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| Caroline Flack: Love Island host denies assaulting boyfriend | Caroline Flack: Love Island host denies assaulting boyfriend |
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| TV presenter Caroline Flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at her flat in London. | TV presenter Caroline Flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at her flat in London. |
| Police were called to her home in Islington on 12 December after reports of a man being assaulted and she was charged the following day. | Police were called to her home in Islington on 12 December after reports of a man being assaulted and she was charged the following day. |
| The 40-year-old stood down as host of ITV2's Love Island last week. | The 40-year-old stood down as host of ITV2's Love Island last week. |
| Ms Flack's partner, tennis player Lewis Burton, watched proceedings from the public gallery at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court. | |
| Paul Morris, defending, said Mr Burton had "never supported" the case against Ms Flack, adding: "He is not the victim, as he would say, he was a witness." | |
| However, prosecutor Katie Weiss said: "Mr Burton is a victim, he received significant injury to his head." | However, prosecutor Katie Weiss said: "Mr Burton is a victim, he received significant injury to his head." |
| Ms Flack's solicitor made an application to have a bail condition banning her from talking to Mr Burton lifted. | |
| Mr Morris said: "They had been in a relationship all of this year and he appears in court today to support her and they remain a couple. | |
| "She wants to spend time with her partner. If the conditions were lifted there would be no concerns. | |
| "It's not an irrelevant point, it's Christmas, it's New Year, she's suffered enough." | |
| Ms Flack began presenting Love Island in summer 2015, having fronted the 12th series of The X Factor alongside Olly Murs, and winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2014. | |
| She stood down from the show after she was charged, saying it was the "best thing I can do". |