Standard British TV presenter Alison Hammond has been driving excessive publicly after she was lately named the brand new co-host of The Nice British Bake Off, however exterior the general public eye, she was reportedly coping with a blackmailing scheme. Now somebody has reportedly been arrested for the crime, and particulars are beginning to go public within the British press for the primary time.
The alleged blackmailer has not been publicly recognized, however in accordance with The Mirror, he’s thirty-six and was reportedly buddies with the forty-eight-year-old Hammond. Over the past yr, the outlet claims the favored TV presenter purchased the person a automotive and different items, however in some unspecified time in the future, he allegedly began threatening to smash her profession if she didn’t spend more cash. The Solar claims the alleged blackmailer has points with medicine and he or she as soon as tried to pay for his rehab, solely to be taken benefit of. She allegedly shelled out 1000’s of kilos over the course of almost a yr earlier than a latest message demanding one other thirty-five hundred kilos allegedly pushed her to go to the police.
Authorities from the West Midlands Police aren’t saying a lot on the report, however they did launch a brief and to the purpose assertion…
A 36-year-old man has been arrested from an tackle in Warwickshire this night on suspicion of blackmail in opposition to a lady in her 40s. He stays in custody for questioning.
Alison Hammond’s profession has steadily taken off since she first appeared on the UK model of Large Brother all the way in which again in 2002. Her transient however extraordinarily common run led to a gig on ITV’s This Morning the place she shortly emerged as one of many present’s hottest presenters. Within the time since, she’s constructed a devoted fanbase on the present and has made occasional appearances in different actuality reveals like Strictly Come Dancing, Movie star Masterchef, I Can See Your Voice and I’m A Movie star… Get Me Out Of Right here.
Earlier this yr, her profession took one other massive step ahead when she was introduced as the brand new co-host of The Nice British Bake Off. The cooking actuality competitors streams on Netflix in The USA and is extremely common all over the world, even amongst celebrities. The chance ought to give her an opportunity to develop her profile exterior England. She’ll substitute the departing Matt Lucas and serve alongside Noel Fielding to current for longtime judges Paul Hollywood Prue Leith (who use a extra intricate scoring system than viewers usually notice).
Barring any stunning developments, the blackmailing case isn’t anticipated to have any impact on The Nice British Bake Off or Hammond’s work on ITV’s This Morning. If the person who was arrested is formally charged, extra particulars will seemingly begin rising in regards to the case and what occurred.
