RUSSELL Brand’s Instagram account has been taken down but someone keeps posting on another platform despite the rapist being locked up.
An unknown person has posted on the disgraced comedian’s account, which is still active, a notice from saying his had been disabled.
It was ruled that it went against the social media platform’s community standards.
A Meta spokesperson has confirmed that his account had been taken down because it “violates our policies.”
The account violated the company’s integrity policy, which says Meta will will restrict or disable accounts that “engage in off-platform activity that can lead to harm,” according to TMZ .
The policy says this includes accounts owned by convicted sex offenders.
It is not known who posted on Brand’s X account.
Brand, 51, was jailed for ten-and-a-half years following a sentencing hearing on November 9.
Brand was convicted by the jury of rape and three sexual assaults and cleared of two further charges of rape and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.
Mr Justice Bennathan told Brand: “About 20 years ago, , you were becoming famous.
“You were clever – and in many people’s eyes, funny and charismatic.
“You had also become a sexual predator.”
A harrowing trial heard how Brand raped a a 21-year-old fan at his Hampstead mansion after meeting her at a 2009 stand-up show.
He also sexually assaulted a worker in 2009 after she was forced to give him a massage and “sloppily” kissed a Capital worker at her offices.
The predator was further convicted of groping an worker during a party at a Soho bar in 2004.
In recent years, Brand had re-invented himself into a born-again Christian influencer – an image he bolstered in court by clutching a bible each day.
Brand is now facing fresh allegations in the wake of his jail sentence.
Following the trial it has now been revealed more women have bravely come forward.
Prosecutors are assessing whether to bring further charges.
The has confirmed that investigations are ongoing into two allegations of rape made against Brand.
At pre-trial court hearings, it was revealed that one of the complaints comes from a woman who dated Brand when he was 30 years old and she was a 16-year-old schoolgirl.
The force confirmed further criminal allegations have been made.
It said several people have been in contact during and since the conclusion of the trial.
The force said those who have been in contact have either provided further information or reported potential criminal allegations.
Detectives are assessing the information as part of ongoing inquiries, the Met added.
It comes as has also accused him of “violence, coercive control and abuse”.
The spate of further charges were first raised in court hearings in March and May, when Brand’s legal team sought assurances that the new charges would not be brought shortly before the trial took place.
