Russell Brand's social media accounts on platforms owned by Meta have been disabled. This action follows his sentencing earlier this week to 10-and-a-half-years in jail for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
The 51-year-old was found guilty of charges involving four women, relating to offences that occurred between 2004 and 2009. Meta's community standards policy states it restricts or removes accounts deemed "harmful to the community," including those owned by convicted sex offenders.
Brand is currently in prison and is expected to serve seven years of his sentence before being released on licence. While his Meta accounts are disabled, a post appeared on his X account on Wednesday evening, which remains active. The post stated, "There was never a Russell Brand, according to @meta," and added, "Thank God for @elonmusk."