Russell Brand's ex-girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith is setting the record straight about her involvement in a 2015 court order against a woman who had filed a complaint against him. Hours after Brand was sentenced to 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault on Monday, 9 November, Goldsmith issued a lengthy statement on X to address reports suggesting that she and the comedian had tried to silence the woman over a 2014 incident.
The incident occurred when Brand, 51, and Goldsmith, 52, were dating. Goldsmith had hired a woman named Szilvia Berki to visit her home and give Brand a massage.
However, the comedian changed his mind and asked her to leave. "She was clearly offended," Goldsmith recalled.
"I was present the whole time he was with her, and I did not see anything untoward," she wrote on X while acknowledging that her observation does not negate the crimes Brand has committed against several other women - including herself. Goldsmith went on to accuse Berki of launching a "campaign of vicious antisemitic and threatening abuse" against her and her family.
She said the harassment left her fearing for their safety and led to the injunction. She also clarified that she had agreed to have the order varied to allow Berki to speak to police again, but said Brand's agreement was also required.
Brand was sentenced after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was cleared of two additional rape charges and attempted indecent assault.