CBBC’s Katy Ashworth announces she’s pregnant with second child after bitter court battle with ex husband over first son
The presenter already shares son Charlie, four, with ex-partner Ben Alcott
CBEEBIES presenter Katy Ashworth is pregnant with her second child, two years after a bitter court battle with her ex over her first son.
The 32-year-old is expecting with new boyfriend Mark Cooper, and confirmed the happy news on her Twitter page.
Katy moved in with carpenter and joiner Mark in February, after meeting him on set of panto several years ago.
She has been documenting much of her pregnancy on Twitter, having shared snaps of herself performing at Geronimo Festival "in full pregnant glory" in July.
A second post saw her joke she needed a bigger apron as she led a kids' cookery class, while another saw the presenter indulge in a box of herbal pregnancy treats.
Katy already shares son Charlie, four, with ex-partner Ben Alcott, who she fought in bitter court battle in 2016.
Katy met Aussie director Ben in 2010 while working at the Good Food and Wine Show in Africa, and they soon became a long-distance couple.
She welcomed their son three years later, and decided to move to Australia for a 'trial period' in April 2016.
However Katy returned to the UK with Charlie after just three nights, having discovered Ben had been unfaithful.
Ben claimed Katy had abducted their son as a habitual resident of Australia, but a family court judge in Britain later cleared her of any wrongdoing.
The court heard that Katy had found "women's clothing", along with further evidence to suggest Ben was having relationships with four other ladies.
In his defence, Ben accepted that "on any reckoning" his personal life was "very complicated".
Using the phrase that his "decks were very crowded", he added that it was "very difficult to balance the different female interests in his life".
Judge Alex Verdan concluded: "I found the mother's evidence to be clear and consistent and supported by the documents. I found the father's evidence to be inconsistent, unreliable and unconvincing."
Ben, 44, said in February that he regularly flies to London, and speaks to Charlie on FaceTime every week.
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Katy later relocated to Salford Quays with Charlie and new partner Mark, in order to be close to the CBeebies studio.
A source told MailOnline of the I Can Cook host: "Katy has found happiness with Mark.
"She's been through a tough ordeal over the past few years but she's finally moving on and we're all so pleased for her.
"She gives a lot of joy to other people and deserves a happy life herself."
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