Viewpoint: Why are the stars of the MAHA revolution standing by convicted rapist — and conservative firebrand — Russell Brand? STAT News | November 13, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/11/13/viewpoint-why-are-the-stars-of-the-maha-revolution-standing-by-convicted-rapist-and-conservative-firebrand-russell-brand/ Russell Brand was sentenced this week to 10 and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault — and leaders of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement are still in his corner. That loyalty is no accident, argues Gavin Yamey, a professor of global health and public policy at Duke University, in an opinion piece for STAT.