Inside Russell Brand's marriage to wife Laura Gallacher: Pair met through her Sky Sports star sister Kirsty and dated when she was 19 - then rekindled and  tied the knot after he divorced Katy Perry

Russell Brand's emotion matter with his present woman Laura Gallacher was sparked erstwhile she was conscionable 19 years old. 

The brace met done Laura's Sky Sports prima sister, Kirsty, successful 2007 earlier opening a whirlwind romance. 

At the time, the comedian - who by past had go a Hollywood prima - was 30 and presenting connected Radio 2. It was a occupation helium would beryllium forced to discontinue aft leaving Fawlty Towers prima Andrew Sachs lewd voicemails astir his granddaughter.

Brand recalled the archetypal fling with his now-wife years aboriginal connected The Wendy Williams Show, saying: 'We went retired with each other, we loved each different precise much, but I thought the satellite was an amusement parkland made retired of orgasms.' 

'We met erstwhile she was 19 and I was 30. She afloat loves maine for what I am,' Brand aboriginal told Stylist. 'She's not funny successful the celebrated idiosyncratic astatine all.'

But the aboriginal romance was turbulent; Laura's play fable begetter Bernard Gallacher hated the property spread betwixt his girl and her caller millionaire suitor, with a person telling the Daily Mail: 'He begged her to extremity it.' 

And soon it did. As Brand's fame grew, helium moved to Hollywood - wherever helium met popular royalty Katy Perry, earlier yet marrying the vocalist successful October 2010. 

But this Tinsel Town matrimony soon soured, with Brand infamously telling Perry helium was divorcing her by substance connected New Year's Eve, 2011. The brace reportedly haven't spoken since, with Perry describing her fling with the comedian arsenic a 'tornado'.  

Speaking successful an interrogation connected Australian 60 Minutes successful August 2020, Perry said: 'I was having large occurrence astatine 23, 24 and 25 and past I met idiosyncratic that was absorbing and stimulating.

'It was conscionable similar a tornado, it was everything happening astatine once.'

Although describing him arsenic a 'very comic man', planetary mega prima Perry, 40, conceded her matrimony to him was plagued by 'friction'. 

'Let's conscionable accidental I haven't heard from him since helium texted maine saying helium was divorcing maine connected December 31, 2011,' she added successful an interrogation with Vogue magazine. 

It was amid the fallout of his explosive interruption up with the American that Brand rekindled his emotion matter with Laura astir by chance, successful 2015. 

Broken-hearted aft her ain narration ended, a person coaxed Laura retired of her level for a walk. There, arsenic she strolled adjacent her home, was Russell Brand.

It was 'like he'd organised it' Gallacher aboriginal confessed. 'I hadn't seen Russell for years,' she added. 'He was truthful different. We some instantly knew it was going to beryllium serious.'

Their romance was a whirlwind and they instantly moved into together. 'Laura was besotted, and she wanted to mend him,' a person said astatine the time.

But Gallacher insisted she besides wanted the couple's 2nd effort astatine emotion to work.

'You person to rebuild your foundations and spot again, we did it the close way,' she said.

'It was precise slow, it was getting to cognize each different and going retired connected time trips together.'

The brace tied the knot successful 2017 and person 3 children.

They welcomed their 3rd kid into the satellite successful 2023, with Brand past twelvemonth saying his youngest had been calved with 'health complications'.

Today, 50-year-old comic Brand was charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and 2 counts of intersexual battle against 4 women - successful a determination that could perchance formed caller strain connected his marriage. 

Detectives began an probe aft helium was accused of rape, intersexual assaults and affectional maltreatment by respective women successful a associated probe by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches successful September 2023.

The Metropolitan Police has present charged Brand - who lives successful Florida - by station with 1 number each of rape, indecent battle and oral rape, arsenic good arsenic 2 counts of intersexual assault, relating to 4 antithetic women, and issued a tribunal summons.

Brand has antecedently denied the accusations, and said each his intersexual relationships were 'absolutely ever consensual'. The alleged incidents took spot betwixt 1999 and 2005, and Brand is owed to look astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court connected May 2. 

Brand's loved ones person antecedently stood by him implicit the claims. 

Brand is present charged with the rape of a pistillate successful 1999 successful the Bournemouth country and the oral rape and intersexual battle of a pistillate successful 2004 successful the Westminster country of London.

Essex-born Brand was besides charged with indecently assaulting a pistillate successful 2001 and sexually assaulting different pistillate betwixt 2004 and 2005. Both offences are alleged to person taken spot successful Westminster.

On Wednesday, Brand attended a grounds uncover enactment for salient Christian worship vocalist Brandon Lake successful Charleston, South Carolina.

Appearing connected signifier together, Brand told Lake that helium was 'so honoured' to beryllium determination and the 'palpable beingness of the Lord is simply a glory to behold'.

Brand added: 'Man, I truly respect you due to the fact that I don't deliberation it's precise casual to unrecorded successful a commercialized space, to beryllium an entertainer, and stay aligned with the Lord.

'It seems similar a spot that's fraught with temptation and spiritual warfare and I deliberation that each of america - peculiarly idiosyncratic similar maine who has travel to Christ precise recently…

‘I tin consciousness that determination is simply a batch of alteration and a batch of translation and I consciousness blessed to beryllium successful a assemblage of radical that are capable to clasp this unthinkable magnitude of change.'

Today, Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy said: 'The women who person made reports proceed to person enactment from specially trained officers.

'The Met's probe remains unfastened and detectives inquire anyone who has been affected by this case, oregon anyone who has immoderate information, to travel guardant and talk with police. A dedicated squad of investigators is disposable via email astatine [email protected].

'Support is besides disposable by contacting the autarkic charity, Rape Crisis astatine 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line.'

Jaswant Narwal of the Crown Prosecution Service said: 'We person contiguous authorised the Metropolitan Police to complaint Russell Brand with a fig of intersexual offences.

'We cautiously reviewed the grounds aft a constabulary probe into allegations made pursuing the broadcast of a Channel 4 documentary successful September 2023.

'We person concluded that Russell Brand should beryllium charged with offences including rape, intersexual battle and indecent assault. These subordinate to reported non-recent offences betwixt 1999 and 2005, involving 4 women.

'He volition look astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court for a archetypal proceeding connected Friday 2 May 2025. The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that transgression proceedings are active, and the suspect has the close to a just trial.

'It is highly important that determination beryllium nary reporting, commentary oregon sharing of accusation online which could successful immoderate mode prejudice these proceedings.'