Jemima Goldsmith has accused her former partner Russell Brand of violence, coercive control and abuse, saying she called police to have him removed from her home during an alleged violent incident in 2014.
The producer made the allegations in a statement on X on Monday, November 9, hours after Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault involving four other women, the BBC reported.
Goldsmith’s account concerns her own relationship with Brand and is separate from the offenses established at his trial. The reports cited here do not describe a conviction relating to her allegations.
Goldsmith explains why she did not speak publicly earlier
Goldsmith, 52, said she chose not to pursue charges or go public following the alleged 2014 incident because she was concerned about the effect of press attention on her then teenage children.
She said she had neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period. Describing the relationship as a difficult part of her life, she said the experience had left a lasting impact.
In her statement, Goldsmith expressed support for the women who testified at Brand’s trial. She said she admired their courage in coming forward and was relieved that the criminal proceedings had resulted in justice.
ABC News also reported her account of calling police and her explanation for not making the incident public at the time. Her statements are allegations attributed to her, not independent findings by this publication.
Brand sentenced for offenses against four women
Brand, 51, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Monday after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The rape conviction concerned an assault at his home in 2009, while the sexual assault convictions involved three other women.
ABC reported that he was acquitted of two additional rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault. The outcome therefore included both convictions and acquittals; it should not be described as a guilty verdict on every allegation presented at trial.
The BBC reported that the sentencing judge criticised Brand’s disregard for women’s right to refuse and said his fame had contributed to his belief that he could act as he wished.
The hearing also included victim impact statements. Women described lasting trauma and damage to their confidence following the assaults. Their accounts concerned the offenses before the court and should not be conflated with Goldsmith’s separate statement.
She says she helped journalists investigating Brand
Goldsmith said she assisted journalists who investigated allegations against Brand. According to Deadline, she said she helped reporting by Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times in 2023.
She also said she had been willing to testify about her experiences if the newspaper publishing the women’s accounts were sued. That account describes the support she says she offered; it does not establish that she gave evidence at Brand’s criminal trial.
Statement addresses a separate harassment injunction
Goldsmith also responded to reporting about an injunction that she and Brand obtained in October 2015 concerning Szilvia Berki, who had alleged an assault during a visit to Goldsmith’s home the previous year.
According to the BBC’s account of Goldsmith’s statement, Berki visited on June 7, 2014, for a massage appointment with Brand that did not proceed. Goldsmith said Berki later told police that Brand pushed her as she left and that Goldsmith’s dog attacked her.
Goldsmith said she witnessed nothing untoward during the encounter. She said police concluded there was no case to answer after receiving her statement and CCTV footage. That description of the police response is attributed to Goldsmith, rather than to a police statement independently obtained for this article.
She said she agreed to seek an injunction following messages she described as threatening and antisemitic, and allegations about her that she rejected as untrue. Her account sets out her explanation for seeking the order; the sources cited here do not establish an independent finding on each disputed claim.
Separate allegations and court findings
The distinction between Goldsmith’s statement and the criminal verdicts is central to the story. Brand’s prison sentence relates to offenses against four women established at trial, while Goldsmith has now publicly described alleged conduct during their later relationship.
The BBC report does not include a response from Brand to Goldsmith’s new allegations. No response should be inferred from that absence, and the allegations should not be presented as additional convictions.
