Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana reportedly ran over EastEnders star Dean Gaffney on an evening out.
Fofana allegedly struck the EastEnders dad-of-two together with his Lamborghini on the King’s Road in Chelsea – leaving the actor well-known for his portrayal as Robbie Jackson with a visit to hospital, which revealed he had suffered a damaged collarbone.
The 23-year-old Frenchman was breathalysed by police on the scene and handed the take a look at, which means he was allowed to move on his means, as he was not deemed to be at fault for the accident.
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A supply from The Sun claims: “It was a nasty accident and Dean said afterwards that he was lucky to be alive and was counting his blessings. He’d just left a nightspot and was trying to get in a black cab when the Lamborghini hit him in the midriff, catapulting him into the air.
“He was out cold and his mates were all really worried. The emergency services gave him pain relief and he was patched up in hospital. At the time, he did not realise who the driver was but was told later that it was Wesley Fofana. Dean’s a Brentford fan and joked about a star of a rival club taking out a well-known fan of their neighbours!”
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It’s stated Gaffney, 45, solely discovered Fofana was the motive force of the automobile till later, whereas it’s reported the participant was “unaware” of the cleaning soap stars’ id. The incident, which occurred in December 2022, hasn’t beforehand been talked about by the previous I’m a Celebrity star as a result of there was “no blame attached” and it “was not anybody’s fault”.
The Blues’ £70million centre-back has been suffering from accidents since arriving at Stamford Bridge in 2022. He is but to look this season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament throughout pre-season.
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Meanwhile, Gaffney has been within the headlines this weekend after a bunch of OnlyFans staff revealed that he has been DM’ing them, asking to fulfill up. The 45-year-old had been sending messages to ladies 20 years his junior – with one even blocking him for repeatedly contacting her.
OnlyFans mannequin Morgan Holly Moore wrote on Twitter: “Dean Gaffney has now messaged me on three separate Instagram accounts after I’ve told him no and blocked him on the others. He’s even acting like he doesn’t know it’s me as he’s messaged previously. How many girls does this man message?” She ultimately replied to one of many messages, merely saying: “Bore off Dean”.
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The cleaning soap actor – who got here fifth in I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! in 2006 – beforehand suffered severe head accidents in a automobile crash January 2013. Gaffney, who was a passenger within the automobile, stated: “I was an idiot not to wear my seatbelt. It was a big wake-up call as I’m the father of two children.”
Gaffney gained the position of Robbie Jackson on the age of 15 and spent 11 years within the cleaning soap alongside his trustworthy canine Wellard. He returned briefly in 2004, 2010 and 2015, when his character moved to Milton Keynes to begin a brand new life after splitting from spouse Nita, earlier than returning once more from 2017 to 2019, solely to go away the present attributable to issues about his behaviour off-set.