Jemima Goldsmith accuses Russell Brand of violent abuse, speaking hours after rape sentencing

Goldsmith describes her experience

Goldsmith, a film producer who dated Brand for about a year in 2013, shared her account on X. She said she had personal experience of his violence, coercive control and abuse.

She recalled calling police to remove Brand from her home during an alleged violent incident in 2014. Goldsmith said she did not press charges or speak publicly then because she worried about the effect of press attention on her teenage children.

Goldsmith, 52, said she has not spoken with Brand since they separated around September 2014. She described the period as difficult and said it continued to affect her.

Support for trial witnesses

Goldsmith praised the women who testified against Brand, commending their courage and saying their accounts helped secure justice. She said her own experience was less severe than what the women described in court.

She also said she assisted journalists who exposed Brand. Goldsmith said she had agreed to testify about his alleged abusive behavior if the newspaper that published victims’ accounts faced a lawsuit.

Brand’s convictions and sentence

Brand was found guilty on Thursday of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was sentenced on Monday to more than 10 years in prison. The rape conviction involved a woman at Brand’s London home in 2009, after they had crossed paths at the Hammersmith Apollo, where he performed. The woman said he continued after she asked him to stop.

The other convictions concerned an incident at a London bar in 2004, an assault at London’s Choice FM studio around the same period, and an incident involving a woman during a 2009 Channel 4 project. Brand had pleaded not guilty to the charges.