Jemima Goldsmith has accused rapist Russell Brand of 'violence, coercive control and abuse' after it emerged she and the disgraced comedian gagged a massage therapist for more than a decade.
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The injunction, over an alleged assault by Brand, led to a campaign of harassment against Ms Goldsmith.
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This afternoon the heiress described a separate 'violent' incident in 2014 which culminated in her having to call police to have Brand, who she reportedly dated up until the same year, removed from her home.
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On social media, she described how she opted not to press charges at the time due to fears about the impact on her life and the lives of her children, but did not go into detail about what is alleged to have happened.
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It follows reporting this week surrounding a legal injunction sought by Brand and Ms Goldsmith, who were then a couple, against massage therapist Szilvia Berki.
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Hungarian Ms Berki was hired by the heiress to massage him at her £15million mansion, Kiddington Hall, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, in June 2014.
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Ms Berki agreed a fee of £500 for the session on Brand's birthday.
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However, the massage never happened and Ms Berki made a complaint against the couple to police, saying 'they'd treated her like a prostitute'.
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She reportedly went to her local police station and said she was pushed by Brand and left terrified after Ms Goldsmith's white Alsatian jumped at her.
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Brand and Ms Goldsmith denied claims of wrongdoing and insisted they'd ordered a 'standard' rather than sexual massage.
Jemima Goldsmith has accused rapist Russell Brand of 'violence, coercive control and abuse' after it emerged she and the disgraced comedian gagged a massage therapist for more than a decade.
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The pair are pictured together in 2013
Brand was today jailed for 10 and a half years.
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He is pictured here with his wife Laura at Southwark Crown Court last Thursday
Laura Gallacher sat behind her husband in the dock today...
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he turned and told her: 'It'll be OK, I don't know how, but it will' as he arrived
The police investigation was ultimately dropped.
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However, Ms Berki continued to post on social media about the incident, which a court found amounted to harassment and granted an order against her.
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Following Brand being sentenced to ten years and six months in jail for rape and three sexual assaults, Ms Goldsmith said she too had been subjected to 'violence' at the hands of her former boyfriend.
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In a lengthy statement on X, she said: 'Firstly, and most importantly, I am and have always been strongly and unequivocally on the side of all of Brand’s victims.
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I am in awe of the courageous women who came forward at Brand’s trial, told their stories, testified and ensured justice was done.
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I have had my own personal experience of his violence, coercive control and abuse.
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I had to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident.
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I chose not to press charges at the time and not to go public with this, as I was worried about the impact of the press attention on my then teenage children.
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I have neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period in 2014.
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'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.'
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Ms Goldsmith said she has assisted journalists over 'several years', including Ros Urwin, one of those responsible for revealing Brand's abuse in a 2023 documentary that was often mentioned during his trial.
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She continued that reporting this week about the injunction against Ms Berki 'has presented an untrue narrative, which has opened me up to vile hatred and abuse online'.
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In October 2015, Brand and Ms Goldsmith were granted an anti-harassment order, which also silenced Ms Berki for life, banning her from any communication 'about' Brand and Ms Goldsmith.
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Laura (centre) fought back tears as she left court on Monday, holding hands with a friend
It stopped her from publishing or disclosing 'any information' to 'any person' about her visit to Ms Goldsmith's home.
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It also banned her from making 'any allegation or insinuation' that Brand or Ms Goldsmith 'committed any criminal offence' against her or 'behaved towards her in a manner which may amount to a criminal offence'.
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She would breach the order if she was to 'make any approach to, or respond to, any enquiry from any journalist or media organisation in relation to the claimants or either of them'.
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She was ordered to pay Brand and Ms Goldsmith's £50,000 legal costs and the couple could launch bankruptcy procedures if she did not stump up.
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Ms Berki has subsequently launched three unsuccessful attempts to appeal the order.
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It is understood Ms Goldsmith has told Ms Berki she would agree to vary the injunction to allow her to contact police again.
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To do so, however, appears to require Brand's approval.
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Ms Goldsmith is understood not to have talked to him since 2014.
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Ms Goldsmith said Ms Berki had 'embarked on a campaign of vicious anti-Semitic and threatening abuse online and in emails' including calling her a 'deeply rotted JEWISH b****' and saying 'happy birthday (Jemima).
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I hope you have more.
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In other words I hope you don’t die this year.'
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She went on: 'The number, tone and content of these messages was extremely frightening.
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Ms Goldsmith added she is supportive of varying the injunction to allow the massage therapist to speak to police about her allegations.
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She said Ms Berki's barrister has not responded to her.
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'I am glad and relieved that Russell Brand has finally received justice,' Ms Goldsmith concluded.
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