medium securityVERIFIED🔥 VIRAL
Russell Brand is sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault
Verified: 61 outlets in 20 countries have reported this story since Nov 8.
🕐 6h ago·61 outlets
A jury found him guilty of attacking four of six accusers, with allegations dating back to 2004.
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 61 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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View original source →This report links 51 of the story's 61 outlets
PBS NewsHour· National ↗NBC News· National ↗Gulf News· National ↗The Guardian· National ↗variety.com ↗DW· International ↗New York Post· National ↗Yahoo News· Aggregator ↗metro.co.uk ↗durangoherald.com ↗Euronews· International ↗Newswire· National ↗kmfm.co.uk ↗RTÉ· National ↗Dawn· National ↗1News· National ↗France 24· International ↗ABC (Australia)· National ↗Financial Times· Specialist ↗calgarysun.com ↗clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk ↗smh.com.au ↗thenational.scot ↗wsj.com ↗bdnews24.com ↗manchestereveningnews.co.uk ↗chroniclelive.co.uk ↗chortle.co.uk ↗bbc.com ↗npr.org ↗thenews.com.pk ↗express.co.uk ↗dailymail.com ↗channelnewsasia.com ↗nst.com.my ↗aljazeera.com ↗vanguardngr.com ↗kixi.com ↗wtmx.com ↗nationwideradiojm.com ↗goss.ie ↗wral.com ↗thehindu.com ↗upi.com ↗christianpost.com ↗globalnews.ca ↗boston.com ↗politicaldog101.com ↗pagesix.com ↗digitalspy.com ↗hola.com ↗
Verification Log1
cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] All three are pre-sentencing reports on the same Brand case, and none conflicts with Report 1's facts, though Report 4 mentions one rape and three assaults, which is a subset of the four-accuser verdi
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
98%Independent outlets41
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this
Risk Score
medium risk