Russell Brand Recalled His Father Hiring a Sex Worker When He Was 17

In My Booky Wook, Brand said his father, Ron, hired three sex workers on the trip: one for his son and two for himself. They were in the same bedroom, Brand wrote, and he became distracted while trying to have sex with the woman hired for him. He said the experience led him to seek out more sex workers. The account was reported by the Daily Mail.

The memoir also described a separate incident during a holiday at Pontins. Brand wrote that a girl invited him into her family’s chalet, where his father was in bed with the girl’s mother.

The past accounts have resurfaced amid Brand’s legal case. The article says he was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault after a trial in which women described encounters with him. He received nine years in prison for rape; with the terms for the three assault offenses included, the total sentence was ten years and six months.

Ron Brand has challenged the verdict publicly. Asked by a reporter what he would say to the women, he replied, “The girls you mean, who chased and harassed him,” according to the Daily Mail. He also said he did not trust the jury’s decision. During sentencing, Mr Justice Joel Bennathan described Russell Brand as a “sexual predator,” saying he had used his celebrity status and appeared to believe it placed him above the rules.