Frankie Essex attacked in nightclub ‘because of TOWIE’

Former TOWIE star Frankie Essex has allegedly been attacked by a group of women because she starred in the hit reality show.

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by Fiona Day |
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The 26-year-old was left traumatised from the attack, which took place in a popular Essex nightclub.

Frankie was with her boyfriend John Lyons and TOWIE stars Chloe Sims and Elliot Wright when she was attacked.

Frankie told a UK newspaper that she was in the nightclub toilet when a group of girls jumped her.

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"They were literally pulling out clumps of my hair. They were really going for it. I was scared they might pull out a knife or a smashed bottle,” she said.

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Frankie thinks the girls targeted her because of TOWIE
Frankie thinks the girls targeted her because of TOWIE

The former reality star believes that she was targeted for starring in TOWIE.

"They were screaming 'Who do you f**king thing you are!” she said. "They were punching, scratching, pulling. I threw myself to the floor and curled into a ball trying to protect myself."

Frankie’s boyfriend John claims he heard a group of girls saying that they were going to ‘do Frankie Essex.’

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"When John told me what he had heard I realised they must have targeted me because of TOWIE," Frankie told the newspaper.

Sam and Billie Faiers fell victim to a vicious nightclub attack in 2011.

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