After Russell Brand’s sentencing, his ex-girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith steps forward with her own allegations of ‘violence, coercive control and abuse’
‘Untrue narrative’.
Russell Brand is now serving a sentence of 10-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. This development on Monday, November 9, 2026, follows a trial where he was found guilty of raping a woman at his home in 2009. He was also convicted of three counts of sexual assault against three other women. Shortly after the sentencing hearing, his former partner Jemima Goldsmith shared her own experience regarding the disgraced entertainer.
According to the BBC, Goldsmith, 52, a TV producer, posted a lengthy statement on X on Monday evening. She stated that she had her ‘own personal experience of his violence, coercive control and abuse’. She dated 51-year-old Brand for about a year starting around 2014.
Goldsmith noted that she had to call the police to have him removed from her house in 2014 during a violent incident. She chose not to press charges at that time, explaining that she was worried about the impact of the press attention on her then teenage children.
The sentencing judge addressed Brand directly during the hearing
The judge told him that he harbored a “casual arrogant disregard to any woman’s right to say no to you.” The judge also noted that his fame meant he believed “you could act when you liked and how you liked.” Victim impact statements were read during the hearing.
One of the women said, “I didn’t have any respect for myself. I was thinking I was damaged goods – scared of giving off signals that could be taken the wrong way.” The woman Brand was convicted of raping stated that the trauma was something she had to carry every day. A van believed to be carrying Brand arrived at HMP Wandsworth in London after the proceedings concluded.
According to The Guardian, Goldsmith said, “I am in awe of the courageous women who came forward at Brand’s trial, told their stories, testified and ensured justice was done.” She added, “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.”
Goldsmith has not seen or spoken to Brand since 2014. She claimed to have assisted the journalists Ros Urwin, Louisa Compton and Dorothy Byrne, who exposed the allegations against him. She also stated she had been willing to testify to his abusiveness were they sued.
Goldsmith also addressed reports of a harassment injunction taken out by her and Brand in October 2015
This injunction banned a woman named Szilvia Berki from harassing them. Berki had alleged that Brand assaulted her at Goldsmith’s home in 2014. She said, “The background to this is that Ms Berki came to my house for roughly 30 minutes in June 2014, after I booked her to give a massage to Brand. By the time she arrived he had decided he didn’t want a massage and asked her to leave. She was clearly offended.”
Goldsmith added, “I was present the whole time he was with her, and I did not see anything untoward, despite the fact that he was later found guilty of sexually assaulting other women and he later physically assaulted me. If I saw any man abuse any woman under any circumstances, I would do my utmost to stop them, without hesitation.”
She claimed that Berki later told police Brand pushed her and that she was attacked by a dog, adding that after providing a statement and CCTV footage, the police concluded that there was no case to answer. Goldsmith claimed that Berki then sent a series of vicious antisemitic and threatening messages and posted wild and untrue allegations about her on social media.
Goldsmith said she agreed to a suggestion from Brand’s lawyer to seek an injunction to prevent harassment. She claimed on Monday that recent media reporting of the injunction had opened her up to vile hatred and abuse online.
Urwin confirmed that Goldsmith helped her a lot
Rosamund Urwin, a chief news correspondent for the Sunday Times, was involved in a 2023 media investigation into Brand. Urwin told the BBC that Goldsmith helped her a lot.
Urwin said she had seen the abuse Goldsmith had been getting online. She stated that she tried to tell people that part of the story was much more complicated than they realize. Urwin added, “I wish people would remember women that come forward are brave people and that is what she has done tonight – she has spoken out with immense bravery about how Russell Brand treated her.”
Goldsmith is known professionally as Jemima Khan. She is the daughter of late billionaire entrepreneur Sir James Goldsmith and sister of ex-Conservative government minister Zac Goldsmith. She was also previously married to ex-Pakistani prime minister and cricketer Imran Khan. The heiress stated on X that she has always been strongly and unequivocally on the side of Brand’s victims.
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