CELEBRITY Big Brother bosses asked Roxanne Pallett if she wanted to report Ryan Thomas to the police after she accused him of “punching” her.
Channel 5 bosses sat down with the former Emmerdale star and gave her the option of going to cops, but explained she would have to leave the house straight away, as would Ryan.
Insiders told The Sun Online Roxanne, 35, decided not to get the police involved following talks on Friday.
She later quit the show in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A TV source said: “Roxanne sat down with producers on Friday and they discussed all the possible courses of action she could take.
“She was still adamant Ryan had hit her and that it was a really serious incident, despite what everyone has seen on camera.
“CBB takes its duty if care to the celebs incredibly seriously and they wanted to give her all the options.
“They asked her if she wanted to report the incident to the police. She asked what would happen if she did and they said her and Ryan might have to leave the house and they might both forfeit their fees.
“To be fair to her, she said she didn’t want to go down that route. Then she left.”
Last night viewers said they were heartbroken as they watched 34-year-old Ryan learn of the extent of the allegations made against him by Roxanne.
He claimed he had only “playfully” jabbed at her body as they mucked around in the house on Thursday,
Roxanne however said she felt scared Ryan wanted to hurt her and told her co-stars he had “repeatedly punched her.”
After leaving the house she returned to the home she shares with her fiancé Lee Walton.
Since the scenes aired, twenty of her Emmerdale co-stars have spoken out against Roxanne.
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Alongside this, a number of stars – including Ferne McCann and Michelle Heaton – have told their fans Roxanne should be “ashamed” of the allegations she made against Ryan.
She was pictured looking downcast at a service station as she left London on Saturday but has not been seen since.
Her social media profiles, and those belonging to her fiancé Lee, have been deleted.
The Sun Online has contacted Celebrity Big Brother and Roxanne’s representatives for comment.
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