Meta Removes Russell Brand’s Instagram and Facebook Accounts

Meta has removed Russell Brand’s Instagram and Facebook accounts after he was convicted in London for rape and three separate sexual assaults. Brand posted screenshots of the account notices on X on November 11, saying the services had disabled his profiles for violating their community standards. Meta confirmed that his account was removed for breaching its policies.

Brand’s X account remains active. In a post there, he criticized Meta’s decision and thanked the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, who has previously defended Brand and described his sentence as unjust.

Brand was convicted on November 5 and sentenced on November 9 to 10 years and six months in prison. He continued to assert his innocence and entered a not-guilty plea. The case followed a trial at Southwark Crown Court in which four women described sexual assaults between 2004 and 2009. One woman testified that Brand raped her at his London home in 2009; the other three described separate incidents of unwanted touching.

The Metropolitan Police are also investigating further rape allegations made by two women. Brand is expected to remain in a London prison for the next few weeks before being moved to another facility, according to comments from a solicitor. His wife and three children may visit up to three times weekly, with visits limited to two and a half hours. Brand is allowed one hour outside his cell each day.