issued an early warning about 20 years before the comedian was convicted of rape and sexual assault on 5 November 2026.

The Australian singer’s comments have resurfaced after Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months’ imprisonment on Monday (9 November), for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009.

Minogue spoke to the in 2006 about her experience appearing on Brand’s short-lived MTV show, 1 Leicester Square.

“I certainly don’t think he has cured his sex addiction, that’s for sure,” said Minogue.

“He wouldn’t take no for an answer,” she added, going on to describe him as “completely crazy” and “a vile predator”.

Minogue claimed he “kept making shocking remarks that I can’t even repeat” and allegedly commented on her “fabulous breasts”, as well as repeatedly asking the singer for her phone number.

The 51-year-old was found guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court on 5 November, following a four-week trial.

The jury convicted Brand of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women in separate incidents between 2004 and 2009.

He was acquitted of two further counts of rape and one charge of attempted indecent assault.

The court heard how Brand raped a 21-year-old woman at his Hampstead home in 2009 after initially consensual sexual activity turned into a non-consensual assault.

The woman said she struggled to sleep and eat following the attack and had to take time off work and stay with her parents.

Brand was also found guilty of groping an MTV employee at a Soho bar in 2004, sexually assaulting a radio worker in 2005 and sexually assaulting a Channel 4 employee in 2009.

The comedian denied the charges, maintaining that his sexual encounters with the women had been consensual.

What Russell Brand’s wife said during the trial

Brand’s wife, Laura Gallacher, appeared as a defence witness during the trial, describing her husband as a caring partner and devoted father to their three children.

She told the court: “Russell, my husband, is caring, he’s kind, he’s a wonderful father to our children.”

“He’s an amazingly attentive husband,” Gallacher added.