Jemima Goldsmith Says She Called Police During Alleged Russell Brand Incident

Jemima Goldsmith has said she experienced violence and coercive control during her relationship with Russell Brand, and that she once called police to have him removed from her home. Her statement came hours after Brand was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for rape and sexual assaults, according to the report. Goldsmith, who dated Brand for about a year until September 2014, said she supported the women who testified against him at trial. She described their decision to come forward as courageous and said their evidence had helped secure justice. She said the alleged incident at her home took place in 2014. Goldsmith said she did not pursue charges or speak publicly at the time because she feared the press attention would affect her teenage children. She added that she had not seen or spoken to Brand since that period, and said the experience had left a lasting impact on her. Goldsmith also said she had spent years assisting journalists at Channel 4’s Dispatches, The Times and The Sunday Times, who reported allegations of sexual misconduct against Brand in 2023. She said she had been prepared to testify about her own experience if the outlets had faced legal action over their reporting. Her statement also addressed coverage of a 2015 harassment injunction involving a masseuse. According to the report, the dispute followed a massage arranged as a birthday gift for Brand in June 2014, which did not ultimately take place. The masseuse alleged that Brand assaulted her; he denied the allegation, and police concluded there was no case to answer. Goldsmith said she had been present throughout Brand’s time with the masseuse and did not see anything untoward. She said her statement was partly intended to correct what she described as misleading reports about the injunction, while distinguishing that episode from her own later account of an alleged violent incident.