Jemima Goldsmith accuses ex partner Russell Brand of violence and abuse

Jemima Goldsmith has accused her ex-partner Russell Brand of violence, coercive control and abuse during their relationship. ABC News Australia, BBC News, the Daily Mail and the Guardian all reported on her social media statement detailing the allegations. According to the Daily Mail, BBC News and ABC News Australia, Goldsmith stated that she called police to have Brand removed from her house during a violent incident in 2014, but she chose not to press charges at the time. [1][2][3][5]

The Daily Mail reported that the pair dated until 2014, while BBC News and the Guardian noted that their relationship ended around that year. BBC News reported that Goldsmith is 52 years old, while ABC News Australia gave Brand's age as 51. The Daily Mail also reported that Goldsmith and Brand were previously involved in gagging a massage therapist over an alleged assault for more than a decade, which led to a campaign of harassment against Goldsmith. [1][2][3][5]

Goldsmith is an English television and film producer, screenwriter and founder of Instinct Productions, who previously worked as an associate editor for the New Statesman and European editor-at-large for Vanity Fair. Brand is an English comedian, actor and media personality who hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth and starred in films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek and Arthur. [12][13]

The accusations follow Brand's criminal sentencing in the United Kingdom. ABC News Australia and the Guardian reported that Brand was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault. ABC News Australia reported that the convictions involved four women between 2004 and 2009, and that Brand was acquitted of two other counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the sentencing took place at Southwark Crown Court after Brand was convicted of raping one woman in 2009 and sexually assaulting three others. [3][5][16]