Easy to play the grumpy old man over stories like this and whilst I am in the camp of never having heard of this lady and being disparaging of the genre of TV that she appears linked with, any loss of a life before its natural time is a tragedy.

My boy explained to me last night what this Love Island show entailed (I had heard of it but never watched it) but, and I accept that this is me being me, it struck as almost a form of 'soft' prostitution? Or am I wrong?

None of which detracts from what is clearly a tale of terrible personal loss and I suspect that almost nobody involved will emerge with much credit.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

I was thinking after I heard the news that the only way out for here was to take the action she did. The fact that in her final moments she didn’t phone someone and just talk it through is the really sad part as she would have known loads of people. Maybe that in itself is the problem knowing loads of people but not having anyone real close in desperate times.

Also read that the boyfriend who was assaulted wanted the case dropped so why couldn’t the CPS drop it if the victim is happy to forgive.

How many women "forgive" their men and refuse to press charges only for them to do it again.

Domestic violence is a serious issue and from what the tabloids reported at the time this was a serious assault. Men who are assaulted by women is a far smaller group but they are worse at reporting it then women because of shame and embarrassment.

I don't agree with her management company who are now blaming the police and CPS for pursuing it. If she was found guilty I have no doubt that the judge would have taken her mental state into account when sentencing. I believe it was the boyfriend who called the police well whoever it was you cannot untell that story so her career suffered from that night.

This was a tragedy but she like a lot of others chose a shallow career path which is built on physical appearance and very little talent. Because of the incident with the boyfriend she lost her main presenting job and I guess the opportunities for a 40+ woman who relies on her looks dried up.

My sympathies to her family and friends.

One more point

Just listening to a former CPS prosecutor only 10% of domestic abuse cases end up in court often because the victim refuses to complain. Over 100 killed each year may of who had been assaulted before and either refused to complain or the police failed to take action.

So the police and CPS are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

One more point

Dioxide, jeez where does auto correct come up with that out of suicide. Anyway, you know what I meant

I tried and can’t watch more than 5 seconds of it. They’re all simpletons with little character full of Botox.

I’ve seen other tv programme panels discussing Love Island where the contestants play games that are the kind of things you have on Mediterranean boat parties. The girls straddle the boys and the boys standing up dry fvck them is one I remember seeing. Not to mention the snogging of different people every night and musical beds. I heard or read on here maybe there might be bisexual people going on.

Didn’t a former contestant commit suicide? Not sure if he died.

What I also heard is a respectable parent explaining some of it can be good for educating teenagers on relationships. Things like not standing for being treated or spoken to by a partner in disrespectful ways.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (16 Feb 2020 10.09am)

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