What's the likelihood that pharmaceutical companies paid his accusers due to his anti-pharmaceutical media appearances? The timing is extremely coincidental.
In this context probably people saw his start rising and checked if they could find some dirt on him. Or one of victims saw him get famous and contacted a journalist.
It looks expedient but his increased coverage could have simply triggered the research and now it looks like they only did it because of his covid message.
Sure but if you think that she is getting paid then you might not trust what she is saying.
> The fact that some people still listen to them after that is a damning indictment of how evil #believeallwomen actually is.
The believe all women phrase was stupid the moment it got uttered. Only extremists actually believe it. They should have said listen to all women but not believe everything blindly. Most people can get behind listening to victims when they come forward.
> If they can't be bothered reporting accusations until there political reasons to do so they should automatically be found guilty of slander, imo.
Their motives do not matter to me if they tell the truth. If he is a predator he should face punishment for his crimes. But until a court convicts him he is innocent and has a right to a fair trial.
The number of people previously well disposed towards pharmaceutical companies that are now not because of Russell Brand probably doesn't have the boards quaking in their boots either - the likely shareholder overlap is not high.
All that is needed is for one person or a small group of people to be a few steps ahead of everyone else and able to manipulate the narrative.
not very high, its the UK after all. moreover, the evidence of him being a utter shite predates him going off the deepend by quite some way.
When I was a lad, we still had this weird concept in the UK's various legal systems of "innocent until proven guilty". The pressure to end his sources of income in the absence of any kind of legitimate justice process, especially from elected officials, is pretty shameful, and I say this as someone who can't stand him either.
However, I do understand your point, and empathise deeply.