The star, who plays car mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV soap, is facing 12 charges in all - five counts of rape, three of indecent assault, two counts of sexual activity with a child and two of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell has told a jury he is an alcoholic, drinking seven or eight pints every night at his local pub.
But the 48-year-old, who has played garage mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV1 soap for 30 years, denies he is a child rapist as he defends himself against 12 charges of sexual abuse.
Ms Laws continued: "Because something was troubling you... to go out every night?"
Le Vell replied: "No, I went out every night because I'm working class."
The actor said his wife had allowed him to go out every night.
"So it's partly her fault?" Ms Laws said.
"I'm not blaming her for going out but she enabled me to go out," Le Vell said.
"I suggest you were finding it difficult to live with yourself," Ms Laws said, "Once this abuse started, you just could not stop yourself."
Le Vell replied: "No. Absolutely not."
"And the problem with you is you could do what you wanted to," Ms Laws continued.
"Do you think you were also cosseted in your job?"
"I was cocooned," Le Vell said.
Ms Laws: "You led quite a charmed life until September 2011?"
Le Vell agreed he led a "luxury, charmed life because of my job".
Ms Laws went on: "Luxury but troubled because something was eating you up?"
"No," Le Vell said.
The trial continues.
A jury has found actor Michael Le Vell innocent of a string of sex charges
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