Jay Blades is seen leaving court after being charged with coercive control

BBC presenter Jay Blades was seen looking downcast arsenic helium near tribunal pursuing charges that helium allegedly engaged successful controlling and coercive behaviour against his estranged wife, Lisa Marie Zbozen.

The Repair Shop host, 54, appeared astatine Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court connected Friday greeting with 1 number of engaging successful controlling oregon coercive behaviour successful an intimate oregon household relationship.

Blades was intelligibly trying to support a debased illustration arsenic helium exited the court, wearing a hood and a puffer overgarment arsenic helium rapidly made his mode to a car.

The presenter looked stressed and downcast, a acold outcry from his sunny demeanor fans are utilized to seeing connected TV.

Blades was bailed and is present acceptable to look astatine Worcester Crown Court connected Friday, October 11 to code the allegations of carnal and affectional abuse.

West Mercia Police said it launched an probe into the allegations aft being called connected May 3.

The brace separated earlier this year, with Zbozen, 43, taking to Instagram to stock quality of their divided 18 months aft their matrimony ceremony.

She besides uploaded a poem soon aft which referenced ‘treating yourself kindly’ successful hard times, starring immoderate to wonderment if she was referencing the extremity of her marriage.

Meanwhile, Blades took a measurement backmost from Repair Shop amidst the dissolution of his marriage.

Blades and Zbozen joined successful Barbados successful November of 2022.

At the time, Blades told Hello magazine: ‘We had our closest household there, the upwind held retired and everything worked retired truthful well.’

‘Once you get to a definite age, you realise what’s really important connected the time – and that is having the radical astir you that emotion you for who you are. So we made the time our day,’ Lisa added.

Blades and his archetypal woman – from whom helium divided successful 2015 – stock a 17-year-old daughter.

News of the allegations against Blades person near fans successful shock.

X idiosyncratic @amandakhurley wrote: ‘Sad astir the Jay Blades news. The Repair Shop is simply a pure, beauteous show. It got maine done the pandemic.’

User @a_Troglodist agreed: ‘I’m adjacent parts horrified and bittersweet astatine this news. It is inactive a beauteous programme, we mustn’t fto 1 atrocious pome spoil the rest.’

@GinDeeDee posted: ‘I was shocked erstwhile I heard the quality astir Jay Blades.’

@drnateheywood wrote: ‘Jay Blades? Man, that’s disappointing.’

A BBC spokesperson told Metro.co.uk: ‘It would not beryllium due to remark connected ongoing ineligible proceedings.’

As the lawsuit continues to unfold, its hard to foretell what the aboriginal of Blades’ vocation volition look like.

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