Russel Brand. You only have to look at him or listen to his \u2018comedy\u2019 for ten minutes to know he adores himself. He\u2019s tall, slim and has lots of hair, a massive ego and the gift of the gab. He\u2019s also famous. Women have fallen at his knees and he loves it. He\u2019s used and abused like many do in his or her situation.
Lots of years ago I moved from my home town of Harrogate to Ilkley. The reasons aren\u2019t important here but one day an old friend from Harrogate walked into the pub and we had a lovely time reminiscing. Lots of us used to go on Scooter runs together. Ten of us getting arsed and sleeping in a tent together. Good times. We had a lot of history. His parents have the kennels next to the Kashmiri or what I hear is to be the new Macky d\u2019s.
I thought he was just a good old friend but he wasn\u2019t\u2026
A pig of a man forcing himself on you is vile enough. His stinking fast breathing and hair pulling and force. Trying to reason with the man you thought was your friend, then screaming for him to stop, then going limp because you can do nothing but wish it over. Ramming himself into you. Your personal self. Your body penetrated by an alien object.
Fuck that, that\u2019s putting it too nicely. It\u2019s the ripping open of my legs, the force of the most horrible cock in the world ramming into me. Dry as the sahara desert. Ripped and cut and humiliated.
Forced to do something that makes you puke and gag and be sick again
Something forced down your throat like Russel Brand\u2019s joke about the very same thing.
So then it\u2019s explanations and rape kits and clothes off and fanny samples. Prodding and poking and looking for evidence and proof. In your most sacred and private place. Fuck off.
You want to scald yourself under a shower and get under the duvet and wish you were dead for three days if not forever.
So this is why it\u2019s taken years for women and sometimes men to finally call someone out on the abuse that they received a time ago.
\u2018\u2019The charity ‘Rape Crisis’ has reported 1 in 4 women being raped or sexually assaulted as an adult and the highest number of rape cases reported to the police in march 2022 was 70,330. The overall statistics in England and Wales found that 85,000 women experience rape, attempted rape or sexual assault every year\u2019\u2019, Criminal Injuries Helpline
Look at those statistics for fucks sake and they won\u2019t be anywhere near the reality and these are now. Ten years, twenty years ago it wasn\u2019t taken seriously. Before then you were crying in the wind.
All this \u2018trial by media\u2019 outrage is hilarious.
Like all these women just appeared from nowhere in a major conspiracy?
Get real people. He\u2019s probably done far worse than what has come out already.
I fucking know he has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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