Jemima Goldsmith: Brand abused me

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Tuesday, 10 November 2026 Issue No. 625

Good morning. Jemima Goldsmith has revealed that Russell Brand abused her during their relationship. The 52-year-old heiress said she had called the police to remove him from her home during a “violent incident” in 2014. She spoke out after Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years for raping a 21-year-old fan in 2009 and sexually assaulting three other women. Martin Evans, our Crime Editor, reports. Elsewhere, the US has reportedly evacuated its aircraft from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk after a threat from Iran. Chris Evans, Editor P.S. As a valued reader, we’re giving you four months of The Telegraph for 25p each. If you’re already a subscriber, make sure you’re logged in to read today’s stories.   In today’s edition Trump says FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia boss — The Booker Prize has taught the publishing industry a lesson — Plus, what Burnham’s Brexit deal means for your breakfast

Email exclusive: four months for just 25p each Unlock trusted, first-hand reporting, free-thinking opinion and a wealth of practical advice. Claim now   Jemima Goldsmith: I was abused by Russell Brand Jemima Goldsmith and Russell Brand began dating in 2013 Martin Evans Crime Editor   On the day Russell Brand was jailed for 10 and a half years for rape and sexual assault, his former girlfriend, Jemima Goldsmith, has revealed that he abused her during their relationship. The 52-year-old heiress and former socialite said she had been forced to call the police to remove him from her home during a “violent incident” in 2014. Goldsmith, the daughter of the late financier Sir James Goldsmith, accused Brand of violence, coercive control and abuse during their year long relationship. She decided to speak out after she was criticised for using an anti-harassment injunction to silence a masseuse who had accused Brand of assaulting her during an incident at Goldsmith’s Oxfordshire mansion in 2014. She wrote in a post on X: “Whilst my pain in relation to this pales in comparison to what the women who have testified in court have suffered, this was a difficult period in my life which has had a lasting impact.” Goldsmith insisted that she had only resorted to the injunction after being subjected to a campaign of anti-Semitic abuse and harassment by the masseuse. Sentencing Brand at Southwark Crown Court, the judge, Mr Justice Bennathan, condemned his “staggering arrogance” and said he had a “disregard for any woman’s right to say no to you”. Prosecutors are considering two further allegations of rape and sexual assault against the disgraced actor and comedian. This report is available only to our subscribers. Continue reading ➤ Brand’s wife tells him ‘I love you’ as he is led to jail ➤ What prison life will be like for Russell Brand ➤ Brand lawyer under fire for ‘peddling rape myths’ ➤   Opinion Suzanne Moore Russell Brand’s reckoning should be the undoing of Owen Jones For years, progressive men turned a blind eye to a predator for political gain – proving how disposable women are to their cause Continue reading ➤     Celia Walden Burnham’s law will give trans activists free rein to harm children Continue reading ➤     Hannah Betts Jensen Huang and the problem with male libido Continue reading ➤     To make sure you don’t miss our newsletters when they land in your inbox, click here. In other news • The United States evacuated its aircraft from a Royal Air Force base yesterday after receiving a threat from Iran. Two American refuelling tankers that were using RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk were diverted and other US aircraft were moved, according to a report. • Civil servants must urgently improve productivity, Dame Antonia Romeo will declare in her first speech as Cabinet Secretary, as she heralds the biggest overhaul of the British state in more than 170 years. • The Government’s trans conversion therapy bill is “contrary to the rule of law”, a former director of public prosecutions has said. Lord Macdonald warned that parents would not be able to tell whether an honest conversation with their child could mean they had committed a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in prison. • The Duchess of Sussex will no longer deliver a planned speech today about online child safety as she is “not strong enough” after her father’s arrest. The Duchess and the Duke had been due to deliver the keynote address at the opening of a memorial at the European Parliament. • Manchester United are expected to sack Michael Carrick as their head coach. The club insisted that no final decision had been made about Carrick’s future, but sources suggested that an announcement could be made as early as today. • Finally, Maya Jama has announced a new deal with Netflix after stepping down as the host of Love Island after three years.   Essential Reads Alice Huang and Jensen Huang were having an affair | Credit: Avalon / EPN / Newscom Trump says FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia boss Donald Trump has said the FBI is “looking into” Jensen Huang, the Nvidia chief executive, over his affair with a suspected Chinese spy. However, the US president also defended the AI boss as an “honourable” man. “I asked him: ‘Did you have any idea that she was ‌a ⁠spy?’ He said ‘I had no idea that she was a spy’ and I really believe him,” Trump said. “I know the FBI is looking into it,” he added. Continue reading ➤ Nvidia boss’s family succession plan in peril ➤ ‘Chinese spy’ affair triggers $395bn slump at Nvidia ➤ Ben Marlow: China’s Nvidia spy plot is straight out of the Cold War playbook ➤   The Booker Prize has taught the publishing industry a lesson Last night, 81-year-old M John Harrison became the oldest Booker Prize winner in history. His apocalyptic novel The End of Everything is strange, absorbing, and should be read by anyone serious about fiction, writes Cal Revely-Calder, our Literary Editor. However, Harrison’s victory also needs to be a wake-up call for the literary world – on several fronts. Continue reading ➤ The 81-year-old British writer who just scooped the Booker Prize ➤   How the American hard-Left became the new Maga Who are the new Democrats who have been swept to power by a midterms blue wave asks Poppy Coburn, our Associate Comment Editor. The party establishment wants to show off the rising stars with a moderate edge: take Jon Ossoff in Georgia, who is already being considered as a serious contender for the 2028 nomination. However, moderates were not the only big winners. A decade after Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton, we can now say that Left-wing populism is here to stay. I was joined by the National Review’s Caroline Downey to get into exactly what these candidates intend to do with their power. Listen to The Right Track with Poppy Coburn ➤   The seven types of middle class prepper. Which one are you? With ministers advising households to stockpile, what lurks beneath the stairs is telling. Rob Crossan categorises Britain’s panic-buyers, from couples hoarding Maldon salt and organic hummus to doomsayers clutching titanium sporks. Whether subsisting on chia seeds or bartering Krugerrands from a fireproof basement safe, each archetype has an apocalyptic plan – yet some are far more prepared than others. Continue reading ➤   Seize the day What Burnham’s Brexit deal means for your breakfast UK legislation will need to be amended to match European regulations on food and plant products Brexit means Brexit. Or at least it used to before Labour came to power, but what does it mean for breakfast? James Crisp, our Europe Editor, runs the rule over what Andy Burnham’s food and drink deal with the EU, and dynamic alignment with Brussels, means for some of Britain’s best loved ingredients. For subscribers only ➤   The expert view ‘I’m an NHS psychiatrist – and I’m not convinced antidepressants work’ Our series The Expert View brings you specialist health advice from professionals. In this article we hear from Joanna Moncrieff, a professor of critical and social psychiatry at University College London and a practising psychiatrist for the NHS in London. She has been conducting research on psychiatric drugs for more than 20 years and has led large, government-funded research projects. Professor Joanna Moncrieff   Last year, 96 million antidepressants were prescribed to an estimated 9.1 million patients, according to the NHS. That’s a lot of drugs. Do they really work? I’m not so sure. For decades, people have been told that depression is a biological disorder and that antidepressants “work” and “save lives”, as if these are indisputable facts. They are not. They are part of a myth – one that conveniently supports the interests of the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry. We are simply medicating people for life’s ups and downs. Depression should not be treated as a medical condition. The rise in the use of antidepressants was kicked off by massive advertising campaigns for the release of SSRIs in the 1990s. These were accompanied by disease awareness campaigns, which allowed the pharmaceutical industry to reach the public. Hence, people began to view their unhappiness as an illness they should see their doctor about. This wasn’t how people thought about depression before. Continue reading ➤   Your Say The grass is always greener While Orlando Bird, our loyal Reader Correspondent, is away, Kate Moore is on hand to share an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Kate writes: Even if, like me, you struggle to keep a pot of basil alive on your windowsill, it was hard not to feel a certain pang at Monty Don’s departure from Gardeners’ World. Even those of us who never followed the programme felt that we somehow knew what he was like: that endless enthusiasm, that soothing voice and, of course, the enduring love of dogs that will strike a chord with anyone who’s ever watched a Labrador romping on a lawn. Among our readers, the horticultural novices and the experts alike were full of praise.   “I have never been really interested in gardening – maybe because as a child I was always given the thankless job of weeding,” wrote David Bramwell. “My wife is the gardener, and damn good at it, too, but whenever she was watching Gardeners’ World and Monty was on, I would stop, say ‘Good evening, Monty’ to the TV screen and sit down to watch it.”   “Monty epitomised a certain quintessentially English quality: calm, understated authority, a wonderful speaking voice and an immensely reassuring demeanour,” said Marty Go. “Knowledge worn lightly, without the slightest need to impress. A class act.”   “I’ll miss his Jobs for the Weekend section,” said James Birdy. “I took great joy when I could shout back at the TV, ‘I’ve already done that!’ I record all GW episodes over the year so I can re-watch through the dull, wet winter and make plans for the coming spring.”   With the melancholy of winter upon us, some were in a mood to wonder whether the show could go on. “With so much good content free on YouTube, it will be a bellwether to establish if the BBC can keep grabbing its enormous fee,” said John Sadler. “I have just watched The King of English Roses: Inside David Austin’s Private Garden on YouTube ... That is serious competition.”   Gardeners are used to adapting with the changing times, and resilience is in their bones. Barbara White summed it up for us: “Where there is gardening, there is hope. Happy gardening.” That’s all for now. In the meantime, you can contact us here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of this newsletter. Please confirm in your reply that you are happy to be featured and that we have your permission to use your name.   On this day 1917 | The Battle of Passchendaele comes to an end when Canadian troops recapture the high ground from the Germans in West Flanders, Belgium 1969 | Sesame Street premieres on PBS 2020 | NHS told to prepare for mass Covid vaccinations (see our front page coverage from the following day, below) Birthdays: Hugh Bonneville (63), Neil Gaiman (66), Tim Rice (82) Plus, 6ft 8in judo Olympic medallist Teddy Riner will run in the French presidential election to unite a country scarred by protests, riots and looting. How many other candidates have so far indicated they will run? Teddy Riner, in blue, throws his rival as he wins a judo gold medal at the Paris Olympics in 2024 1. 12 2. 26 3. 39 4. 50 Click on one of the above options to reveal the answer   Puzzles Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including PlusWord, Sorted, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.   Yesterday’s Panagram was LAMPLIGHT. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle.   Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor P.S. I’d love to hear what you think of this newsletter. You can email me your feedback at fromtheeditor@telegraph.co.uk. Email exclusive: 4 months for just 25p each Unlock trusted, first-hand reporting, free-thinking opinion and a wealth of practical advice. Claim now

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