Blackmail claims towards TV presenter Alison Hammond are being investigated by police.
The 48-year-old This Morning common has reportedly been put beneath strain by her blackmailer for big sums of cash and a BMW automotive price £5,000.
The blackmailer threatened to unfold lies about Hammond in an effort to derail her profession if she didn’t co-operate with the calls for, in line with The Sun.
In a press release, West Midlands Police stated: “We are investigating an allegation of blackmail of a woman in her 40s.
“We take reviews of this sort very critically and our inquiries are progressing swiftly.”
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Hammond first rose to fame in 2002, after competing within the third sequence of Big Brother. She then joined the crew at This Morning in the identical 12 months.
She at present presents the weekday daytime present on Friday mornings with former X Factor host Dermot O’Leary.
Earlier this month she was introduced because the new co-host of The Great British Bake Off, changing comic Matt Lucas, who introduced his exit final December.
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Hammond will co-present alongside actor and comic Noel Fielding, 49, a performer identified for his darkish and surreal comedy who stunned many when he joined the present.
Source: information.sky.com”