I was 30. But when I was 30, I was a very different person. I was a lot younger, and I was an immature 30-year-old,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWhen there is a strong power differential, as there is when you\u2019re a famous man that has the ability to attract women that I did at that time, I think involves exploitation. I think it is exploitative. I recognize that my sexual conduct in the past was selfish, and I did not apply enough consideration\u2014barely any, I suppose really\u2014to how that sex was affecting other people,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat fame gave me and what my addiction fueled was opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool, and an exploiter of women, and that is wrong. And that is something that needs to be redeemed and addressed and atoned for,\u201d Russell<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat I\u2019m obviously not only querying, but violently or aggressively or assertively opposing, is the idea that this is a judicial criminal matter where consent was overridden. Actually what happened was is consent was directed. That\u2019s what being famous and being, if I may say, forgive me, charismatic affords you is the ability to direct consent. That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s right. It\u2019s actually not right. It\u2019s wrong. It\u2019s a sin. It\u2019s an expression of selfishness and false idolatry,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n
\u201cI provided a lot of material through my foolishness and my selfishness around women. That meant that when I became not a person that was celebrated by the culture as a representative of individualism, hedonism, you\u2019re the most important thing in the world, essentially acting like if there is a god, you\u2019re it. That\u2019s what the culture wants you to believe. It doesn\u2019t want you to have a higher authority to which you submit\u2026we don\u2019t actually. We\u2019re not the final say on what\u2019s right and wrong. God is the final say,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He currently faces accusations made by six women between 1999 and 2009, including seven charges: three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault, and one allegation of indecent assault.<\/p>\n
He denies all of the claims.<\/a><\/p>\nRussell Brand<\/strong> is also currently promoting his upcoming book, How to Become a Christian in 7 Days<\/em>, described as a \u201ctestimony and guide to a timeless, yet zeitgeist-capturing, grounded, yet psychedelic encounter with Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n