Katy Perry's comments about her marriage to Russell Brand are receiving renewed attention as British police assess further reports about the comedian following his conviction and 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault. Perry's remarks date to a 2013 interview and are not a new response to the verdict.
In the latest development on November 10, London's Metropolitan Police confirmed that several people had contacted investigators during and after Brand's trial with information or potential criminal allegations. Detectives are assessing those reports alongside ongoing enquiries. Police were already investigating two additional rape allegations, including one involving a girl who was 16 at the time. These matters remain separate from the offences established at trial.
Brand, 51, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on November 9 after being convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women between 2004 and 2009. He will remain on the sex offenders' register for life.
He was acquitted of two other rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault. Brand had denied all charges and maintained that his sexual encounters were consensual.
Against that backdrop, Perry's account of their short marriage has resurfaced. Speaking to Vogue in 2013, the singer described Brand as "very controlling" and said he struggled with her authority while she was touring. She also recalled initially feeling responsible for their separation before learning something that changed her understanding of the breakup.
"I found out the real truth," Perry said, without explaining what she meant. That undisclosed information cannot be assumed to concern the crimes for which Brand has now been convicted.
The pair married in India in October 2010. Perry later told Vogue that Brand informed her by text message on December 31, 2011, that he wanted a divorce. Their divorce was finalised in 2012.
Another former partner, Jemima Goldsmith, has also spoken publicly since the sentencing. In a November 9 statement, she alleged that she experienced violence, coercive control and abuse during their relationship and called police to her home during an incident in 2014. She said she chose not to pursue charges at the time because she feared the effect of publicity on her children. Those allegations are distinct from the convictions handed down this month.
