“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.”