The key facts
- Police confirmed a response on 25 July 2014 following a report by Jemima Goldsmith
- Brand was asked to leave the Oxfordshire home 'in line with the victim's wishes'; no arrests were made
- Goldsmith said she decided not to press charges; on Monday Brand was sentenced to 10.5 years for rape and sexual assault
What happened in 2014
Thames Valley Police confirmed that on 25 July 2014 a woman contacted officers reporting an alleged assault. According to the police, Russell Brand was asked to leave a home in Oxfordshire 'in line with the victim's wishes', however no arrests were made. The statement was made on Wednesday.
Jemima Goldsmith's statement
Jemima Goldsmith, who dated Brand for about a year, wrote on X on Monday that she 'had to call the police to remove him from my home in 2014 during a violent incident', but she decided not to press charges. Thus, the police confirmation is consistent with her account of the call itself, while no charges were brought at the time.
Context: Brand's sentence
The confirmation of the 2014 circumstances came against the backdrop of a separate criminal case: on Monday Brand was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault. The connection between the 2014 incident and this sentence is not described in the published material; the police only stated that no arrests were made in 2014. The article on the police confirmation was published as a developing breaking news story, and some details may have been added later.
Image source, Getty Images Jemima Goldsmith (left) and Russell Brand (right) dated for about a year around 2014
