Woman arrested after stalking Joey Essex and threatening to ‘shoot’ ex-girlfriend

Joey Essex is said to be relieved (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

A woman who stalked Joey Essex and ‘threatened to kill’ his former partner Jessy Potts has been arrested.

The female, who is in her 40s, sent Joey, 34, more than 100,000 text messages.

The sinister social media contact included the woman threatening to ‘shoot the s***’ out of Jessy, who he was briefly in a relationship with after leaving Love Island. The woman also labelled Jessy a ‘flat sl**’ and ‘b****’.

After the messages became more serious, Joey and his team decided to report the incidents to the police in August.

A woman in Stockport has now had her electronic devices including a mobile phone seized by Cheshire authorities, claims The Sun.

After her arrest, she was released on bail under strict conditions not to contact Joey, or travel to London and Essex.

Joey and Jessy dated for two months (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

The Cheshire police said in a statement to Metro: ‘We can confirm a 34-year-old woman from the Poynton area has been arrested on suspicion of stalking. The woman has been released on conditional bail until February while enquiries continue.’

A source close to Joey told the publication that he is ‘relieved’ that the woman has been found.

At the time of reporting the stalking, Joey said: ‘We have had to take the decision to report the stalker to the police because the messages have started to become more threatening,’ he said.

‘I love my fans and want to be able to talk to them online but there has to be a line somewhere and sadly this is it.’

On top of sending Joey countless private messages, the woman also left public comments on his social media updates.They included ‘just call me annoying again that’s what you get when your insecure in yourself’. She also told Joey to ‘sort your insecurity out’ and ‘find your own friends’.

Joey reported the online activity to the police (Picture: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/WireImage)

Joey first found fame on reality show Towie in 2011, which documented a group of glamorous Essex people’s lives.

Capitalising in the interest, he went on to appear on more than 15 reality shows, including Celebrity Ex on the Beach, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Dancing on Ice. Most recently, he was enlisted as a celebrity bombshell for Love Island, and his casting received mixed reactions. He also unexpectedly popped up on Selling Sunset.

Joey and Jessy met on Love Island (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

During his time on the ITV dating show, Joey met Jessy, 25, and was instantly attracted to her. He was in a couple with Grace Jackson (who has just rocked up on Love Island All Stars FYI), but decided to instead explore his connection with Jessy. They appeared to go from strength to strength in the villa, and even annouced their intention to be exclusive after being dumped from the island just days before the final.

However, after two months of dating, Joey announced the end of their romance.

‘Unfortunately, we have decided to call an end to the relationship but I hope we can continue to be friends,’ he told The Sun.

Joey added: ‘I truly wish Jessy the very best with whatever she does in the future.’

Metro contacted Joey Essex and Jessy Potts’ representatives for comment.

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