Producer Jemima Goldsmith has accused former partner Russell Brand of violence, coercive control and abuse, saying she called police during an alleged incident at her home in 2014.
Goldsmith made the allegations in a public statement after Brand received a prison sentence of 10 years and six months in a separate case involving rape and sexual assaults. Her account concerns their relationship in 2013 and 2014 and is distinct from the offences for which he was convicted.
Deadline reported that Goldsmith, also known as Jemima Khan, described the relationship as a difficult period that continued to affect her. She said she had neither seen nor spoken to Brand since 2014.
Goldsmith describes alleged incident at her home
In her statement, Goldsmith said she contacted police to have Brand removed from her house during what she described as a violent incident. She said she chose not to pursue charges or make the matter public at the time because she was concerned about the effect of press attention on her teenage children.
Those assertions are Goldsmith’s allegations, rather than findings made in Brand’s recently concluded trial. The reporting reviewed for this article does not establish a criminal conviction arising from the incident she describes.
Goldsmith also expressed admiration for the women who gave evidence in the criminal proceedings. Her statement said their decision to come forward and testify had helped ensure justice was done.
Producer says she assisted earlier reporting
According to Deadline, Goldsmith said she helped Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times with their investigations into Brand. Those outlets published allegations in 2023, before the criminal proceedings that led to his conviction.
She also said she had been prepared to testify about his alleged abusiveness if the newspaper that published the women’s accounts faced a lawsuit. Her statement places that offer in the context of supporting the journalists and the women whose allegations they reported.
Goldsmith’s producing credits include The Voice of Hind Rajab and The Bibi Files. Her statement was a personal account, rather than an announcement connected to either film.
Statement addresses earlier harassment injunction
Goldsmith also responded to commentary about a harassment injunction she and Brand obtained against a woman in 2014. She disputed suggestions about her reasons for supporting that legal action.
She said she had arranged for the woman to give Brand a massage at her home, but that he decided against it before the appointment proceeded. Goldsmith said she was present throughout the encounter and did not witness misconduct.
Goldsmith alleged that she subsequently received threatening and antisemitic messages and said protecting her family was her sole reason for agreeing to the harassment order. These are her explanations and allegations, as reported by Deadline; they should not be read as an independent determination of the disputed encounter.
Separate criminal case led to prison term
ABC News reported that Brand, 51, was sentenced on Monday in the United Kingdom for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The offences involved four women and dated from 2004 to 2009.
The same report said he was acquitted of two additional rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault. Those acquittals are separate outcomes and are not convictions.
The distinction between the court case and Goldsmith’s statement is important: the prison term relates to offences proved in those proceedings, not to the allegations she has now made about their later relationship.
Goldsmith’s public account adds her own allegations to the discussion following the sentencing. Neither the Deadline report nor the ABC report reviewed here includes a direct response from Brand to her new statement.
