Russell Brand's wife Laura Gallacher 'standing by' accused star following rape allegations

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Russell Brand's wife Laura Gallacher is fully behind the comedian as he battles to clear his name of "rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse".These criminal allegations first emerged last Friday, with the 48 year old himself pre-empting a Dispatches programme on Channel 4 - combining an investigation by The Times, Sunday Times and the broadcaster - which went to air the following evening.They include the harming of four individuals; assault of a British schoolgirl and the raping of a woman in Los Angeles.

He revealed in a YouTube video: "I’ve received two extremely disturbing letters... listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks... "Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies. "As I’ve written about extensively in my books, I was very very promiscuous.

During that time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual." In light of this news, Russell's other half and mother to his two children, 36, is said to be standing by him. "What Russell did was firmly in the past, way before he and Laura met.

Of course it isn't easy but they are determined to get through this," a friend told The Daily Mail. "[The family is] very close and supporting Laura through this.