Jemima Goldsmith Reveals Police Called to Violent Incident at Her Home Following Russell Brand Sentencing
Jemima Goldsmith discloses a 2014 violent incident involving Russell Brand after the comedian was sentenced to over 10 years for sexual assault.
POLICY WIRE — London, UK — Thames Valley Police have confirmed that officers were dispatched to an alleged assault involving Russell Brand at the Oxfordshire residence of his former partner, Jemima Goldsmith.
According to official police statements, the alleged victim contacted authorities on July 25, 2014. While officers responded to the scene, no arrests were made in connection with the incident.
Law enforcement noted that they remained at the property to ensure Brand departed the premises in accordance with the victim’s requests.
The revelation comes hours after the 51-year-old comedian was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to ten-and-a-half years in prison. Brand was found guilty of raping a fan and sexually assaulting three other women during the beginning of his career.
Goldsmith, an heiress and former wife of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, shared a statement on social media Monday detailing her own history with Brand’s violence and coercive control. She had dated the comedian for approximately a year, ending in September 2014.
Goldsmith expressed her unwavering support for Brand’s victims, praising the bravery of the women who testified during the trial. She confirmed she was forced to involve the police to remove Brand from her home during a violent encounter years prior.
The statement explained she opted not to press charges or discuss the matter publicly at the time because she feared media scrutiny would affect her children, who were teenagers at the time. She noted she has had no contact with Brand since the 2014 incident.
Goldsmith also revealed she spent years assisting journalists from Channel 4 Dispatches, The Times, and The Sunday Times when they first broke stories of Brand’s misconduct in 2023. She had offered to testify in court had those publications faced legal action.
The 1,534-word post was also partially a response to inaccurate reports regarding a 2015 harassment injunction Goldsmith Brand obtained against a masseuse named Szilvia Berki. That legal matter involved a birthday massage arranged by Goldsmith in June 2014 that never actually took place.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
