Readers respond to reporting on the disgraced actor and comedian’s trial and conviction for rape and sexual assault
You report that in the wake of Russell Brand’s trial, the government pledged “to examine calls to crack down on ‘rape myths’ in trials” (Russell Brand suspected to have attacked at least 10 other women, 6 November). This is not the first time the treatment of women in trials for rape, and the perpetuation of rape myths, has been drawn to the attention of a Labour government.
Sue Lees (1941-2002), a former colleague from the Polytechnic/University of North London conducted research into the reporting of rape in the media and how it was treated within the English legal system in the 1990s.