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Russell Brand's former girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith has alleged that Brand "beat, forced and abused her" while they were together.
Goldsmith dated Brand for about a year around 2014. She alleged that during a violent incident in 2014, she had to call the police to get Brand thrown out of her house. However, they did not file any case against him.
52-year-old Goldsmith issued a long statement on social media. She said she was impressed by the courageous women who came forward during the lawsuit against the brand. He also said he was "happy and relieved" that the brand was finally punished.
Brand, 51, was sentenced to 10 years and six months in jail on Monday after pleading guilty to rape and sexual assault.
Brand was found guilty of raping a woman at his home in 2009 and three counts of sexually assaulting three other women.
During sentencing, the judge told Brand that he "had no regard for women's right to refuse him."
The judge said that Brand felt because of his fame that he could "do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted."
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TV producer Jemima Goldsmith is the ex-wife of former Prime Minister of Pakistan and cricketer Imran Khan. She is also the daughter of late billionaire businessman Sir James Goldsmith and sister of Zac Goldsmith, a former minister in the Conservative government.
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Goldsmith, a mother of two, said she had decided not to take legal action over the alleged violent incident in 2014. They feared that discussing the case in the media would affect their then-teenage children.
"However, the suffering I experienced in this case is nothing compared to the women who have testified in court and who have gone through so much. This was a difficult period of my life that had a long-lasting impact on me," she wrote on X on Monday evening.
Goldsmith said that he has neither met nor talked to Brand since 2014. However, he claimed that he had helped the journalists who brought forward the allegations against the brand. She also said that if Brand were to sue those journalists, she was willing to testify about their misconduct.
In his statement he also mentioned a court order of October 2015.
Under this order, a woman named Sylvia Burkey was prevented from harassing him. It also prevented the woman from alleging that Brand had sexually assaulted her at Goldsmith's house a year ago.
Goldsmith said on Monday that Burkey had come to his house on June 7, 2014. She remained there for about 30 minutes. She had come to massage Brand, but according to Goldsmith, the massage did not take place after she arrived.
Goldsmith said Berkey later told police that Brand had pushed her in the back as she was leaving the scene. He also said that Goldsmith's dog had attacked him.
However, Brand's former girlfriend said that she did not see anything wrong during that meeting.
He further said that after recording Barki's statement and watching the CCTV footage, the police came to the conclusion that there was no need to take any action against the brand in this matter.
Goldsmith alleged that after this Burkey sent him several objectionable and threatening messages. These also included anti-Semitic messages. He also made many false and baseless allegations about Goldsmith on social media.
Goldsmith said that he then agreed to seek an order from the court on the suggestion of the brand's lawyer. Its purpose was to stop Barki from harassing them.
He said on Monday that after the news of this court order came in the media recently, he is facing online trolling and abuses.
Rosamund Urwin, chief correspondent of The Sunday Times, told the BBC that Goldsmith had helped her a lot during the media investigation into the brand in 2023.
"I've seen the kind of abuse they've been receiving online," Urwin said. "I've also tried to let people know that part of this story is more complicated than they realize."
She further said, "I want people to remember that it takes a lot of courage for women to come forward and speak out. Goldsmith has done the same tonight. She has spoken with great courage about how Russell Brand treated her."
Before Brand was sentenced, the statements of the women who had made allegations of sexual harassment were read in the court. In these statements, the women told what impact this incident had on them.
One of the women said that after this incident she remained troubled and traumatized for many years. She said, "I had no respect for myself left. I felt that I was broken from within. I was afraid that any of my behavior might be taken as a wrong signal."
The woman in whom Brand was found guilty of rape said that she has to bear the trauma of this incident every day.
A van was seen arriving at London's Wandsworth Prison after the sentencing on Monday. It is believed that Brand was traveling in this van.
According to the rules, prisoners sentenced to four years or more for certain serious violent and sexual crimes can be released after serving two-thirds of their sentence. In case of brand this period will be seven years.
After release, he may have to spend the remaining period of his sentence out of jail with certain conditions. These conditions may also include wearing electronic tags.
Brand was found guilty of charges involving four women between 2004 and 2009. This decision came after a four-week hearing at Southwark Crown Court.
However, he was acquitted in two cases of rape and one of attempted sexual assault.
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