Thames Valley Police have confirmed that officers attended Jemima Goldsmith's home in Oxfordshire in July 2014 after she reported that her partner had assaulted her, and ensured that Russell Brand left the address.

The force issued its statement on Wednesday after Goldsmith spoke publicly for the first time about her relationship with Brand, saying she had personal experience of his "violence, coercive control and abuse".

Goldsmith, a television producer who dated Brand for about a year in 2013 and 2014, wrote on X on Monday: "I had to call the police to have him removed from my house in 2014 during a violent incident."

What the police said

In its statement, Thames Valley Police said: "The force was contacted by a woman who reported her partner had assaulted her in Oxfordshire on 25 July 2014. Officers were sent to the scene, where they spoke to the victim, listened to her concerns, and provided support and advice. We also ensured the victim's partner left the address, as per the victim's wishes."

The force said no arrests were made at the time. Goldsmith said she chose not to press charges, because she feared the effect that media attention would have on her then-teenage children.

She also said she has neither seen nor spoken to Brand since that period in 2014.

Why Goldsmith spoke now

Goldsmith said she felt she had no choice but to speak publicly after misleading reports and speculation about a harassment injunction obtained in 2014 and made final in 2015 against a woman named Szilvia Berki.

Berki had visited Goldsmith's home in June 2014 to give Brand a massage, and later reported to police that Brand had pushed her as she left. Goldsmith said she witnessed nothing improper, and that police concluded there was no case to answer after reviewing her statement and CCTV footage.

Goldsmith said she had assisted journalists investigating Brand and was prepared to testify about his alleged abusive behaviour if legal action had been taken against a newspaper that published the allegations.

Brand's conviction and new reports

Brand, 51, was sentenced on Monday to ten and a half years in prison at Southwark Crown Court, after a jury found him guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others in incidents between 2004 and 2009. He had denied all the charges.

The Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday that detectives were assessing a number of new reports about Brand from several people who contacted the investigation team during and since the trial. The force said detectives were investigating two other allegations of rape, including one involving a then 16-year-old girl.

Goldsmith's account of the 2014 incident is separate from the offences for which Brand was convicted. No charges were brought over the 2014 incident she described, and the allegations about it have not been tested in court.