Jemima Goldsmith accuses Russell Brand of violence and abuse against her

Goldsmith and Brand were in a relationship during the 2010s.

Goldsmith took to social media to detail her experiences with Brand, publishing her post just hours after the comedian was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.

He was found guilty of raping a woman at his home in 2009, as well as three counts of sexual assault against three other women.

As part of her statement, Goldsmith explained that during one experience in 2014, she "had to call the police to have him removed from my house."

Goldsmith also said she was: "In awe of the courageous women who came forward at Brand's trial."

The opening of her statement, posted on social media platform X, can be read below:

"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 taken out to protect me and my family.

"Firstly, and most importantly, I am and have always been strongly and unequivocally on the side of all of Brand’s victims.

"I am in awe of the courageous women who came forward at Brand’s trial, told their stories, testified and ensured justice was done.

"I have had my own personal experience of his violence, coercive control and abuse.

"I had to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident. I chose not to press charges at the time and not to go public with this, as I was worried about the impact of the press attention on my then teenage children."

She also claims she helped journalists, Ros Urwin, Louisa Compton and Dorothy Byrne help expose him. 

"I also undertook to testify in court to his abusiveness, if the newspaper that published the victims’ accounts were ever to be sued. I have spent much of my professional career trying to support unfairly demonised and silenced women, such as Monica Lewinsky and defending free speech," she wrote.

She ended that she has not "seen or spoken to him in over a decade. I hope this information will help clarify speculation about my involvement in the anti-harassment order. I am glad and relieved that Russell Brand has finally faced justice."