Can we talk about Laura Gallacher

I hope he goes away for a very long time.

I hope so too. I used to work in criminal defence and having sat in on a lot of criminal trials, I do think juries are generally sensible and make good decisions, but I am worried about the fact that there are so few women on the jury in this case, and I do think he is less likely to be convicted as a result. Really hope I'm wrong though.

I have a terrible feeling that even if convicted she will stand by him. She seems so deeply deeply brain washed to me. Banging on about the evil mainstream media - all their conspiracies etc. This is all part of the establishment's conspiracy to silence a truth teller doncha know....

Of course one of the compelling aspects of each complainants account is their nuances. If they were each fabricating won't they make it a lot more dramatic - he choked me, I coudn't breathe, I feared for my life etc etc.

But of course the reality of many sexual assaults and rapes is that it can be a lot more "mundane" than that, and the reasons why men liked Brand KNOW they can get away with non-consensual sex acts once they have used their fame to manoeuvre a woman into a vulnerable position. Or indeed the women themselves have a willingly put themselves into a vulnerable position - which thankfully is not a defence to sexual offences .

Russell brand and his wife

I thought that too re the men on the jury. But, men tend to hate him. Hate his look, his swagger and his superiority complex. The fact he carries a bible around won’t generally endear him to most brits. Which I’m hoping will go against him.

Fingers crossed

Well exactly. It’s unlikely all these people are going to perjure themselves 🤷‍♀️ I mean I hate RB always have but I wouldn’t lie in court at his trial

Fiver says she leaves him once he’s safely banged up.
i bet she’s in a coercive and controlling marriage

I gave video this a few seconds of my time and even that was too much. He is horrendous, and she is too. They both deserve what is headed their way. It’s their children that deserve the sympathy.

Rule #1 of misogyny: 'women are responsible for what men do'.

The misogynistic tactics of the defence are nauseating, I'm surprised that it's even allowed nowadays. Although without it, what defence do they have I guess..desperate measures and all that

I've been thinking about it alot today (mostly because its all I keep seeing in my newsfeed 🤦‍♀️), and if the tables were turned and a man went to meet a woman for consensual sex, and she then flipped him over and anally raped him with a sex toy/strap on with no warning and left him in pain and bleeding..would anybody say he asked for that? That he should have expected that when he turned up for sex??
Its crazy when you look at it like that

Also, sidenote, the amount of men sticking up for him in the comments on social media and saying they asked for it is enraging me!!

The women sticking up for him on social media is driving me mad

theyre after compo
they waited 20 years to speak up
there’s no evidence/ innocent until proven guilty etc
they are trying to silence him

I hope they do silence him. His voice drives me mad. And he talks utter drivel.

Her sister has said something like shes keeping a close eye on her. Which feels like we know you know, but Laura doesn’t. Family sometimes hsve to tread carefully because otherwise they will me cut out for raising any concern.

i was a victim of domestic abuse. Hard to say that out loud. But I don’t see it until after he’d gone. Not on this scale, but it’s really possible shes been brainwashed and is in too deep for her to see it (3 kids, coercive controlling etc)

Exactly this and I hope that one of the jurors puts this to the room when they are deciding his fate.

I’ve done jury service, I think cases like this must be horrendous, really feel for them all.

I think most people are saying she’s been brainwashed and needs help

What’s bonkers?

RB definitely bonkers. OP’s analysis is sound.

Though bothering to do the analysis is maybe a bit wacky!

and now his kids are appearing in the show.

He is so dead behind the eyes. He is chilling

Maybe.

But maybe not.

Last week, a Northern Irish politician who was found guilty of raping two young girls. His wife came across him doing the crime and ... closed the door.

Unfortunately, many of these men use as a cover the "family man" thing. Or, maybe they are family men and also that man. The wife/woman in the relationship does bear scrutiny as people try and injure out what was/is going on.

Edited for spelling.

I met him in 2023, at the festival they put on. He is a character. Larger than life and believes his own hype. I think he's probably different now to the earlier period of his fame.

I think the underlying belief system is the same. That he is smarter than just about everyone and can produce something that the public want to buy into.

He’s the most phenomenal grifter. Before he decided to monetise his mish mash of Christianity - he was selling a repackaged twelve step recovery programme via a paid membership website.

This goes against the absolute fundamental tenets of twelve step recovery - that they are free to users and other recovered addicts give their time and guidance for free. He’s deeply odious.

She was fairly young when she first met him but much older when she actually got together with him and started a family and there’s no way anyone on earth could not know what he was like by then. He’d been very open about his addictions, his disgusting sexual practices and his attitude to women.

I think she totally believes all the Sunday service stuff and the social media stuff they do together. If he gets convicted and sent to prison she’ll see him as a martyr Jesus figure, it’ll be the equivalent of the crucifixion and I honestly think she’ll stand by him.

Poor kids though.

I suspect the defence will be gaslighting the women, saying they don’t remember, they wanted it. They’ll bring up inconsistencies in their stories to discredit what they’re saying. I’m keeping up with the trial on a podcast, but I’m actually dreading the defence. It’s going to make me so angry. The defence are cross-examining the women as they give their evidence for the prosecution. They won't be recalling them @blankittyblank . The defence don't actually have to produce any evidence - RB can choose not to testify and may well be advised not to. He doesn't have to prove anything - the defence may just give a closing speech saying the testimony of these women proves nothing.