Did our 'culture of judging women' protect Russell Brand? | Laila Cunningham

Six more women have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct after he was sentenced to over ten years in prison. Reform UK's Laila Cunningham wants to know how he could have been protected for so long, and why victims are so often blamed for the perpetrator's actions. Brand's lawyer Ian Winter KC has been criticised for relying on "rape myths" to defend the comedian. During the trial, he claimed Brand couldn't possibly be guilty because none of his victims had "resisted or screamed or had even tried to leave". He also told the court that the rape of a 21-year-old woman in Brand's home in 2009 could only be "regarded as a man who went too far", and added that "it is not criminal to treat women unkindly before, during or after sex." The judge in the case, Mr Justice Bennathan, criticised the attitude towards victims in his sentencing remarks: "Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and to demand justice from the criminal courts when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent." Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #lailacunningham #russellbrand #crime #sexism #misogyny #ukpolitics #uknews #lbc LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC's weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup