𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼

His appearances outside the court, holding hands with his wife and flanked by security guards, made daily headlines in the British media.

Last week, Brand took the stand and said the claims had had a “devastating” impact on his life, leaving him without a single friend or colleague who could testify in his behalf.

“My entire life has been consumed by these events,” he said in court, adding later that dealing with the “traumatic” allegations had come “at the expense of my marriage, my children and health.”

He admitted in court to being sex-obsessed as a young and famous man.

“I have been persuasive, seductive, begging and flirting, and have dedicated a ​lot of my life to what seems now beyond reckless philandering and idiocy,” he told the court last week.

“I was in a position of fame. As I became more successful and famous, I was ​very comfortable allowing that to facilitate sexual access, which I agree was wrong,” he added.

Brand also told the court: “Consent is fundamental, essential, necessary and indeed more important than sex itself.”

Brand’s wife, Laura Gallacher, also made headlines when she testified last week that he was a “caring, kind and a wonderful father.” The couple married in 2017 and have three young children.

Brand and his wife have been posting videos online in which they analyze Bible verses together and discuss their broad experiences of the trial.