Russell Brand jokes about consent on stage with Trump official weeks before he was jailed for rape

Russell Brand joked about consent while on stage with a member of Donald Trump’s administration just weeks before he was jailed for rape.

The disgraced comedian and actor, 51, who was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on Monday (November 9), appeared at a Make America Healthy Again panel in September alongside Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz, after he had been charged with his crimes.

“Russell Brand was backstage hugging the secretary of agriculture, but here he is,” Oz announced as Brand joined him on stage. “She initiated that contact, I should make clear, doctor,” Brand replied, before Oz laughed.

Brand is a close ally of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr who also appeared at the MAHA summit alongside Vice President JD Vance.