Caroline Flack’s boyfriend Lewis Burton has said it is “heartbreaking” that he can’t spend Christmas with the Love Island presenter, after a judge refused an application to remove bail conditions preventing them from having contact.
During a hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday morning, the 40-year-old TV star pleaded not guilty to assaulting Lewis at her London home earlier this month.
Her solicitor, Paul Morris, made an application to have a bail condition banning her from talking to or seeing her boyfriend lifted, but it was refused by District Judge Julia Newton.
Lewis, who was present at the hearing, later shared his feelings about the ruling on Instagram.
“It’s heartbreaking I can’t see my girlfriend over Christmas,” he wrote.
Earlier at the hearing, prosecutor Katie Weiss told the court Caroline had hit Lewis over the head with a lamp, something he denied in his Instagram post.
He added: “What I witnessed today was horrible. She did not hit me with a lamp. Arguments do happen every day in every relationship. Gutted I am not allowed to protect her right now.”
The prosecutor claimed that the star had “flouted” her bail condition not to have any direct or indirect contact with her boyfriend.
“She breached this almost immediately by posting a message on Instagram by writing ‘to my boyfriend I love you’,” Ms Weiss said.
After leaving the hearing, Caroline shared an update with fans on her Instagram Stories.
She wrote: “Thankfully I know a lot of you will not believe all that you have heard and read following today’s court hearing.
“Thank you for your continued support and love... it’s going to be a relief when I am able to give my side of the story, when I allowed to.
The presenter was released on conditional bail before her trial on 4 March, which is expected to last a day and a half.