Police ensured Russell Brand left Jemima Goldsmith's home after 'assault'

Police ensured Russell Brand left Jemima Goldsmith's home after 'assault'

Thames Valley Police confirmed they were contacted on July 25, 2014 when Jemima Goldsmith made a complaint
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Police ensured Russell Brand left his ex-girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith’s house after reports of an assault, officers have said.

Thames Valley Police said officers were contacted by the alleged victim on July 25, 2014, but no arrests were made following the incident at her Oxfordshire home.

Officers remained on the scene until Brand left the address “as per the victim’s wishes”, their statement added.

Goldsmith posted on X on Monday, saying she had personal experience of the convicted rapist’s “violence, coercive control and abuse”.

Her statement added: “I had to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident.”

Jemima Goldsmith with Russell Brand at an event in London in 2013

Brand was jailed for 10-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court on Monday after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

Brand was found guilty of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three TV and radio workers during his rise to international fame.

In her post, which was made hours after Brand was jailed, Goldsmith said she was “glad and relieved” Brand has “finally faced justice”.

She said she chose not to press charges and go public following the 2014 incident as she was worried about the impact of the press attention on her children.

Goldsmith’s post read: “I have neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period in 2014.

“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.”

Russell Brand was jailed for 10-and-a-half years on Monday (James Manning/PA)
Russell Brand was jailed for 10-and-a-half years on Monday (James Manning/PA)

The Metropolitan Police said further criminal allegations against Brand have been made to police since the beginning of his trial.

The Metropolitan Police said several people have been in contact during and since the conclusion of the 51-year-old’s rape and sexual assault case.

Sentencing Brand, Mr Justice Bennathan criticised the comedian’s “staggering arrogance” and said he had “become a sexual predator” during his rise to fame.

The judge said Brand harboured a “casual arrogant disregard to any woman’s right to say no to you” while his fame meant he believed “you could act when you liked and how you liked”.

Brand, who pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, is expected to serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence.

He will be on the sex offenders’ register for life.

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