Katy Perry has not commented on Russell Brand's conviction, but reports say she may tell her side

Russell Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women after a month-long trial at Southwark Crown Court, according to the Daily Mail, which reported the verdict last week. Katy Perry, his ex-wife, has not commented on the conviction.

The Mail on Sunday's bigger claim is that Perry is planning a book and docuseries about their marriage. Sources close to her say she waited for the trial's outcome before finalising anything, and that her team has been in touch with streamers including Netflix and Hulu. None of this has been confirmed by Perry or her representatives. Treat it as an unconfirmed report.

The marriage itself is public history: a romance that surprised people when it emerged in 2009, a wedding in Rajasthan in 2010, and a divorce filing after 14 months. The 2012 documentary Part of Me showed her upset backstage before a concert in Brazil, which is a moment the Mail has now returned to. In a past Vogue interview, Perry said she had felt responsible for the split until she 'found out the real truth', which she said she keeps locked in a safe. The Mail reads that line as a teaser. It is a line, not a disclosure.

What makes this hard to enjoy is how quickly a courtroom outcome becomes material for a bookshelf and a streaming pitch. Perry owes nobody a statement. Nothing reported says she intends to discuss the verdict, and her silence is being treated as a loaded pause while the sources are treated as a countdown. A serious conviction and a claimed memoir are separate things, and the piece should not blur them.

For now, the only thing Perry has put on the record about Brand's conviction is nothing at all. That is also a choice. If she does tell her story, it should be judged on what she actually says, not on the speculation that arrived first.