Police Confirm Russell Brand Incident Goldsmith Reported in 2014
Thames Valley Police said on November 11, 2026, that a woman reported an assault by her partner in Oxfordshire in 2014. The statement backs Jemima Goldsmith's account of calling police to remove Russell Brand, days after his sentence of 10 years and six months.
Thames Valley Police confirmed on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, that it received a report in 2014 matching claims by Jemima Goldsmith about Russell Brand, who was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and six months in prison. Police confirm Russell Brand's former partner called officers to her home in Oxfordshire.
The force said a woman "reported her partner had assaulted her in Oxfordshire on 25 July 2014."
What the force said
Officers went to the scene, spoke to the victim, "listened to her concerns, and provided support and advice," the statement said. Police also stayed at the address until the man named by the victim left.
The force added that officers "did not order the named suspect to leave and did not exercise any powers to remove him."
Goldsmith's account
Goldsmith, a 52-year-old TV producer who is also known as Jemima Khan, posted on X hours after the sentencing. She wrote that she had "my own personal experience of his violence, coercive control and abuse."
She said she called police in 2014 during a "violent incident" to have Brand removed from her house. She did not press charges, she wrote, because she worried about press attention on her then teenage children.
She said she has neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period. She also said she was "glad and relieved" that he had finally faced justice, and that her pain "pales in comparison" with what the women who testified have suffered.
Goldsmith also said she had helped journalists who exposed Brand in a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary and in Times and Sunday Times reports in 2023.
Sentence and new inquiries
A jury found Brand, 51, guilty on November 5 of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was cleared of two rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault. He had denied accusations from six women.
Judge Joel Bennathan sentenced him at Southwark Crown Court in London. He told Brand: "You had also become a sexual predator." Brand is expected to serve at least two-thirds of the sentence, around seven years, before he can be considered for release.
The Metropolitan Police said "several people" have contacted the investigation team during and since the trial. Detectives are assessing that information, and Brand has not been charged over the new allegations.
Met commissioner Mark Rowley said last week that two further rape allegations are being investigated. He said officers are braced for "many, many more" possible victims to come forward.
Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy appealed outside court for anyone who has been a victim of rape or another sexual offense to contact police. "If you come forward, you will be listened to, supported and treated with care and compassion," he said.
