LOVE Island star Charleen Murphy has revealed that a man who was jailed for violently attacking her has targeted her again in a terrifying ordeal.
The Irish influencer, 28, told fans she had been forced to return to court last week after the man who assaulted her in 2023 began contacting her again following his release from prison.
Sharing a heartbreaking statement on TikTok, Charleen revealed the man had made violent threats against her, including threats to her life, resulting in an entirely new criminal case.
She explained: “Last week I was back in court dealing with something that has been an incredibly difficult part of my life.”
Recalling the original attack, Charleen said she had been sitting in a restaurant with a friend when the man, who had previously messaged her online despite never meeting her, tracked her down using a location she had shared on social media.
She revealed: “He punched me in the back of head which forced my head into a glass that was on my table, the glass smashed and then left me with a laceration to my head that required stitches.”
The man was subsequently handed a prison sentence, but Charleen said her nightmare began all over again when he was released and started contacting and threatening her.
She explained: “After being released from prison, that same person began contacting and violently threatening me again, including threats to my life. This resulted in the start of an entirely new criminal case and another court process.”
Opening up about the emotional toll, she said: “It’s hard to put into words what it feels like to have something you’ve spent years trying to heal from brought back into your life.”
She added that she was now facing the same person who had attacked her in the first place.
Charleen revealed the man has now entered a guilty plea in the new case, although sentencing has yet to take place.
She added: “I’ve spent so much time trying to carry on as normal while dealing with this privately, and I think there’s something quite freeing about no longer keeping such a significant part of my life separate from everything else I share on here.”
The social media star previously opened up about the lasting trauma of the original attack, revealing she struggled to sit with her back to the door in restaurants and had sought therapy.
Speaking on Mark Moriarty’s Roasted podcast last year, she admitted: “I have a certain seat I like to sit in the restaurant. I like to see all corners of the room and the door. I don’t like having my back to anything.”
Charleen entered the Love Island villa as a Casa Amor bombshell this summer, but her stint was cut short after just nine days when Kavan Murphy chose to reunite with Jasmine Muller, leaving her dumped from the villa.