Jemima Goldsmith has accused her former boyfriend Russell Brand of physical violence, coercive control and abuse, saying she called police to have him removed from her home during an incident in 2014.
The 52-year-old British screenwriter and producer published her statement on X on November 9, after Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Goldsmith said she had chosen not to pursue her complaint further or speak publicly at the time because she feared the effect of intense media attention on her two children, who were then teenagers.
She said renewed reporting about a harassment injunction she and Brand had obtained against massage therapist Szilvia Berki had misrepresented her involvement and subjected her to online abuse, prompting her to explain what had happened.
Goldsmith Says She Helped Journalists Investigating Brand
I am going to describe some painful and personal things in relation to Russell Brand because I have been put in a position now where I feel that I have no choice other than to do so, given the misleading reports and speculation around the facts of a harassment injunction that was…
— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) November 9, 2026
Goldsmith and Brand dated for approximately a year between 2013 and 2014. She said she had neither seen nor spoken to him since their relationship ended and described that period as having a lasting emotional impact.
She praised the women who testified at his trial and said she had assisted journalists Rosamund Urwin, Louisa Compton and Dorothy Byrne during efforts to investigate him. The allegations became widely known through reporting by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in September 2023.
Urwin subsequently told BBC News that Goldsmith had helped her reporting. Goldsmith also said she had been willing to testify about her experiences if the newspaper that published the women’s accounts faced legal action.
Police Confirm Responding to a Complaint in 2014
In a November 11 statement reported by Sky News, Thames Valley Police said a woman contacted the force on July 25, 2014, reporting that her partner had assaulted her at an Oxfordshire address. The statement did not name either person.
Officers attended, spoke with the woman and provided advice and support. They ensured her partner left the property at her request. The Independent reported that no arrests were made. Goldsmith’s complaint was separate from the charges decided at Brand’s recent trial.
The Harassment Injunction Restricted What Berki Could Say
On Thursday I wrote about the 2014 injunction Russell Brand obtained against a woman who accused him of assault.
I’ve now obtained the final order. It’s breathtaking.
She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life – even barred from speaking to the police.
— Dan Neidle (@DanNeidle) November 7, 2026
The dispute began after Berki visited Goldsmith’s home in June 2014 for a massage appointment with Brand. Berki reported that Brand had assaulted her, and police investigated but took no further action. Goldsmith said she was present and had not witnessed inappropriate conduct.
Goldsmith said Berki subsequently sent threatening and antisemitic messages, and that she sought legal protection for herself and her family. She and Brand obtained an interim injunction in 2014, which became final the following year.
The High Court granted summary judgment in the harassment case in October 2015 after a hearing at which Berki represented herself. The judge found that her subsequent conduct amounted to harassment, while leaving unresolved whether her account of the encounter at Goldsmith’s home was true.
In a November 7 analysis published by Tax Policy Associates, Dan Neidle questioned the breadth of the order. It restricted Berki from discussing the encounter with journalists and others, with limited exceptions that did not include police.
Goldsmith said she instructed her lawyer in December 2025 to support changes allowing Berki to speak with police. A September 3, 2026, Court of Appeal decision identified an application to the High Court as the route to amend the injunction’s scope. The decision recorded that such an application had been made and remained undetermined at that time.
Brand Was Convicted of Crimes Against Four Women
A jury at Southwark Crown Court found Brand guilty on November 5 of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. According to the Crown Prosecution Service, the offenses involved four women and occurred between 2004 and 2009.
Brand, 51, had denied the charges. He was acquitted of two additional rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault. His defense raised his family responsibilities and changes in his life since the offenses as factors for the judge to consider.
Mr Justice Joel Bennathan criticized Brand’s use of his celebrity status and his disregard for the women’s consent. The sentencing remarks state that he will serve two-thirds of his sentence in custody before release under supervision.
Brand’s father, Ron, publicly challenged the verdict outside the courthouse, as Wealth of Geeks previously reported.
Police Are Assessing Further Reports About Brand
The Metropolitan Police were already investigating allegations from two additional women when further people contacted detectives during and after the trial. In a November 10 statement reported by Reuters, the force said those contacts included information and potential criminal allegations, which investigators were assessing.
Entertainment Weekly said it contacted Brand’s lawyer for comment on Goldsmith’s statement. Its November 10 report did not include a response.