Lorraine Chase has launched a £100,000 legal battle over a back injury she sustained on ‘Celebrity Carry On Barging’ in 2016.
Lorraine Chase
The former ‘Emmerdale’ star - who played Steph Stokes in the ITV soap - took part in the Channel 5 reality series four years ago, and injured her back whilst filming when she crashed into a ledge during an abseiling segment.
And now, the 69-year-old retired model has launched legal action against her abseiling instructor, as she claims he let out her rope too far which caused her to sustain her career-ending injuries.
Her barrister David White told a judge at Central London county court: “She would do a panto every season and she hasn’t been able to because of the persisting symptoms she sustained.”
However, The Sun newspaper reports the unnamed adventure company that employs the abseiling instructor have claimed she ignored clear instructions, and that her injuries were a result of her failure to comply with safety measures.
Lorraine’s abseiling incident isn’t the only time she’s feared for her life either, as earlier this year the beauty said she was “lucky to be alive” after she almost choked to death on a piece of rye bread.
The actress and model was celebrating a friend’s birthday at a local pub when the bread became lodged in her throat, and was eventually rescued by a barmaid.
She said at the time: "I was eating a little piece of smoked salmon on rye bread, which was quite dry, and it just went down the wrong way and became stuck in my windpipe.
"I've never been so frightened in all my life. I'm lucky to be alive. I was coughing and choking. I couldn't breathe."
Lorraine said she didn't know how long she was choking for, but said it was "quite funny" to see her friends sit there in shock.
She added: "I've got no idea how long it went on for. All I know is that it went on long enough for my lips to go slightly blue, so it was long enough. I remember my friend Jamie saying, 'Lorraine, are you all right?' but I couldn't breathe or talk at all. I was frightened that I was going to choke to death."