Jemima Goldsmith alleges past physical assault by former partner Russell Brand

Jemima Goldsmith, a television producer who was in a relationship with comedian Russell Brand for about a year beginning in September 2013, posted on the social‑media platform X on 9 November 2026 to disclose that she experienced physical violence, coercive control and abuse from Brand in 2014. Goldsmith said she called police to remove Brand from her home after a violent incident and that she did not press charges at the time because of concerns for her teenage children’s wellbeing.

Goldsmith’s statement came after Brand was sentenced to more than ten years in prison for rape and sexual assault involving multiple victims. She expressed admiration for the women who testified at Brand’s trial and noted that her own experience, while painful, “pales in comparison” to the testimony of those victims. Goldsmith added that she has not spoken to Brand since the 2014 incident.

In her post, Goldsmith also referenced a harassment injunction filed in 2014 by her and Brand against a woman named Szilvia Berki. Goldsmith said renewed media coverage of the injunction had generated “vile hatred and abuse online” and that the police had found no case to answer regarding Berki’s allegations that Brand had been booked for a massage at Goldsmith’s home in June 2014.

Goldsmith indicated she had previously assisted journalists covering Brand’s alleged misconduct, including a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary and reports in The Times and The Sunday Times in 2023. She also said she would be willing to testify in court if a newspaper publishing victims’ accounts were sued. No legal action has been taken against Brand in relation to Goldsmith’s allegations, and Brand has not publicly responded to her statements as of the date of this report.