Laura Brand describes marriage during Russell Brand trial

Laura Brand told jurors at Southwark Crown Court that her husband, Russell Brand, is caring and attentive, while also describing how his relationships with other women led them to separate during their early dating years. Her evidence came as part of the defence case in his trial on charges involving six women; she testified about her own relationship and did not address the truth of the allegations against him. Laura Brand said she met Brand at the Edinburgh Festival in 2006, when she was 19 and he was 31. They began dating and, she told the court, she felt cared for and said he respected her wishes about sexual contact. She described him as a wonderful father to their three children and an attentive husband, and said honesty was central to their marriage. She also testified that she learned he was seeing other women while they were together. She told jurors she did not want to remain in a relationship if he was sleeping with other people, and said they separated in 2007 because it was difficult for him to be monogamous. The split left her heartbroken, according to her testimony. The couple stayed in contact during their years apart and resumed their relationship in 2015....