# Grudge to the grave: Inside story of why Beaconsfield mine survivor Brant secretly loathed Todd – and how he betrayed his wife is just the start of it

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/grudge-to-the-grave-inside-story-of-why-beaconsfield-mine-survivor-brant-secretly-loathed-todd-and-how-he-betrayed-his-wife-is-just-the-start-of-it/
- Published: 2026-11-13T13:48:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T14:03:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16289007/brant-webb-todd-russell-cheating-wife-falling-out.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Webb said he never liked fellow mine survivor Russell.
- They spent 14 days trapped underground in 2006.
- A family friend linked the rift to Russell’s infidelity.

## Summary

Todd Russell and Brant Webb survived 14 days trapped underground in the 2006 Beaconsfield mine disaster, but Webb has now disclosed that he never liked his fellow survivor. His remarks, made days after Russell’s death from leukaemia aged 54, surprised many Australians, though a family friend says the pair’s strained relationship was long known in their small Tasmanian town.

Webb said they had little in common beyond surviving the ordeal and sometimes argued while trapped together. A family friend told the article that Webb was particularly offended by Russell’s infidelity towards his first wife, Carolyn, who remains Webb’s friend; Russell acknowledged the cheating in a 2017 interview, while saying their marriage had failed and the past was repeatedly raised in arguments. Russell later remarried Donna Baker, and his funeral was planned for the following Monday.

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