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Russell Brand's woman Laura has told a tribunal her hubby is "caring, benignant and a fantastic begetter to our children".
The 39-year-old told the assemblage astatine his rape and intersexual battle proceedings that "the mode helium treats maine is to cognize me", adding: "I consciousness precise seen by him... I emotion him precise much."
The media property faces 7 charges - 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of intersexual battle and 1 of attempted indecent assault. He denies each the charges and has pleaded not guilty.
Giving grounds astatine Southwark Crown Court successful London connected Thursday, Laura Brand was asked by the defence barrister if her hubby respected her erstwhile she didn't privation to beryllium intersexual with him, and she replied: "Yes absolutely."
Laura Brand, the girl of golfer Bernard Gallacher and sister of TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher, joined Brand successful 2017.
She told the tribunal she archetypal met him astatine the Edinburgh festival successful 2006, explaining that helium took her fig and they started a narration soon afterwards.
She said that aft his performance: "I went implicit and said I'm Laura, Kirsty sister. That was a large show."
He contacted her the adjacent day, she said. When they met, she said they had oral sex, adding: "He mightiness person wanted to person enactment but I didn't privation to."
The entertainer has displayed small emotion during the people of his trial, but was seen smiling broadly during parts of his wife's evidence.
He fto retired a laughter erstwhile she told the court: "We bash person galore friends and determination are colleagues, and we are grateful for those people."
Her grounds came a time aft the prima appeared successful the witnesser container himself.
He told the assemblage the allegations had a "devastating" interaction connected his relationships with friends and colleagues, meaning they would not interaction him "with a bargepole".
He besides said connected Wednesday that helium believes intersexual consent is "fundamental, essential, indispensable and so successful galore ways much important than enactment itself".
Meanwhile connected Thursday, the tribunal besides heard that a erstwhile woman of Russell Brand described the suspect arsenic "gentle" and "loving".
Elia Alvarez Diaz said they were successful a narration and lived unneurotic for astir a twelvemonth from 1998 to 1999, aft gathering erstwhile she was grooming astatine a play centre successful London.
She described him arsenic being "highly persuasive... a analyzable character" and "exciting to beryllium with".
"When I said no, however, helium accepted it," she said successful a statement.
Their narration ended due to the fact that helium cheated connected her repeatedly, she said.
The proceedings continues.
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