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'Time is up': Minister warns media industry to take abuse seriously in wake of Brand case

'Time is up': Minister warns media industry to take abuse seriously in wake of Brand case
Figure caption, Lisa Nandy says she "would wager" that sexual abuse in the media industry is still happening

Abuse in the media industry is probably still happening as organisations are not doing enough to protect women, the culture secretary has warned in the wake of Russell Brand's conviction.

Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: "Time is up, it really is time for the media industry to take this seriously."

She added that since entering government, "many people" from within the industry had reached out to her "to allege that things have happened to them".

Brand is due to be sentenced on Monday after being convicted last week of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault, following allegations from multiple women spanning the decade between 1999 and 2009.

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