Russell Brand faces sentencing and significant prison term for rape and sexual assaults

LONDON: Russell Brand faces a reckoning Monday for sexual abuse that occurred just offstage from a public life built around boasts of his erotic exploits.

Brand, 51, could receive a significant prison term after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.

The British actor-comedian known for outrageous stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol asserted that he was innocent and all his encounters were consensual.

But a jury of eight men and four women found him guilty of attacking four of six accusers on allegations dating back to 2004. He was cleared of two counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.