RUSSELL Brand’s wife Laura Gallacher has continued to stand by her husband despite him being jailed for ten years and six months for rape and sexual assault.
The mum-of-three travelled more than 4,000 miles from the couple’s home in Florida to support the disgraced comedian throughout his trial at Southwark Crown Court.
She was also the only person to give evidence in his defence, describing him as an “amazingly attentive husband” and a “wonderful father”.
Laura, 39, told the court she felt “entirely cared for” by Brand and said she loved him very much.
Prosecutors warned jurors the man Laura knew at home was “a completely different person” from the one at the time of the offences.
Brand, 51, was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault before being handed his lengthy prison sentence yesterday.
Laura was visibly devastated as he learned his fate, shaking and fighting back tears in court.
She was also heard telling him “I love you” as he prepared to learn his sentence, before leaving court surrounded by supporters.
Relatives worry that Laura has been so “brainwashed” by rapist Brand that she refuses to accept the evidence against him.
The couple first met in 2006 when she was 19 and he was 31.
They rekindled their romance in 2015 after Brand’s brief marriage to pop star Katy Perry had ended, and married two years later.
Brand was jailed for ten years and six months.
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