# Emily Maitlis calls Russell Brand's past response 'chilling'

> Emily Maitlis says Russell Brand's 2017 Newsnight remark about his daughter being 'chilling' after his rape conviction.
- Title: Emily Maitlis calls Russell Brand's past response 'chilling'
- Summary: Emily Maitlis says Russell Brand's 2017 Newsnight remark about his daughter being 'chilling' after his rape conviction.
- Keywords: emily maitlis, russell brand, newsnight, southwark crown court, rape conviction, sexual assault, 2017 interview, daughter, promiscuous lifestyle, newsnight interview, 2009 rape, 2004 sexual assault
- Source: LADbible — https://ladbible.com/news/uk-news/russell-brand-emily-maitlis-interview-response-905256-20261106
- Published: 2026-11-06T11:48:08.254+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: emily maitlis, russell brand, newsnight, southwark crown court, rape conviction, sexual assault, 2017 interview, daughter, promiscuous lifestyle, newsnight interview, 2009 rape, 2004 sexual assault
## Russell Brand's 2017 Newsnight interview
Emily Maitlis asked Russell Brand about his daughter's potential reaction to his promiscuous lifestyle during a 2017 Newsnight interview.

> When you look back at that promiscuous lifestyle, do you think does that appal you?
## Brand's response to question
Brand said he didn't 'get all worked up' about the past and thought he'd 'amended' for what he'd done before.

> No, my dear. I don't look back at the past and get all worked up about it like Ebenezer Scrooge. I simply think those are some things I've done. I've amended for them.
## Brand's rape conviction
Southwark Crown Court found Russell Brand guilty of rape and sexual assault in 2009 and 2004.

> Russell Brand was found guilty of raping a fan he'd met after a show at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2009, and guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at a bar in Soho in 2004
## Brand's legal outcome
Brand was found guilty on four of seven counts but acquitted on two rape and one indecent assault charge.

> He was found not guilty of two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault
## Brand's defense argument
Brand claimed treating women unkindly before, during or after sex wasn't criminal and consent was lawful.

> It is not criminal to treat women unkindly before, during or after sex. It is not, I am afraid, criminal to be disrespectful or rude or to act like a crazy idiot. If there is consent it is lawful.
## Maitlis's reflection
Maitlis described Brand's case as a story of sexual abuse by powerful men who are not held accountable.

> It is a story of sexual abuse we have now heard so many times of frankly men who have become so powerful and so entitled that no one dares speak out against them
## Key takeaway

Emily Maitlis described Russell Brand's 2017 Newsnight response to a question about his daughter's potential reaction to his lifestyle as 'chilling' following his recent rape convictions.