Andrew Sachs’ granddaughter, Georgina Baillie, has said Russell Brand is a “seriously unwell sex addict”.
The 41-year-old actress and singer broke her silence after the comedian was found guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
Brand has been remanded in HMP Wandsworth until he receives his sentencing next week after a three-week trial at Southwark Crown Court.
The pair’s names first hit headlines together when Brand and his co-star at the time, Jonathan Ross, left scandalous voicemails for the Fawlty Towers star, Mr Sachs.
Triggering national fury, comedians called Mr Sachs live on BBC Radio 2 and, when the actor did not pick up, Mr Ross shouted out that Brand slept with Ms Baillie while leaving a voicemail.
The subsequently-dubbed “Sachsgate” triggered thousands of complaints to the broadcaster and Gordon Brown, who was Prime Minister at the time, even stepped in to condemn the incident.
Amid the fallout, Mr Ross went 12 weeks without pay, while Brand resigned from the corporation altogether.
Now, Ms Baillie has recounted her relationship with Brand when she was just 21 years old.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Ms Sachs said she was “disappointed” in her former boyfriend.
She said: “Justice has been served. Although he never raped or assaulted me as I have always said I didn’t know what happened in the privacy of the rooms that the victims and Russell were in and their evidence was compelling.
“He has been found guilty and I now want Russell to right the wrongs.”
She added: “I feel very sad and disappointed in him.”
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Ms Baillie explained that her relationship with her late grandfather began to break down following the scandalous voicemails left on his phone.
She revealed that she went eight years without seeing or speaking with her loved one.
The singer added she only saw him once to apologise for the scandal before he died in 2016.
Describing Brand as an “obvious” sex addict, she opened up about her own struggles with chronic addiction.
“When I got into recovery from drugs and alcohol I learnt about this thing called cross-addiction, where you put the substance down and you pick up a behaviour,” she told the paper.
“Now if my drug of choice was available three times a day in different bodies [i.e Brand’s sex addiction], I would go for it if I wasn’t well, if I wasn’t using the tools of recovery.
“Then I understand how that happens and yes, he is a sex addict.”
She added: “Russell Brand is a sex addict. It’s obvious to me. That boy is seriously unwell.”
Now, as a survivor of sexual assault – not by Brand – Ms Baillie instructed the rapist to make amends and that he is capable of doing so.
She said: “He’s been found guilty. He needs to make the amends. Owning up would be the first part of the amends and the second part would be whatever measures are necessary to put these girls back together.”
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