Caroline Flack’s boyfriend Lewis Burton says the couple ‘ain’t split’ — despite messaging woman saying he’s single
CAROLINE Flack’s fella publicly insisted he was still with the TV star — after secretly messaging another woman saying he is single.
Tennis coach Lewis Burton, 27, took to Instagram last week to say he “ain’t split” from the troubled Love Island presenter after The Sun reported they had.
But WhatsApp messages he sent to another woman show the part-time male model declaring himself romantically available.
In one message — widely shared among a group of friends and seen by The Sun on Sunday — he said: “Me and Caroline don’t go out anymore.
“Are you available next weekend to see me?”
A court has banned Caroline, 40, and Lewis from having contact after he was allegedly hit with a lamp at her flat in Islington, North London.
Police who arrived at the bloodied scene on December 12 likened it to a “horror movie”.
A close source said: “Lewis is changing his tune now because he’s been caught out red-handed. It’s such a typical tactic.
“He said he was single because he wanted to meet up.
“But now he’s saying he’s with Caroline even though it’s in black and white that he isn’t. I feel sorry for Caroline.”
Yesterday Lewis posted another message on his Instagram saying: “Caroline is my girlfriend. Anything else you read is untrue.”
Caroline — who stepped down as host of the current series of the ITV2 dating show — denied assault by beating when she appeared at Highbury Corner magistrates’ court. She was released on bail.
Soon afterwards the star went to Los Angeles for almost a month. Caroline is due to stand trial on March 4.
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