I was on Big Brother – I ended up £80k in debt and fled the country after trying to SUE the show

BIG Brother series 13 star Deana Uppal has told how she took the show to court.

In a case that ended up costing her £80,000, she sued the iconic social experiment reality series for defamation.

Deana, 34, first appeared on screen in 2012 as part of the second series of Big Brother to air on Channel 5.

She was the first person to enter the iconic house within the Elstree Studio complex after a random draw by producers.

The star had a mostly successful run in the house as she was voted in third place in the final by the public.

In her best bits VT she was labelled a "princess" by a fellow housemate whilst another co-star called her "snakey".

She also received the most nominations and survived five evictions, the most of any housemate that year.

According to , the former reality TV personality claims that she was bullied by some of the other contestants.

An incident which showed Conor McIntyre verbally abusing her prompted 1108 people to complain to broadcast regulator Ofcom.

Uppal claims that she was affected by her appearance on the iconic social experiment.

She claimed: "They give you a train ticket home and that's it. You're left to deal with everything by yourself."

The star also claimed that her appearance also made her spiral into her own mental health crisis.

"I gave up. I went into a bad depression. I didn't leave my house for about eight months," she explained.

"Everyone feels like they know you and you have a lot of vultures around you that think that you made money."

Deana later went onto explain how she was approached by lawyers, who made the suggestion that she could make a defamation case against the production company.

She later lost the case as she said: "I was so young and my head was everywhere, I didn't read [the paperwork] properly.

"I had to pay my side's legal fees and their side’s legal fees. I had an £80,000 bill at 23 years old."

She was then required to pay £2000 a month, which put a strain on her finances.

The personality later moved to India in an attempt to lower her cost of living.