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Jemima Goldsmith has revealed she was a victim of Russell Brand’s “violence, coercive control and abuse.”
The producer and writer, who dated Brand for around a year over a decade ago, made the revelation after it emerged
she and Brand had obtained an injunction against a masseuse called Szilvia Berki in 2014.
At the time, the judge who granted the injunction said it was “to restrain the defendant, Miss Berki, from harassing the claimants.”
The injunction drew fresh scrutiny over the weekend following Brand’s conviction last week for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He has been sentenced to over 10 years’ imprisonment.
On X, Goldsmith gave her account of the incidents that led to the injunction, which she said stemmed from Berki embarking on a “campaign of harassment.” She has said she is happy for the terms of the injunction to be varied although added that it would require Brand’s consent too and she has “no ability to compel Brand in this matter, as I have not seen or spoken to him in over a decade.”
In her post she also revealed she had once called the police to have Brand removed from her house “during a violent incident” and chose not to press charges at the time out of concern for her sons, who were teenagers at the time.
Khan was formerly married to former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, with whom she shares two children. Last year she married businessman Cameron O’Reilly.
She added that she had been assisting journalists in exposing Brand’s behavior. A joint investigation by The Sunday Times and the BBC was published in 2023 accusing Brand of a pattern of sexual abuse.
“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,” she said, adding: “I am glad and relieved that Russell Brand has finally faced justice.”
Goldsmith is the founder of Instinct Productions, which has produced projects such as “The Clinton” affair for A&E and “Serial”-inspired docuseries “The Case Against Adnan Syed.” She also wrote Lily James starrer “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
