'Love Island' Host Caroline Flack Charged With Assault

Caroline Flack, the presenter of hit British reality TV show "Love Island," has been charged with assault, police confirmed on Friday.
Published: 12/13/2019, 4:16:41 PM EST
'Love Island' Host Caroline Flack Charged With Assault
Caroline Flack attends the ITV Palooza 2019 at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England, on Nov. 12, 2019. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Caroline Flack, the presenter of hit British reality TV show "Love Island," has been charged with assault, police confirmed on Friday.

"Caroline Flack—40 (09.11.79) of Islington was charged on Friday, 13 December with assault by beating. She will appear on bail at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Monday, 23 December," a spokesperson for London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

"This follows an incident at approximately 05:25hrs on Thursday, 12 December after reports of a man assaulted," they added.

The spokesperson confirmed that the man was not seriously injured.

Caroline Flack attends 'The Prince's Trust' and TKMaxx with Homesense Awards at London Palladium in London, England on March 6, 2018. (Tim P. Whitby/Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
Caroline Flack attends 'The Prince's Trust' and TKMaxx with Homesense Awards at London Palladium in London, England on March 6, 2018. Tim P. Whitby/Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images

Flack, 40, is best known for her role as host of "Love Island," and also presented "The X Factor" and "The Xtra Factor." She won British celebrity ballroom dancing competition "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2014.

Flack's representatives have not yet responded to CNN's request for comment. Representatives for ITV, the commercial TV network that airs "Love Island," declined to comment.