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Katherine Ryan says she feels 'grief and relief' after Russell Brand conviction
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Comedian Katherine Ryan has said she feels "grief and relief" after Russell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault.
The Canadian stand-up and TV star said there were "a lot of women speaking privately and quietly" following Thursday's verdict, who feel "a very nuanced mix of emotions".
Ryan had previously claimed in a BBC TV documentary interview with Louis Theroux that there was a "predator" in the entertainment industry.
Ryan said in 2022 that she could not name the famous man as it would be a "litigious minefield" but mentioned that she had appeared on a TV programme with him and told him he was a "predator" to "his face".
It was widely rumoured Ryan had been referring to her time on Comedy Central's Roast Battle in 2018 alongside Brand, but she has not confirmed she was referring to him, and she did not name the show she was working on.
Speaking about the guilty verdict of his trial, on the latest episode of her podcast Telling Everybody Everything, Ryan said: "It really made me feel just quite dysregulated again, caught off-guard, emotional, in awe of the survivors who also had nothing to gain.
"They came forward despite Russell Brand having fame, power, money, and a legion of fans ready to attack them."
She added: "I will never be someone who like, dances on graves. There has been some justice done today. There's a level of relief, but there's grief alongside relief.
"Everything's nuanced, and it was proved in court that a terrible thing happened, and that means that a terrible thing happened.