Russell Brand asks court to serve prison sentence as six-part podcast
Lawyers for Russell Brand told Southwark crown court that home recording would allow proper reflection, citing poor cell acoustics.
The proposal arrived with a content calendar, draft cover art and a note on microphone technique. On Sunday, lawyers for Russell Brand asked Southwark crown court to let the comedian serve his coming prison sentence as a six-part podcast series, recorded at home and released weekly.
Under the plan, each episode would run to about an hour. Brand would reflect on his conduct, interview guests and read his own letters of apology aloud. His legal team argued that a standard cell offers, in the filing's words, inadequate acoustics for meaningful accountability.
It is his second venture since a jury convicted him of rape and sexual assault. As SnarkWire reported, he launched an online accountability course within days of the verdict. Graduates of that programme will receive the first episode free.
A spokesman for the series called the format a natural home for remorse. "Russell does his best work unscripted and alone with a microphone," he said. "Prison, at its core, is a captive audience."
The court gave no indication of when it will rule. A trailer is already online.
