I had forgotten he threatened to sue Suzanne Moore over a fairly mild critique.
"I called him, ‘A winkle-pickered Jesus clown’ who wrote ‘sub-Chomskyisan woo.’ I suggested he had help from a ghost writer. Legal letters were exchanged and I was made to apologise".
https://suzannemoore.substack.com/p/copy-the-enabling-of-russell-brand
The Guardian gave him a column. The Sun voted him Shagger of the Year 3 times. The media fete and enable these people and their behaviour then afterwards it's 'How did he get away with it for so long?'. Depressing.