Police ensured Brand left ex-girlfriend’s home after assault complaint

Police ensured Russell Brand left his ex-girlfriend Jemima Goldsmith’s house after reports of an assault, police have confirmed.

Thames Valley Police said officers were contacted by the alleged victim on July 25, 2014 but no arrests were made following the incident at her Oxfordshire home.

Officers remained on the scene until Brand left the address “as per the victim’s wishes”, their statement added.

It is understood Goldsmith had asked for Brand to leave the property, her wish was then communicated to the shamed comedian by police, and he agreed to leave the house.

Goldsmith posted on X on Monday, saying she had personal experience of the rapist comedian’s “violence, coercive control and abuse”.

Her statement added: “I had to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident.”

Brand was jailed for 10-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court on Monday after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

In her post, which was made hours after Brand was jailed, Goldsmith said she was “glad and relieved” he had “finally faced justice”.

She said she chose not to press charges and go public following the 2014 incident as she was worried about the impact of the press attention on her children.

Goldsmith’s post read: “I have neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period in 2014.

“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.”