Rhian Sugden left ‘paranoid and scared to leave the house’ as trolls send more death threats following Vernon Kay texting scandal… As Page 3 model insists there’s NO sex tape
The model has revealed she's been left "miserable" by the continued abuse, despite recently being targeted in a horrific burglary
RHIAN Sugden has revealed she’s been left terrified to leave her house as trolls continue to fire death threats at her following her texting scandal with Vernon Kay.
Despite the star now terrified to be left home alone, cruel trolls have still targeted her online, and brought up her former texting scandal with TV presenter Vernon Kay.
Rhian exclusively told The Sun Online: “I’ve done so much stuff since the texts, I’ve got my own business, I’ve been to Afghanistan, but all that’s ever mentioned is something to do with sex.
"I really don’t know what people think I do? It’s not like I’m sat there writing out sex secrets on my laptop.
“Whenever I’m in the news it reignites what they [the trolls] have to say. I’ve been getting tweets saying ‘only a whore records sex secrets on a laptop’, and saying I don’t deserve to live because I’m out to ‘ruin Vernon Kay’s life’.
“This has got nothing to do with him whatsoever. It’s so boring, I’m sure he’s probably sick of it as well. He must see it because his name is always linked to it, and I just think, poor Tess Daly getting all this attention again for no reason.”
“If we had a full blown affair I’d understand, but text messages from 2010 is a bit much now. It’s old news. If I could erase the internet I would. I feel like that’s all I’m known for.”
Rhian recently started off her own adult online sex shop, ToolBoxXx.com, and the entire business was run from her laptop – which was one of the items stolen.
While the business has been a huge success, the star still has to face a barrage of abuse taking her back seven years to the first time she was linked to Kay.
Now she has been forced to deny there’s a risk of an alleged ‘sex tape’ being leaked following the robbery.
“There’s no private material on there at all. People are clutching at straws,” she said.
“I have definitely never made a sex tape. It’s ridiculous.”
Rhian avoids reading negative comments as much as she can, but it’s almost impossible to avoid them altogether while keeping a career in the limelight.
“It’s horrible,” she added. “Even when I used to go out in Manchester, people used to give me abuse when I was out, so I don’t go out anymore. It’s very rare now. I used to be a party girl, and go out Thursday, Friday, Saturday, but I can’t remember the last time I went out.
“I can’t be bothered with people staring, I’m constantly paranoid they’re thinking things. Especially after the last Vernon Kay claims last year, I just can’t be bothered with the hassle. It’s making me so miserable. Everything I do seems to have a repercussion back to Vernon.”
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She added: “I’m worried to go out the house because of all the abuse I get, but I’m actually worried to stay in the house now too. Oliver is away next week and my friend owns a security firm, so he’s going to put a watch outside my house for the next week while Oliver’s away. We’re having CCTV fitted too, it’s extreme but any girl home alone is a bit on edge anyway.”
Rhian is happily engaged to Oliver Mellor, and she insisted while the comments get her down, her fiancé doesn’t let it affect their relationship.
“He’s stronger than I am,” Rhian admitted. “He just says ignore it, but I care too much what people think, I can’t just brush it off. I have a constant need to defend myself. It doesn’t affect Oliver, or at least he doesn’t show it.”
The star insisted: “I was sent to Afghanistan to support the troops, I’ve been on Celebrity Big Brother, I’ve done more than text Vernon Kay in the last 10 years of my life.
“Everything links back to Vernon, everything. Some people even link us into the same tweet, and Tess Daly, so there’s all three of us in the same post.”
“Part of me wants to withdraw from the spotlight completely. It gets too much. I can’t seem to do anything right.”
Rhian was forced to speak out on Twitter following claims her private information was set to be leaked by burglars following the robbery, and admitted she's been left "terrified".
She wrote: "I‘m terrified to be in my own house as my windows were smashed through & my house has been violated!”
Going into further detail about what happened, she added: "My house was burgled, they took over £10,000 worth of belongings and turned the place upside down.
“I discovered this alone and have never felt so scared in my life.
“There was nothing incriminating on my laptop, just my new business which means everything to me. Everything else can be replaced.
“I still feel violated as as they went through everything and I’m disgusted that it has been used in the media to kick me when I’m down.
“Saying a sex tape will appear online. No it won’t as a sex tape doesn’t exist.”
She added: “I don’t know what people think I get up to in my spare time but I assure you I don’t have a cupboard full of “sex secrets” that have been stolen.
“It’s actually everything else they have taken.
“Thank you to to the kind-hearted people who have actually been supportive.”
Speaking to The Sun on Saturday, the Page 3 stunner said she was at the hair salon when crooks plundered thousands in luxury jewellery, designer handbags and electrical goods.
The brazen thieves struck in the middle of the afternoon as Storm Doris wreaked havoc across the UK on Thursday, sparking fears the attack was pre-planned.
The incident is believed to have happened between 1.30pm and 7pm on Thursday.
Greater Manchester Police said they are investigating the incident, adding: “Police received reports of a burglary shortly after 7pm on Thursday.
“An officer attended and found intruders had broken in through a patio door before stealing a significant amount of personal items.
“We are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.”