Russell Brand was ordered to leave his former partner Jemima Goldsmith’s home after she reported an alleged assault, Thames Valley Police have confirmed.
Officers were contacted by the heiress on July 25, 2014, but no arrests were made after the incident at her £15 million Oxfordshire mansion.
Police said Brand was asked to leave the property “as per the victim’s wishes”.
Ms Goldsmith spoke publicly yesterday, saying she had experienced the convicted sex offender’s “violence, coercive control and abuse”.
In a statement, she said: “I had to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident.”
She later explained on social media that she decided not to press charges because she feared the effect on her own life and that of her children. She did not provide further details about the alleged incident.
Brand was sentenced to ten-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court on Monday after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
The disclosure follows reporting this week about a legal injunction sought by Brand and Ms Goldsmith, who were dating at the time, against massage therapist Szilvia Berki.
Ms Berki, who is Hungarian, had been hired by Ms Goldsmith to massage Brand at her home, Kiddington Hall near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, in June 2014.
The pair agreed a £500 fee for the appointment, which was scheduled for Brand’s birthday. The massage did not take place, however, and Ms Berki reported the couple to police, claiming they had “treated her like a prostitute”.
She reportedly told officers at a local police station that Brand had pushed her and that she was left frightened after Ms Goldsmith’s white Alsatian jumped at her.
Brand and Ms Goldsmith denied wrongdoing, saying they had arranged a “standard” massage rather than a sexual service.
Jemima Goldsmith, pictured with Russell Brand in 2013, has accused the convicted sex offender of “violence, coercive control and abuse”
Brand, pictured with his wife Laura at Southwark Crown Court last Thursday, has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison
The police investigation was eventually discontinued. Ms Berki continued to discuss the incident on social media, but a court ruled that her posts amounted to harassment and granted an order against her.
After Brand’s sentencing, Ms Goldsmith said she had also experienced “violence” during their relationship.
In a lengthy statement on X, she wrote: “Firstly, and most importantly, I am and have always been strongly and unequivocally on the side of all of Brand’s victims.
“I am in awe of the courageous women who came forward at Brand’s trial, told their stories, testified and ensured justice was done. I have had my own personal experience of his violence, coercive control and abuse.
“I had to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident.
“I chose not to press charges at the time and not to go public with this, as I was worried about the impact of press attention on my then teenage children. I have neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period in 2014.
“While my pain in relation to this pales in comparison with what the women who testified in court have suffered, this was a difficult period in my life that has had a lasting impact.”
Ms Goldsmith said she had supported journalists over “several years”, including Ros Urwin, one of the reporters involved in exposing Brand’s abuse in a 2023 documentary that was repeatedly referenced during his trial.
She added that coverage of the injunction against Ms Berki had created “an untrue narrative” and subjected her to “vile hatred and abuse online”.
In October 2015, Brand and Ms Goldsmith secured an anti-harassment order that also prevented Ms Berki from communicating about either of them for life.
A court artist’s sketch shows Brand in the dock during his sentencing hearing on Monday
The order barred her from publishing or disclosing “any information” to “any person” about her visit to Ms Goldsmith’s home.
It also prohibited her from making “any allegation or insinuation” that Brand or Ms Goldsmith had committed a criminal offence against her, or had behaved towards her in a way that could amount to one.
She would also breach the order by approaching, or responding to an enquiry from, any journalist or media organisation about either claimant.
Ms Berki was ordered to pay £50,000 in legal costs to Brand and Ms Goldsmith. The couple could begin bankruptcy proceedings if she failed to pay.
She has since made three unsuccessful attempts to appeal the order.
It is understood that Ms Goldsmith has told Ms Berki she would agree to amend the injunction so the massage therapist could contact police again.
However, doing so appears to require Brand’s approval. Ms Goldsmith is understood to have had no contact with him since 2014.
Ms Goldsmith said Ms Berki had “embarked on a campaign of vicious anti-Semitic and threatening abuse online and in emails”. She said the messages included references to her as a “deeply rotted JEWISH b****” and the words: “Happy birthday (Jemima). I hope you have more. In other words I hope you don’t die this year.”
She continued: “The number, tone and content of these messages was extremely frightening. It was distressing for my then teenage children and my family. I was concerned that Ms Berki was potentially a real danger to my family and me.”
Ms Goldsmith said she supported changing the injunction to allow Ms Berki to report her allegations to police.
She added that Ms Berki’s barrister had not replied to her.
Ms Goldsmith concluded: “I am glad and relieved that Russell Brand has finally received justice.”
Following Brand’s convictions, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he “wouldn’t be surprised if many more” victims came forward.
On Monday, Brand received a nine-year sentence for rape, followed by a further 18 months for sexually assaulting three other women.
He is expected to serve two-thirds of the sentence before being released on licence.
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