Jemima Goldsmith Accuses Russell Brand of 2014 Abuse After 10.5-Year Sentence
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Nov 9
Jemima Goldsmith Accuses Russell Brand of 2014 Abuse After 10.5-Year Sentence
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Nov 9
Summary
Jemima Goldsmith said Russell Brand subjected her to "violence, coercive control and abuse" during their relationship, alleging she called police to remove him from her home in a violent 2014 incident.
Her statement came hours after Brand, 51, was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for raping one woman in 2009 and sexually assaulting three others.
Goldsmith, 52, said she did not press charges at the time because she feared press attention would harm her teenage children, though she later helped journalists investigating Brand and was willing to testify if needed.
Addressing scrutiny over a 2015 injunction, Goldsmith said police found no case to answer after a massage therapist alleged Brand pushed her at Goldsmith's home, and said the order was sought to stop threatening, antisemitic harassment.
The sentencing hearing also heard victim impact statements describing years of trauma, as Brand was taken to HMP Wandsworth after the hearing.
Could the recent variation of Jemima Goldsmith's harassment injunction uncover even more hidden truths about Russell Brand's past behavior?
How will Russell Brand's decade-long sentence in the notoriously harsh HMP Wandsworth impact the ongoing police investigations into his other alleged crimes?
Why did it take over a decade for the entertainment industry to hold a high-profile celebrity accountable for coercive control and abuse?