Russell Brand is the reason I quit MTV. He oozed the skeevy. I saw a highly intelligent man using NLP to seduce scores of women. It was the last straw for me.

So while I would not be surprised that he committed abuses, the fact that he is a master of the art of manipulating women - he could have practically any woman he wants thru simply speaking to them - gives me a 50/50 that this could also be a setup.