Lauren, I Trusted The Wrong Man Too

Grace Weatherill feared for her life when her controlling boyfriend turned violent.

Lauren Goodger has announced her split with boyfriend Joey Morrisson – but not before branding him a ‘control freak’ and accusing him of sending explicit photos to other girls from his jail cell.

The TOWIE star says she put everything into her two-year relationship with Joey, who’s serving a 16-year prison sentence for violent offences.

Lauren, 31, who’d hoped to have babies with Joey, wrote on Instagram, ‘How silly was I to love and trust someone and give my ALL… I was with a complete control freak… took over me and my life!’

Grace Weatherill, 20, knows exactly what it’s like to put your whole heart into a relationship. But her terrible story almost had a deadly ending...

When I started chatting to Cassius on Facebook in March 2016, I was wary. I’d known him at school, and he always seemed to be in trouble with the teachers, hanging around with the wrong crowd and skipping lessons.

But the 18-year-old man sending me messages now seemed a far cry from that badly behaved teenager. Maybe he’d matured?

A few weeks later, Cassius asked if we could meet up.

At the time I was studying Health and Social Care at college, as well as working as a hospital healthcare assistant.

I had a lot going on, but I agreed to a date and when we hit it off instantly, I knew I’d made the right decision.

When I was with Cassius, watching TV or playing computer games, I felt so relaxed and it wasn’t long before we were spending most of our spare time together.

Only, when I did have other plans, Cassius wasn’t very happy about it.

One weekend in May 2016, I told Cassius I was going to the bingo with my mum, Jill, 38.

‘No, you’re not,’ he’d said bluntly. ‘You’re staying with me tonight.’

‘Fine,’ I’d sighed, not wanting to fall out with him.