3 weeks agoNew York StateComments Off on Oscars rocked by ‘racism’ scandal, AI row and deadly wildfires leaving Best Picture race wide open
AS the Oscar hopefuls met up for a glamorous pre-awards dinner this week, one major nominee was missing.
Karla Sofia Gascon, who became the first ever transgender Best Actress nominee for her role in Emilia Perez, stayed away from the annual “class photo”.
GettyThe Brutalist’s Adrien Brody enjoyed a dinner at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles this week[/caption]
APDemi Moore is Oscar nominated for her role in The Substance[/caption]
ReutersBritish actress Cynthia Erivo is nominated for her role in Wicked[/caption]
The actress has been shunned since racist tweets of hers were unearthed following the film’s 13 nominations.
Scandals over AI, blackface and intimacy co-ordinators have dogged three of the hopefuls, raising questions over dirty tricks campaigns by rival camps.
One thing is for certain.
All these bust-ups have left the race for Best Picture wide open.
British-produced Papal drama Conclave will be in with a good shout when the winners are announced on Sunday night, as will sex worker comedy Anora and quirky horror The Substance.
Afterwards, they sat in the David Geffen Theater’s plush red seats for the annual group photo.
But plenty of the wannabe winners must be secretly gritting their teeth at the back-stabbing that goes on in the fight for the coveted awards.
The Brutalist, an epic tale about a Hungarian Holocaust survivor and architect played by Brody, was the bookies’ early favourite to pick up the Best Picture statuette.
But after doing best at the Golden Globes with three of the night’s top awards, stories started to circulate that director Brady Corbet had used AI to smooth out the Hungarian accents of Brody and his British co-star, Felicity Jones.
It was ironic because Corbet used old-fashioned 35mm film to make the movie extra-realistic.
But the director insisted: “Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own.
“They worked for months with dialect coach Tanera Marshall to perfect their accents.”
Brody has also been caught up in a “blackface” controversy.
After winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor, it was revealed he had worn a dreadlock wig for his introduction of reggae star Sean Paul on US comedy show Saturday Night Live in 2003.
GettyRalph Fiennes stars in papal drama Conclave[/caption]
GettyZoe Saldana stars in Emilia Perez[/caption]
GettyEmilia Perez’s Karla Sofia Gascon may not even turn up to the Oscars[/caption]
A similar scandal has engulfed I’m Still Here’s Fernanda Torres, who is up for Best Actress.
In January, the Brazilian star apologised for blacking up in a comedy sketch show 20 years ago.
After receiving 13 Oscar nominations, Spanish-language musical Emilia Perez appeared to be a sure-fire winner.
But the backlash was swift and fierce.
There were complaints over the fact a movie about Mexican drug cartels had been made in France by a French director — in a light-hearted way.
“Almost 500k dead and France decides to do a musical.”
The film sees Spanish actress Karla Gascon play a drug baron going through gender reassignment surgery to become Emilia Perez.
She alleged that the negative comments about the film were being orchestrated by the people behind the movie I’m Still Here and those backing her rival for the Best Actress gong, Fernanda Torres.
She wrote: “There are people working with Fernanda Torres tearing me and Emilia Perez down.
“That speaks more about their movie than mine.”
AFPMany have questioned the awards going ahead in the wake of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles[/caption]
AlamyMikey Mikey did not have an intimacy supervisor for her sex scenes in Anora[/caption]
PAThe Brutalist has come under fire for its use of AI[/caption]
Just a couple of days later, a journalist dug up old social media posts by 52-year-old Karla.
In 2021, she tweeted that “the West should ban Islam” and, a year earlier, described George Floyd, the black man who was murdered by a white police officer, as “a drug addict swindler”.
She also defended Adolf Hitler by commenting: “I do not understand such world war against Hitler — he simply had his opinion about the Jews.”
It is also unlikely that Academy voters will appreciate Gascon describing the 2021 Oscars as “an ugly, ugly gala” similar to “a Black Lives Matter demonstration”.
Within 24 hours, her chances of being named Best Actress evaporated and the film’s awards campaign was all but derailed.
Karla’s half-hearted apology, in which she claimed “I, myself, am not even aware of having written something negative”, did not help matters.
Fortunately, Karla’s co-star Zoe Saldana has not suffered as a result of the controversy.
She has won best supporting actress at all the major awards events this year and is nailed on to do so again on Sunday.
One of the big questions for the televised ceremony is whether Karla, who swerved the Baftas in London, will even turn up.
The talk is that she will be there on the red carpet.
APSome Catholics have called Conclave blasphemous[/caption]
GettyMikey Madison is nominated for Anora[/caption]
With Emilia Perez and The Brutalist falling by the wayside, that left the way open for highly praised sex comedy Anora.
Its star Mikey Madison upset the odds at the Baftas by pipping The Substance’s Demi Moore to the Best Actress gong.
But Mikey, 25, did not have an intimacy supervisor when she performed the no-holds-barred naked sex scenes in the film, directed by Sean Baker, despite her acting union expecting one to be on set for such moments.
Mikey insisted she was offered one and turned it down because, “My character is a sex worker, and I had seen Sean’s films and know his dedication to authenticity”.
All this has left Conclave as the front runner.
Written by British playwright Peter Straughan, it stars Ralph Fiennes as the fictional Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, who is charged with organising a conclave to select a new Pope.
It won best film at both the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Baftas.
But some Catholics have railed against it due to its depiction of Papal rivals spreading nasty rumours about each other, such as one cardinal in the film having a secret love child.
Writer Christina Sorrentino called it “blasphemous” and said it “mocks the Church”.
With Pope Francis gravely ill in hospital, Academy voters might decide against choosing a movie which could upset the world’s 1.4billion Catholics.
This has left The Substance being touted as a possible victor.
It would be the first horror movie to win since The Silence Of The Lambs in 1992.
But the gory film, in which Demi Moore, 62, appears fully naked, has split audience opinion, with its graphic scenes seeing some viewers walk out of the cinema.
For that reason, the odds on Timothee Chalamet’s relatively uncontroversial Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown have shortened.
One thing that will most likely stay constant at this year’s awards is that the most popular movies will not walk away with golden statuettes.
Neither Wicked, which has taken nearly £600million at the global box office, nor Dune Part II, which earned just a little less, are given much hope by the bookmakers.
But after this year’s debacle, the Oscars might finally come to show more appreciation for these much-loved mainstream movies.
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3 weeks agoNew York StateComments Off on I freed ‘Dutch Lucy Letby’ – terrifying parallels with Britain’s killer nurse means I KNOW I can clear her too
THE blonde nurse bowed her head in court as she was sentenced to life for killing babies on her watch.
Prosecutors claimed the smoking gun evidence came from a string of “sinister” diary entries — and hospital shift patterns which revealed she had been present at all of the deaths.
SWNSKiller nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of ruthlessly murdering seven babies in her care[/caption]
WikipediaDutch nurse Lucia de Berk was wrongly convicted of killing seven patients, including babies[/caption]
AFPDe Berk leaving court after her acquittal in 2010[/caption]
GettySome insist Letby has been made a scapegoat for hospital failings[/caption]
Suspicious staff had blown the whistle after one too many coincidences between the babies dying and the “oddball” nurse. And a nation had recoiled in horror.
Sound familiar?
Well, this condemned baby-killer was not Lucy Letby, the “Angel of Death” British nurse now serving 15 life sentences.
This was Dutch nurse Lucia de Berk — found guilty of killing seven and attempting to kill three of her young patients in 2003 and 2004.
In an astonishing about-face, the “worst serial killer” in the history of the Netherlands then had her convictions overturned before she was exonerated seven years later.
Now — as top doctors question the science behind Letby’s conviction — critics are using De Berk’s case to highlight how doubts over 35-year-old neonatal nurse Letby’s case could very well be justified.
And Professor Richard Gill, a statistician who was part of the team that freed de Berk, has told The Sun he believes he can use the same arguments to also clear her British counterpart.
De Berk, then 40, was jailed for life with no parole in 2003. She had worked as a paediatric nurse across three hospitals between 1997 and 2001.
But, as in Letby’s case, her colleagues became suspicious that patients often died under her watch.
‘Obsessed with death’
These hunches were deepened when a post-mortem carried out on a five-month-old baby who had died suddenly suggested foul play.
So Dutch police launched a mammoth investigation, finding that in a few cases there was evidence of poisoning — although in most deaths no real explanation could be found.
Despite the doubt, de Berk was charged with killing 13 patients and attempting to kill five others by injecting them with tranquillisers, painkillers and potassium.
Her trial — which began in September 2002 — included evidence that bore a chilling similarity to that used in Letby’s case.
There were diary entries de Berk had attempted to burn that the prosecution claimed showed that she was “obsessed by death”.
Police had also found books about crimes and murders in her home.
And medical experts were called to give evidence — claiming the deaths showed some patients received increasing dosages of drugs.
Ultimately she was convicted of murdering four patients and attempting to kill three others after prosecutors argued she was the very last person at their bedside.
But Professor Richard Gill said the Letby and de Berk cases are “incredibly similar” and include many of the same “mistakes”.
He said: “The ball is rolling. Lots of people are convinced that this was probably a miscarriage of justice.”
News Group Newspapers LtdProfessor Richard Gill said the Letby and de Berk cases are ‘incredibly similar’[/caption]
RexDe Berk reacts after her acquittal in 2010[/caption]
Letby said ‘I’m innocent’ as she was led from the dock when she was sentencedAFPmurderpedia.orgDe Berk worked at three hospitals in The Hague[/caption]
murderpedia.orgShe spent years in prison before being acquitted[/caption]
And he said the evidence used to convict de Berk was just in-depth statistical probabilities that were later proven to be inaccurate.
De Berk spent five years behind bars at Scheveningen prison before the case went to the appeal court.
Speaking after her acquittal in 2010, she said: “I want to warn people, especially nurses: What happened to me can happen to you too.”
Now — 15 years after de Berk walked free — Dr Gill revealed to The Sun what the reclusive de Berk, who has not spoken to the Press for years, told him when asked about Letby.
The nurse, who is now aged 63, said the case “causes her anguish”. Letby was sentenced to 15 whole life orders after two trials across 2023 and 2024.
She was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill eight more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015 and 2016.
The charges Letby was convicted on in full
Child A, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby injected air intravenously into the bloodstream of the baby boy. COUNT 1 GUILTY.
Child B, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby attempted to murder the baby girl, the twin sister of Child A, by injecting air into her bloodstream. COUNT 2 GUILTY.
Child C, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said Letby forced air down a feeding tube and into the stomach of the baby boy. COUNT 3 GUILTY.
Child D, allegation of murder. The Crown said air was injected intravenously into the baby girl. COUNT 4 GUILTY.
Child E, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby murdered the twin baby boy with an injection of air into the bloodstream and also deliberately caused bleeding to the infant. COUNT 5 GUILTY.
Child F, allegation of attempted murder. Letby was said by prosecutors to have poisoned the twin brother of Child E with insulin. COUNT 6 GUILTY.
Child G, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby targeted the baby girl by overfeeding her with milk and pushing air down her feeding tube. COUNT 7 GUILTY, COUNT 8 GUILTY, COUNT 9 NOT GUILTY.
Child H, two allegations of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby sabotaged the care of the baby girl in some way which led to two profound oxygen desaturations. COUNT 10 NOT GUILTY, COUNT 11 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child I, allegation of murder. The prosecution said Letby killed the baby girl at the fourth attempt and had given her air and overfed her with milk. COUNT 12 GUILTY.
Child J, allegation of attempted murder. No specific form of harm was identified by the prosecution but they said Letby did something to cause the collapse of the baby girl. COUNT 13 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child K, allegation of attempted murder. The prosecution said Letby compromised the baby girl as she deliberately dislodged a breathing tube. COUNT 14 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child L, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said the nurse poisoned the twin baby boy with insulin. COUNT 15 GUILTY.
Child M, allegation of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby injected air into the bloodstream of Child L’s twin brother. COUNT 16 GUILTY.
Child N, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby inflicted trauma in the baby boy’s throat and also injected him with air in the bloodstream. COUNT 17 GUILTY, COUNT 18 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT, COUNT 19 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child O, allegation of murder. Prosecutors say Letby attacked the triplet boy by injecting him with air, overfeeding him with milk and inflicting trauma to his liver with “severe force”. COUNT 20 GUILTY.
Child P, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said the nurse targeted the triplet brother of Child O by overfeeding him with milk, injecting air and dislodging his breathing tube. COUNT 21 GUILTY.
Child Q, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby injected the baby boy with liquid, and possibly air, down his feeding tube. COUNT 22 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Earlier this month, a panel of 14 neonatologists even went as far as to claim there is no hard medical evidence of the nurse’s crimes.
They concluded the criminal convictions were “unsafe”, claiming there was no “smoking gun” and that Letby was convicted based on circumstantial evidence.
Letby sceptics have clung to de Berk’s unusual case — claiming prosecutors used the same flawed methods to convict her.
And an application to the UK’s independent Criminal Cases Review Commission has been submitted.
Now Prof Gill has also cast doubt on the medical experts used to convict Letby.
He said: “I honestly think it’s big, but it’s going to take a long time.” Letby and de Berk were both accused of murdering patients in over-stretched hospital units and became victims of gossip and “witch hunts”, said Prof Gill.
Referring to de Berk’s case, he said: “It’s incredibly similar [to Letby] . . . down to all kinds of little details, and the big picture. It’s a long and complex story, but the beginning is simple and it’s basically the same.
“An over-stressed unit in a children’s hospital where it turned out there had been management changes, policy changes in moving children from high intensive care to medium intensive care.”
Professor Richard Gill, the statistician who was part of the team that freed de BerkLetby carried out the rampage while working at the Countess of Chester HospitalAFPDe Berk is hugged by her daughter Fabienne after her acquittal[/caption]
He emphasised: “The thing to focus on here is changing hospital policy leading to very vulnerable patients dying suddenly in a place where they had not died before, where they usually didn’t die — where they were supposed to get better and go home.”
Alluding to Letby, Prof Gill added: “You may have heard that phrase before.”
He said the extra deaths on de Berk’s unit suddenly led to “gossiping about a nurse who seemed to be always there when they happened”. Prof Gill said there was a “totally inexplicable spike in deaths” in what was a “very, very good hospital”.
He says this easily led to suspicions of a “killer nurse” — and de Berk found herself the prime suspect.
The trigger event was the death of a six-month-old baby, which led to a “witch hunt”, explained Prof Gill.
“It’s the same social dynamics, the same psychologies, the same reaction — a social system in stress and bad things happening and identifying what seems to be a very evil person causing it. This is what happens.”
Prof Gill thinks Letby was a victim of the same kind of witch hunt.
At her trial, prosecutors argued the collapses and deaths of the children were not “naturally occurring tragedies” and instead the gruesome work of “poisoner” Letby.
Her ‘rampage’ was finally uncovered after staff grew suspicious of the “significant rise” in the number of babies dying or suffering “catastrophic” collapses, the court heard. Letby was found to be the “common denominator” among the horrifying incidents.
Analysis of Letby’s shift patterns and how they coincided with incidents do not prove her guilt, says Prof Gill — with admin errors key to disproving the case against de Berk.
Dioxin level evidence used against de Berk was later found to be flawed, and some experts say similar about insulin and whether air was injected into victims in the Letby case.
How Lucia de Berk's convictions were overturned... and how they compare to Letby's case
Probabilities in de Berk’scase, such as a one in 342 million chance the deaths were down to luck, were considered flawed;
Stats in Letby’s case are said to have changed during the trials and didn’t delve deeply enough
De Berk was initially believed to be on shift during certain incidents but later this was found to wrong;
Letby’s shift patterns formed a key part of the prosecution – but could be flawed or coincidence
Doubts with De Berkover evidence of high digoxin levels in one child’s blood;
Similar doubts have been raised about Letby’s use of insulin with claims of evidence being invalid
Evidence of De Berk‘s opportunity to poison victims said to be flawed; similarly no witness evidence of Letby causing harm
Chain argument allows evidence from one incident to impact the next; both cases used it heavily, argues Prof Gill
The London panel of experts described the medical evidence as “unsafe”.
Prof Gill said: “I would say for Letby, in seven years of a police investigation, they did not find direct medical proof.”
He also explained how in de Berk’s case, the prosecution “homed in on statistics”. This revolved around the number of shifts she worked with or without any incidents.
‘A very evil person’
The statistician revealed: “The numbers changed, actually, as the trials progressed. Like the spreadsheet changed in the Letby case.”
Both Letby and de Berk were found to have written concerning notes, including in diaries, during the killings and subsequent investigations — but Dr Gill said this was used as character assassination and does not prove anything.
Like Letby, prosecutors also used writings in her diary which Prof Gill said were circumstantial and used in “an attempt to destroy her character”.
EnterpriseLetby was sentenced to 15 whole life orders after two trials across 2023 and 2024[/caption]
Derbyshire ConstabularyFootage released by police shows the moment Letby was arrested[/caption]
NewsflashNurse Daniela Poggiali, who Prof Gill also helped to free[/caption]
Prof Gill concedes de Berk’s diary was concerning, like the notes found in Letby’s bedroom admitting to murder and being “evil” — but not necessarily enough on their own to convict someone.
He said: “She, Lucia, wrote some odd things in a kind of florid language.
It’s incredibly similar [to Letby] . . . down to all kinds of little details, and the big picture. It’s a long and complex story, but the beginning is simple and it’s basically the same
Prof Gill
“She was actually practising to be a crime writer and she had Stephen King books on her bedside bookcase, which was also evidence of her ‘evil’ character — as well as some syringes found at her home.
“The list of evil things — circumstantial things — is kind of the same.” Prof Gill said commentators argue the case should not be re-explored “in order to respect the parents” of the babies Letby is convicted of murdering.
‘Parents need closure’
But he insisted: “I think that in order to respect the parents, we have to do this.
“The parents need closure, and it’s actually overwhelmingly clear that the babies were killed by the incompetence of doctors.”
Meanwhile, de Berk — now 62 and a grandmother — has completely moved out of the public eye.
Prof Gill said: “For her, this episode in her life is now finished. She’s not angry with anybody.
“She is moving on and focusing on her family, her grandchildren, her garden, holidays with her husband.
“When she thinks of Lucy Letby, it causes her anguish. She’s not going there any more.”
Letby scribbled ‘I am evil. I did this’ on a noteIn another, she said ‘I can’t do this anymore’Letby also wrote ‘I wanted you to stand by me but you didn’t’ to a doctor colleaguePAThe notes were found in Letby’s bedroom[/caption]
PAShe also sent a sympathy card to a mum of a baby she allegedly murdered on the fourth attempt[/caption]
Derbyshire ConstabularyShe then lied to police in her interview back in 2018[/caption]
COMMENT: I covered Lucy Letby case from her first arrest...Here's why I know she's guilty
She was a coward when she refused to come back into court after the first guilty verdicts filtered in.
She was a coward when she hid in her cell instead of facing her victims’ families at sentencing.
And she was a coward when she targeted newborn babies who were barely bigger than her hand.
Now she is being a coward again and hiding again behind her lawyers.
Letby’s case was one of the most unusual I have ever worked on. It took nine months of harrowing evidence before the jury were finally sent out.
Then it was a further 22 days before the verdicts were reached.
But the case actually began years before when police released a statement confirming a woman had been arrested on suspicion of murdering babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
It didn’t take long to get Letby’s details – officers had raided a home that linked to the nurse and her Facebook had her work details.
The smoking gun really came though when a staff profile emerged. Holding up a tiny baby-gro in her scrubs, Letby spoke out how long she had worked at the hospital and what her role was.
The nurse said: “My role involves caring for a wide range of babies requiring various levels of support.
“Some are here for a few days, others for many months and I enjoy seeing them progress and supporting their families.”
Letby also revealed she was undergoing “extra training” to enhance her “knowledge and skills within the Intensive Care area”.
The “career-driven” nurse was even described as a “champion for children”.
But as we later found out, the killer hid under this “cover of trust” to “gaslight” everyone around her, including her own colleagues.
Usually in these cases, the suspect’s social media will be a treasure trove – posts about hating work, glamorous pictures, sharing a major dislike for children for example.
Letby’s was not. She was, as the police always described, beige.
When the case finally came to court, it was hard to predict what way the jury would go. Listening to reams of complicated medical evidence over such a long period of time may have ultimately been detrimental to convicting Letby.
As it was, the evidence wasn’t clear-cut.
We were told the collapses and deaths of the 13 babies were not “naturally-occurring tragedies” but instead the work of “poisoner” Letby.
Her reign of terror was finally uncovered after staff grew suspicious of the “significant rise” in the number of babies dying or suffering “catastrophic” collapses.
Letby was of course found to be the “common denominator” among the deaths and collapses.
But there was no billion-to-one DNA linking her to the killing spree. We heard Letby had been seen hunched over some of her victims before they fell ill but no CCTV showed this.
Instead, the jury could only rely on the medical evidence provided by the very experts who are now claiming their input was misinterpreted.
They are among a growing number of researchers and politicians calling for Letby’s convictions to be quashed due to a miscarriage of justice – much to the dismay of her victims’ families.
And yes, these experts are smart – they are more intelligent than me, than Letby, than the lawyers who prosecuted her.
But it’s like everyone has overlooked the fact there was other proof that was enough to convince me she was guilty.
Bubbling under the surface of her outwardly-calm demeanour was a twisted chaos that exploded from the nurse in the form of handwritten diary entries.
One that gave away her guilt read: “I am evil I did this”.
The note added: “I don’t deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I’m not good enough to care for them.
“I am a horrible person”.
Letby also screamed for help on Post-Its and begged “Kill me” as she revealed her inner turmoil.
As the death toll rose, the notes became more frenzied.
In one, Letby scrawled: “I can’t do this anymore. I can’t live like this.
“No one will ever understand or appreciate what it’s like.”
How is it so easy to suddenly overlook these cold hard facts? Letby was obsessed with the families of her victims – an innocent person does not stalk the grieving parents of a dead child on social media.
The jury certainly didn’t forget Letby’s confession when they made their decision. Neither did a second jury at her retrial for attempting kill another baby.
Nor did the top judges who TWICE refused when her team applied for permission to appeal against her convictions.
Yes Letby’s case could return to court but why does that mean the outcome would be any different?
The Criminal Cases Review Commission could return the case to the Court of Appeal but equally, they may not.
The Court of Appeal could refuse the request for a retrial. A retrial could take place but a jury might still convict her.
And then what? The families of her victims will be forced to listen again to the harrowing final details of their newborn babies’ lives before they were cruelly snuffed out by Letby.
A jury made their decision, Letby was not simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, she was a killer.
3 weeks agoNew York StateComments Off on ‘James, you can’t f***ing win’ – Roy Keane delivers perfect comeback as he finally responds to Maddison dig
ROY KEANE has taken his spat with James Maddison to new heights.
And after the pundit’s latest mischievous jibe, Tottenham midfielder Maddison was told by Gary Neville: “James, you can’t f***ing win!”
Fans reckoned Roy Keane was in top form for ‘banter’Sky SportsJames Maddison made his darts celebration after scoring vs Man Utd[/caption]
Sky SportsThe Spurs ace then made this gesture, though to be aimed at Keane[/caption]
The banter battle began when Keane accused the England ace of never stepping up to the plate.
Keane even claimed: “He got relegated with Leicester and he’ll get relegated with Spurs.”
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3 weeks agoNew York StateComments Off on Love Island star ‘reveals shock split’ from rugby player boyfriend as she opens up on heartbreaking ’emotional abuse’
LOVE Island star Belle Hassan appears to have split from her rugby player boyfriend Luke Crosbie.
The makeup artist, 26, took to Instagram this afternoon to tell fans she’s experienced six weeks of alleged emotional abuse that has left her feeling at an all time low.
Belle Hassan has opened up about her personal heartbreakInstagramShe has split from rugby ace boyfriend Luke Crosbie
In the emotional note, Belle didn’t name Scotland international Luke, 27, but she has wiped all trace of him from her grid and they no longer follow each other.
When a fan asked how she was and that they’d missed her posts, Belle wrote: “I’m probably at the lowest point I’ve been in my life and I genuinely don’t know how to pull myself out.
“I can’t even pull myself out of bed, and have been like this for about 6 weeks, when I tell you emotional abuse is no joke I mean it!
“I wouldn’t wish what has been done to me on my worst enemy.
“For the first time in my life I’ve been faced with a situation I have no idea how to deal with and I know usually it’s me on here giving all the advice but I don’t wanna sit here and lie and say I know I’ll be fine because this time I’m not sure if I will be.
“I can promise I am trying my best to get better but this one’s gna be a process.”
The Sun has contacted a rep for Belle for comment.
Last year the couple appeared in numerous loved-up posts on social media and looked completely smitten.
They went official late in 2023 just as Belle, who previously dated Anton Danyluk, was asked to sign up for Love Island All Stars.
She called Luke a “gift from the universe” and said: “He ticks every checklist I have, he’s completely my type to a T, personality, looks everything.”
Londoner Belle relocated to Edinburgh to live with the sports star and opened a beauty salon in the city.
Luke previously praised Belle for supporting his career and shared details of winning her hardman actor dad Tamer’s approval.
He told us: “She’s starting to realise how sore you are after the games!
“She’s got a big job keeping me fed but she’s doing a good job so far.
Instagram / @bellehassanBelle moved her life to Edinburgh where Luke plays rugby[/caption]
bellehassan/Instagram..Belle pulled out of Love Island All Stars after falling for Luke[/caption]
“She loves rugby now and her dad loves it as well, and her mum, so they’re big supporters.
“I get along well with her dad. He’s a tough man, like!
“One of the first times I met him he wanted to make sure I could protect his daughter so it turned into a little sparring match at Christmas. I passed the test!
“You wouldn’t hear the end of that if I’d knocked him out!”
