Gino D'Acampo married 'first love' wife after going to prison

The personage cook has been joined since 2002

TV cook Gino D'Acampo has deed headlines this week implicit galore allegations of "inappropriate" behaviour - thing the 48-year-old powerfully denies. The personage is known for his roles connected shows specified arsenic This Morning and Italian Escape implicit the years, and has much precocious opened a drawstring of Gino restaurants.

Gino has been accused of "unacceptable", "distressing" and "horrendous" behaviour portion moving connected a assortment of projects implicit a play of much than 12 years, but helium has "firmly" rebuffed the "deeply upsetting" claims.

The TV star's lawyer responded successful a statement: “This allegation from astir 15 years agone has never, until present via a media petition for comment, been raised oregon enactment to Mr D’Acampo. He does not callback it, nor judge that this happened. Mr D’Acampo is horrified to beryllium accused of 'power play' and an 'aggressive act'.

"He emphatically and unequivocally denies these allegations”.

He said successful a afloat statement: “I person been told by ITN quality that allegations person been made astir maine acting inappropriately, immoderate dating backmost implicit 10 years ago. I person ne'er been made alert of these matters antecedently and the allegations are firmly denied.

"I would not bash thing that I thought would upset oregon distress anyone. This is simply not successful my nature. I bash not recognise the mentation of events being enactment to me.

"Not lone person these allegations ne'er been raised with maine before, I person been repeatedly supported by executives astatine the highest level and was commissioned connected prime-time programmes during the play successful which it is present suggested I was acting inappropriately.

"I americium a father, hubby and person worked with good implicit 1,500 radical connected astir 80 productions successful my career, which I person been truthful arrogant of. I instrumentality specified matters highly earnestly and the proposition that I person acted successful an improper mode against is profoundly upsetting."

Amid the investigation, Gino shared a light-hearted video connected Instagram featuring his woman Jessica Stellina, whom helium has antecedently referred to arsenic his "first love". The couple, joined for 22 years and parents to Luciano, 22, Rocco, 19, and Mia, 11, were seen enjoying a laughter with Gino's co-star Fred Sirieix.

In the clip, Jessica mistakenly grabs Fred's hand, prompting her to say: "I thought it was you," which led Gino to caption the station with a humorous note: "When the Wife chooses the incorrect foreigner! GDx."

Despite their beardown enslaved now, Gino and Jessica person weathered their stock of storms, including a little separation. They archetypal crossed paths erstwhile Gino was conscionable 18, moving astatine Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King edifice successful Marbella.

After parting ways, they recovered their mode backmost to each different successful 1995 and yet tied the knot successful 2002. In 1998, 4 years earlier they married, Gino was convicted of burgling vocalist Paul Young’s location and was sentenced to 2 years successful prison.

It wasn’t nationalist cognition that Gino had a condemnation until the cook appeared connected I’m a Celebrity successful 2009, which helium went connected to win. He took £4,000 worthy of guitars arsenic good arsenic a platinum record, immoderate currency and jewellery.

His DNA was matched to a cigaret butt dropped astatine the spot which led to his arrest. During his clip successful situation Gino decided helium wanted a caller commencement erstwhile helium was released.

He said: “I was a boy, truthful I decided to get joined and past I volition beryllium a man.” Gino has described their matrimony arsenic a “traditional marriage”.

The cook said: “I cleanable her car each week. I complaint her toothbrush each clip the artillery is low, and I ever bring her a vessel of acold h2o conscionable successful lawsuit she's thirsty astatine night. My woman is simply a clever woman, she knows erstwhile to accidental thing and erstwhile to wound her tongue."

Speaking to the Daily Star, Gino antecedently revealed the concealed to their blessed matrimony is giving each different their ain space. He said: “We let each different to person our ain lives, that means going connected vacation with our friends.

“My woman goes for meal with antheral friends and I spell for meal with pistillate friends oregon concern friends. We are precise relaxed.”