Russell Brand’s in hot water again, and it’s got a familiar ring to it. On April 4, 2025, the Metropolitan Police hit him with charges of rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault tied to four women and incidents stretching back to 1999—over 25 years ago.
Brand, the comedian turned right-leaning online guru, denies the allegations, hinting it’s a jab at his outspoken views. If this feels like deja vu, it’s because it is.
Look at the roster of prominent conservative men—Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, Andrew Tate, Kanye West, Matt Gaetz, Conor McGregor—who’ve all faced the same kind of accusations, often dug up from decades past.
Brand’s saga kicked off with a 2023 media blitz from The Sunday Times and Channel 4, airing claims of assaults from the 2000s. Now, cops have circled back to even older allegations, hauling him to court next month.
He’s not alone in this boat. Trump’s been dogged by women pointing to incidents from the ‘70s onward, some surfacing only as he climbed the political ladder. Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid got rocked by high school-era claims that popped up right on cue.
Tate’s tangled in a rape and trafficking mess, with accusers reaching back years. West’s ex-staffers are suing over alleged harassment from his Yeezy days. Gaetz’s attorney general run hit a wall with a probe tied to a teenage fling from way back. McGregor’s payout in Ireland stems from a 2018 hotel night that lingered in the courts.
These guys, all loud voices on the right, keep getting tagged as predators—often with stories that sat quiet for 10, 20, even 30 years before boiling over.
Brand’s calling it a hit job, and you can bet the others have too. Trump’s “witch hunt” line could be their shared motto. Kavanaugh swore it was a setup. Tate’s ranting about the “Matrix.” Gaetz and McGregor? Same vibe—someone’s out to get them, they say, and it’s tied to their politics or their swagger.
Why do these allegations, dusty from decades on the shelf, drop when these men hit peak influence? Brand’s built a following slamming the mainstream; Trump was remaking the GOP; Kavanaugh was shifting the court; Tate’s preaching to young men online; West’s gone rogue with his takes; Gaetz was Trump’s pitbull; McGregor’s a cultural lightning rod.
Coincidence? Their supporters don’t think so. They see a playbook: wait till the target’s big, then unleash the past to knock ‘em down.
The other side says it’s just accountability catching up—people finding their voice after years of silence. But the pattern’s hard to ignore.
Conservative men, brash and unapologetic, keep getting painted with the same brush: rapist, assaulter, creep. The charges vary, the outcomes too—some pay, some walk, some fight on—but the script stays eerily similar. Old claims, new headlines, and a whole lot of “why now?”
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