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April 7, 2009
Russell Brand to put £150,000 Ofcom fine on BBC expense account?
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Russell Brand plans to pay the BBC's £150,000 Ofcom fine and claim it back on expenses. Media watchdog Ofcom imposed the fine as punishment for the Andrew Sachs scandal, in which Brand and Jonathan Ross made obscene remarks about the actor's granddaughter during a Radio 2 broadcast. Russell Brand to put £150,000 Ofcom fine on BBC expense account? Writing on his Twitter page, Brand said: "I have decided to pay the Ofcom fine. I'll put it on my expense account. Oh no, I don't have one because I'm a citizen not a corrupt MP." He also wrote: "Shamed MPs are exploiting us and misusing their expense accounts. They want us to be distracted from this. I'm going to write about it now."
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