Kelly Brook shares protective relationship strategy amid Russell Brand conviction

Kelly Brook has made a startling confession, claiming that some of her close friends were also targeted by Russell Brand.

She also revealed that she had warned other women to keep their distance from him.

The British comedian and actor, 51, was this week jailed for more than ten years after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court. 

However, he was acquitted of two other rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault.

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Speaking on ITV’s Loose Women on Tuesday, the former glamour model explained that she had warned women in the showbiz industry that Brand ‘was someone you needed to be wary of’. 

Ms Brook, 46, recalled warning a young woman starting out in the showbiz industry to steer clear of Brand.

She continued: ‘I just turned to her on camera and just said: “Yeah stay away from Russell Brand”.

‘Now I didn’t know about any of these allegations back then, I just knew that he was someone you needed to be wary of.’

Ms Brook added that she has worked with many people who have crossed paths with Brand over the years.

She was even interviewed by Brand in 2006 on MTV as she promoted her film Survival Island. Ms Brook said he was known as a ‘ladies man’ and opened up on how she felt while being interviewed by him.

Ms Brook admitted: ‘I was always in long-term relationships with very high-profile people, that was a protective, coping mechanism because he wouldn’t have targeted somebody like me.’

Ms Brook is not the only star to speak out about Brand’s behaviour as Lorraine Kelly was left feeling ‘uncomfortable’ when he touched her thigh before calling her a derogatory term during a TV appearance.

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