Russell Brand is awaiting his fate as a jury considers its verdicts in the celebrity’s rape trial.
asserted
jury → await → trial
The media personality returned to Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday morning (November 4), with the jury of eight men and four women set to continue their deliberations.
asserted
jury → return → deliberations
Brand, 51, faces allegations that he attacked women in a hotel room, at his luxury London home, in their workplaces, and in a Soho bar toilet.
asserted
he → face → toilet
He denies all seven criminal charges: three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
asserted
He → deny → assault
Standing by Brand throughout the trial, now in its fourth week, is his wife of nine years, Laura Gallacher.
asserted
wife → stand → years
Last week, Gallacher, 38, gave evidence in which she described him as “caring” and “kind”.
asserted
she → give → him
Jurors were told that the pair had started dating in 2007 but broke up during the summer that year with her telling the court she was “very aware” of his promiscuity.
asserted
she → tell → promiscuity
The pair got back together again as a couple in 2015, married in 2017, and now share three children, the court heard.
asserted
court → get → children
Laura Gallacher is an author and illustrator who has been married to Russell Brand since 2017.
asserted
who → marry → 2017
Growing up in Surrey on the Wentworth estate, she began a career in restaurant and nightclub management after studying art at University.
asserted
she → grow → University
Her father is the Scottish retired professional golfer Bernard Gallacher, who captained the European Ryder Cup team three times, in 1991, 1993 and 1995.
asserted
who → retire → 1991
How did she meet Russell Brand?
asserted
she → meet → Brand
They were introduced in 2017 by Kirsty, who shared an agent with Brand, though it has been reported that Kirsty initially “begged her to end it”.
asserted
Kirsty → introduce → it
At the time he said he was not interested in monogamy and the couple, aged 19 and 31, respectively, soon parted ways.
asserted
couple → say → ways
How did they reconnect?
asserted
they → reconnect → ?
The pair then crossed paths again eight years later in 2015 after both had suffered heartache.
asserted
both → cross → heartache
“My ex had literally moved out of our flat that day and I was heartbroken, with mascara running down my face,” Laura told Grazia.
asserted
Laura → move → Grazia
“A friend dragged me out on a walk to the canal in east London, where I’d never been in my life, and as we came on to the footpath Russell was standing there, like he’d organised it.”
asserted
he → drag → it
She told the Made by Mammas podcast in 2020 that Brand seemed “so different,” and that they immediately knew that this time it would be serious.
“You have to rebuild your foundations and trust again, we did it the right way.
asserted
we → tell → it
It was very slow, it was getting to know each other and going out on day trips together.”
“I remember him saying: ‘I think I want a quiet life and a family,’” and it was exactly what I wanted.
asserted
I → get → what
So, then it was about seeing if we could build a foundation to make that happen,” she told You.
uncertain
she → see → You
The couple tied the knot in August 2017, marrying in a church ceremony near their home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
asserted
couple → tie → Thames
The nuptials were attended by friends and family, as well as daughter Mabel, who was then nine months old.
asserted
who → attend → friends
Do the pair share any children?
asserted
pair → share → children
The couple have three children.
asserted
couple → have → children
Their first was Mabel in 2016, followed by another girl, Peggy, in 2018 and a son in 2023.
asserted
first → follow → 2023
They do not share updates about their children frequently on social media but around the time Mabel was born Brand said he loved being a father.
asserted
he → share → time
Taking part in the show Megyn Kelly Today in 2017, he told host Megyn Kelly: “She's so beautiful and so glorious and so full of joy and love.”
asserted
She → take → joy
He did, however, add in a little joke that his daughter was a “vicious, vindictive, villainous little character” who kept pulling at his chest hairs.
asserted
who → add → hairs
In 2019, he revealed in an interview that Laura is in charge of looking after the children and that he never changed a nappy.
asserted
he → reveal → nappy
“Laura does all of it,” he said.
asserted
he → do → it
“I am dedicated to it, devoted to it, but I am still surprised when it’s like, ‘Oh my God this is f**king really hard and it’s so exhausting’.”
asserted
it → devote → it
What does Laura do now?
asserted
Laura → do → What
Laura has published a range of books, including The Joy Journal for Magical Everyday Play, aimed at children and The Joy Journal For Grown-ups, aimed at adults.
asserted
Laura → publish → adults
Her and husband would also host wellness events together.
asserted
Her → host → events
She would regularly post about family life, crafting and wellness on her social media pages, though these have all been deactivated.
asserted
these → post → pages
The family relocated to Florida in 2024, where they live in a $1million bungalow.
asserted
they → relocate → bungalow
Brand has reinvented himself as a right-wing Christian and wellness content creator.
asserted
Brand → reinvent → Christian
Laura, who is also a Christian, is occasionally seen alongside him in some of his videos, though has explained she prefers to keep out of the public eye.
asserted
she → see → eye
The Aporia
