I was never a Russell Brand fan. He’s not funny and uses too many words to make his point. He was married to Katie Perry. She’s right up there with Taylor Swift for artists I’d rather not listen to. Mr. Brand claims he was very promiscuous in the past. That’s believable. Now, he’s being accused of rape and sexual assault. There has been no trial, but Brand has been pronounced guilty, cancelled, demonetized and deplatformed. Welcome to the post modern world of justice. Although since Lewis Carroll wrote about it in 1865, it could also be called mid-Victorian. From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Red Queen:

. . . “Let the jury consider their verdict,” the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
“No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first–verdict afterward.”
“Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!”