Russell Brand Had Her Throw Him Out During A 2014 'violent Incident,' His Ex Reveals

What Goldsmith revealed this week

On Monday, screenwriter and producer Jemima Goldsmith, 52, posted on social media that she suffered "violence, coercive control and abuse" while she was dating Russell Brand. She wrote that she had him "removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident" at her home in Oxfordshire, England.

Thames Valley Police confirmed to the BBC that officers responded to a reported incident at Goldsmith's Oxfordshire address in July 2014. The force said no arrests were made, but that officers "ensured the victim's partner left the address, as per the victim's wishes." Goldsmith said she never pressed charges at the time and has had no contact with Brand since.

Why she says she waited twelve years

Goldsmith, formerly known as Jemima Khan, dated Brand for about a year starting in 2013. She said she chose not to go public at the time because she was worried about "the impact of the press attention on my then teenage children," according to the Los Angeles Times.

"Whilst my pain in relation to this pales in comparison to what the women have testified in court have suffered, this was a difficult period in my life which has had a lasting impact," she wrote. She also said she helped the reporters behind the 2023 joint investigation by the Times of London and Channel 4 that first aired public allegations against Brand.

"removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident" — Jemima Goldsmith, Russell Brand's former girlfriend

Who Russell Brand is

Brand, 51, built his fame on boasts of sexual conquest, hosting a BBC radio show and starring in films including "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," "Get Him to the Greek" and "Arthur." He married pop star Katy Perry in 2010; the marriage lasted about 14 months before he told her by text that he wanted a divorce, according to Fox News.

In recent years Brand moved away from mainstream entertainment, relocated to Florida, converted to Christianity and built an online following mixing wellness content and conspiracy theories, per the Chicago Tribune. Before his trial, he told "The Megyn Kelly Show" that he had slept with a 16-year-old when he was 30 — legal in Britain, he noted — but said fame had given him "the opportunity for endless consent," which led him to be "an exploiter of women."

The conviction that led her to speak

Goldsmith's post came four days after a London jury convicted Brand of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women, following a three-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. He was acquitted of two counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault. The allegations spanned 2004 to 2009.

On Monday, Judge Joel Bennathan sentenced Brand to 10 years and six months in prison. "About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous," Bennathan said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "You were clever — and in many people's eyes, funny and charismatic. You had also become a sexual predator."

Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones told the court Brand "abused the influence and power that came with his fame," adding, "He used it to facilitate an access to women without which the offending could not have taken place," per the Chicago Tribune.

"I am glad and relieved that Russell Brand has finally faced justice," Goldsmith wrote after the sentencing.

What the victims and the defense said

Four women gave victim impact statements before sentencing — three read by the prosecution, one delivered in person from behind a curtain to protect her identity, per NPR. None of the women have been publicly named.

One woman, whom Brand was convicted of anally raping at his home in 2009, said in her statement that "it's something I carry with me every day and it often feels never-ending," and that she doubted "my ability to make good decisions" afterward, according to NPR.

Defense lawyer Ian Winter asked the judge to weigh Brand's "good character" and argued Brand was "a fundamentally different person" than he was at the time of the offenses, per NPR. Brand has denied all charges and maintains every encounter was consensual.

After the sentence was read, Brand turned to his wife, Laura, and mouthed, "We'll be OK," before court officers led him away, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Police say more allegations are coming in

The Metropolitan Police Service told the Los Angeles Times this week that people have continued contacting investigators with potential new allegations "during and since the trial." "Detectives are assessing this information as part of their ongoing enquiries," the force said.

Police have already handed prosecutors files on two additional rape allegations against Brand, separate from the charges in last week's trial, after the jury's verdict came down.

The injunction Goldsmith also addressed

In the same post, Goldsmith addressed resurfaced reporting about a 2014 harassment injunction she and Brand obtained against a massage therapist Goldsmith had hired to work on Brand at her house. The woman had accused Brand of physical assault that year; police determined "there was no case to answer and that no criminal offence had been committed," Goldsmith said.

Goldsmith said the woman instead fed "several untrue stories" to tabloids and ran a "campaign of vicious antisemitic and threatening abuse" against her, per the Los Angeles Times. She said she agreed to vary the injunction so the woman could report the Brand incident to police again if she chose, and that any change also requires Brand's approval. She said she has not heard from the woman's attorney since May.

What happens next

The Metropolitan Police Service says it is still assessing fresh allegations that came in during and after Brand's trial, and has already referred two additional rape allegations to prosecutors — no date has been set for any charging decision on those. Separately, the status of the 2014 harassment injunction remains open: Goldsmith says she has not heard from the other woman's attorney since May.