LONDON (The Thursday Times) — Jemima Goldsmith ne kaha hai ke Russell Brand ne unhen “tashaddud, jabri control aur badsulooki” ka nishana banaya aur 2014 mein aik pur-tashaddud waqiye ke dauran unhen Brand ko apne ghar se nikalwane ke liye police bulani pari. Unhon ne yeh baat us harasani ke hukm-e-imtinai ka difa karte hue kahi jo dono ne usi saal aik massage therapist ke khilaf hasil kiya tha jis ne Brand par hamle ka ilzam lagaya tha.
Goldsmith, jo Jemima Khan ke naam se bhi jani jati hain aur sabiq wazir-e-azam Imran Khan ki ahliya reh chuki hain, ne peer ke roz X par aik taveel bayan mein apna mauqif pesh kiya. Yeh wahi din tha jab Brand ko rape ke aik aur jinsi hamle ke teen jaraim mein sarhe das saal qaid ki saza sunai gayi. Unhon ne kaha ke hukm-e-imtinai ke bare mein “gumrah kun khabron aur qiyas araiyon” ki wajah se unhen aisi soorat-e-haal mein “daal diya gaya” hai ke bolne ke siwa koi chara nahin raha.
Unhon ne likha: “Main hamesha se Brand ke tamam mutasireen ke sath poori mazbooti aur ghair mubham taur par khari hoon. Main un bahimmat khawateen ki moatarif hoon jinhon ne Brand ke muqadme mein samne aa kar apni kahaniyan sunaein, gawahi di aur yaqeeni banaya ke insaf ho.”
Jemima Goldsmith ke baqaul Russell Brand ne kya kiya
2014 mein Brand ke sath taalluq mein rehne wali Goldsmith ne kaha ke unhon ne ghar par pesh aane wale waqiye ke baad na muqadma darj karaya aur na maamla awam ke samne laein, kyunke unhen apne us waqt nau-umar bachon par media ki tawajjuh ke asraat ki fikr thi. Unhon ne kaha ke us ke baad se unhon ne Brand ko na dekha hai na un se baat ki hai. Unhon ne likha ke un ki apni takleef gawahi dene wali khawateen ke dukh ke “muqable mein kuch bhi nahin”, lekin us daur ke “dairpa asraat” murattab hue.
Unhon ne kaha ke woh kai barson tak un sahafiyon ki madad karti rahin jinhon ne bil-akhir Brand ko benaqab kiya, aur yeh peshkash bhi ki thi ke agar mutasireen ke bayanat shaya karne wale akhbar par kabhi muqadma hua to woh adalat mein Brand ke badsulook rawaiye ki gawahi dengi.
Szilvia Berki ke khilaf hukm-e-imtinai
Tanaze ka markaz banne wala hukm 2014 ka hai. Goldsmith ke mutabiq unhon ne usi saal June mein massage therapist Szilvia Berki ko apne ghar par Brand ka massage karne ke liye book kiya. Un ka kehna hai ke Berki ke pahunchne tak Brand ka irada badal chuka tha aur taqreeban 30 minute baad unhon ne Berki se jane ko kaha. Goldsmith ne kaha ke woh poora waqt maujood rahin aur unhon ne “kuch bhi na-munasib nahin dekha”.
Berki ne baad mein police ko bataya ke jate waqt Brand ne unhen peeche se dhakka diya tha. Goldsmith ne kaha ke Thames Valley Police ko muqadme ki koi bunyad nahin mili, aur police ke nigran idare aur force ke professional standards department ke baad ke jaize ne bhi is nateeje ki tauseeq ki. Berki ka kehna hai ke un ke sath “tawaif jaisa” sulook kiya gaya. Brand aur Goldsmith ne un ke khilaf harasani ki karrawai ki; High Court ne September 2014 mein ubori hukm-e-imtinai jari kiya aur October 2015 mein use hatmi kar diya.
Brand ka muqadma khatam hone ke sath hi guzishta hafte yeh hukm dobara tawajjuh ka markaz ban gaya. Tax ke wakeel aur muhim chalane wale Dan Neidle ne, jinhon ne hatmi hukm ki naqal hasil ki, hafte ke roz likha ke Berki ka “na koi wakeel tha, na koi trial hua, phir bhi unhen umar bhar ke liye khamosh kara diya gaya, yahan tak ke police se baat karne se bhi rok diya gaya.” Us ke baad se Berki ke hami hukm khatam karne ka mutalba kar rahe hain.
Goldsmith ne kaha ke unhon ne yeh hukm sirf us muhim ko rokne ke liye hasil karne par razamandi di jise unhon ne Berki ki janib se yahood mukhalif aur dhamki aamez paighamat ka silsila qarar diya, jo unhen, un ke khandan, un ki jaye-kaar, sahafiyon, arkan-e-parliament aur Unicef UK ko bheje gaye, jahan woh dahaiyon tak khair sigali safeer rahin. Unhon ne in paighamat ka aik intikhab shaya kiya jo un ke baqaul judge ke samne pesh kiye gaye the. Aik paigham mein likha tha: “jald hum use maar denge.” Doosre paighamat mein un ke yahoodi hone par hamle kiye gaye.
Unhon ne likha: “In paighamat ki tadad, lehja aur mawad intehai khaufnak tha.” Un ka kehna tha ke High Court ne harasani ko “jabirana aur na-qabil-e-qubool” qarar diya, aur High Court aur Court of Appeal ne kai mauqon par is hukm ko barqarar rakha.
Goldsmith ne kaha ke woh hukm mein tarmeem ka mutalba karne walon se muttafiq hain. Un ke mutabiq unhon ne guzishta December mein apne wakeel ke zariye Berki ke barrister ko bataya tha ke woh aisi tabdeeli par razi hain jis se Berki dobara police se baat kar saken, aur Berki ki deegar darkhwaston par bhi baat karengi. Un ka kehna hai ke barrister ne May se koi jawab nahin diya, aur unhen bataya gaya ke kisi bhi tabdeeli ke liye Brand ki razamandi bhi zaroori hai, jis par unhen koi ikhtiyar nahin.
Unhon ne kaha ke woh is khadshe ke bawajood tarmeem par razi huin ke dobara yahood mukhalif badsulooki un khatrat mein izafa kar sakti hai jin ka un ke bachon ko pehle hi samna hai, “hamare yahoodi pas-e-manzar aur un ke walid ke siyasi career aur Pakistan mein qaid ki wajah se”. PTI ke bani Imran Khan August 2023 se jail mein hain.
Russell Brand ka jurm sabit hona aur saza
Southwark Crown Court ki jury ne 5 November ko 51 saala Brand ko 2004 se 2009 ke darmiyan chaar khawateen ke khilaf rape ke aik aur jinsi hamle ke teen jaraim mein mujrim qarar diya, jabke rape ke mazeed do aur nazeba hamle ki koshish ke aik ilzam se bari kar diya. Peer ko saza sunate hue Justice Bennathan ne unhen aik “shikari” qarar diya jis ne “hairan kun takabbur” ka muzahira kiya. Brand tamam ilzamat se inkar karte rahe.
Goldsmith ne apne bayan ke akhir mein likha: “Mujhe khushi aur itminan hai ke Russell Brand ko bil-akhir insaf ka samna karna para.”
