Laura Gallacher, the wife of Russell Brand, is facing a difficult decision over whether she and the couple's three young children should move back to the UK permanently as Brand begins his 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault.
Brand had been living in Florida with his family before the trial, but following his sentencing he was moved to a main wing at HMP Wandsworth in southwest London. He may later be transferred to another jail informally known as Monster Mansion, according to The Mirror.
Family weighs up return to Oxfordshire
Brand, his wife and their three children moved from Oxfordshire, England, to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, in late 2024, while keeping their English home, reports the Daily Star. It has been suggested that Laura and the children are now considering a permanent return to their property in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and enrolling the children into the British way of life.
A source said: "Children are allowed in Wakefield, they obviously have to be with an adult, and they still have to be listed as an approved contact before being allowed in."
Visiting arrangements under consideration
Laura will have to provide ID such as a birth certificate or passport of the children to make them official visitors, and they will all have to be searched if they choose to have a face-to-face visit, so it is not an overly nice experience.
"They will all be patted down and could even be sniffed by drug detection dogs. It is a lot. But it is necessary and part of this new world they are now having to navigate," the source added.
