Another survivor, whom Brand was convicted of sexually assaulting in 2005, had her court statement read for her by the prosecution, one part of it read: “Over the years, hearing his [Brand’s] voice on television or seeing his image has made me jump.” In a similar vein, a survivor whom Brand was convicted of anally raping in 2009 said in her court statement read by the prosecution: “I am living with trauma and something I carry every day,” sharing that she had to take time away from work, move back in with her parents and she worried she’d contracted HIV. The final court statement from the fourth victim, whom Brand was convicted of sexually assaulting while working on a Channel 4 project with him in 2009, was also read for her by the prosecution, saying that following the incident she was “really upset” and felt she “lost my trust in people”. “I felt my working environment wasn’t safe,” she says, adding: “I felt powerless in that moment.” Thankfully, they’re all entitled to lifelong anonymity.
