Russell Brand, who was convicted of rape last week in London, posted on Wednesday that his Instagram account had been deleted by Meta.
Brand posted a screenshot saying: “We have deactivated your account. Our technology has detected that your account, or your activity on it, violates our policies.”
“We have suspended your page. It’s because Russell Brand goes against our community standards,” reads the screenshot of Brand’s now-deleted Instagram profile page.
The British comedian was sentenced Monday to 10 years and six months in prison after being found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
The brand’s X page, with 10 million followers, is still active. “There was never a Russell Brand, according to @Meta. Thank goodness for @elonmusk. Stay tuned,” he wrote on X on Wednesday.
Brand’s account was removed because it “violated our policies,” a Meta spokesperson confirmed to TMZ.
After Brand’s comedies and film appearances ended, he started a YouTube channel that, during the COVID pandemic, became increasingly right-wing and full of conspiracy theories.
He was repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct before finally being charged in 2025. In 2023, YouTube suspended monetization of his account.
Judge Joel Bennathan began his sentencing speech Monday by saying, “About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous. You were intelligent and, in many people’s eyes, funny and charismatic. You had also become a sexual predator.”
“There is no doubt that your companions thought this was scandalous behavior and that only you could get away with it: it was scandalous and perhaps ladish, but also a criminal sexual offense, and it turns out you did not get away with it,” the judge noted.
London’s Metropolitan Police said Brand was being investigated over further allegations of rape by two other women.
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