Jemima Goldsmith, former partner of British comedian Russell Brand, has accused him of violence, coercive control and abuse, revealing that she once called police to have him removed from her home following a violent incident.

In a statement shared on social media on Monday, November 9, Goldsmith said the incident happened in 2014 but she chose not to press charges or make the matter public at the time because she feared the impact of intense media attention on her teenage children.

Goldsmith’s disclosure came hours after Brand, 51, was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison following his conviction for rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women between 2004 and 2009.

The four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court heard accounts from the victims, with the sentencing judge criticising Brand for what he described as an arrogant disregard for women’s right to refuse sexual advances.

Goldsmith, a television producer and former wife of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, said she had neither seen nor spoken to Brand since their relationship ended in 2014.

She also revealed that she had assisted journalists investigating Brand’s conduct and offered to testify about his alleged abusive behaviour if the newspaper that published the victims’ accounts faced legal action.

Her statement also addressed renewed scrutiny surrounding a 2015 harassment injunction involving Szilvia Berki, a woman who had made allegations against Brand following an encounter at Goldsmith’s home in 2014.

Goldsmith said she agreed to the injunction after Berki allegedly subjected her and her family to threatening messages and online abuse. She maintained that she had been present during Brand’s interaction with Berki and had not witnessed anything untoward.

She said the renewed media coverage of the matter had created what she described as an untrue narrative, exposing her to further online abuse.

Goldsmith expressed solidarity with the women who testified against Brand, praising their courage in coming forward and helping secure his conviction.

Brand, who denied the charges, was acquitted of two additional counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.

He is expected to serve at least two-thirds of his sentence before being considered for release on licence and will remain on the sex offenders’ register for life.