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Rav Wilding denies steroid-fuelled Chantelle rows

Published Sunday, May 22 2011, 17:46 BST | By Daniel Sperling | 10 comments

Rav Wilding has denied accusations that he was verbally abusive to ex-lover Chantelle Houghton as a result of steroid use.

The Crimewatch presenter split with the Celebrity Big Brother winner in April after a "disturbing" public row.

Sources have since claimed that Wilding, a former soldier and police officer, would often "flare up and go berserk" at Houghton after taking physique-boosting drugs.

An insider told The Mail On Sunday: "Chantelle and Rav were having problems and just before he went to Norway she told him, 'You need anger management, you need to stop taking steroids'.

"He used to flare up and go berserk and Chantelle realised they couldn't ignore a blazing row that they had before he went away, but they did have a lot of arguments.

"She has got her wedding dress [from her marriage to Samuel Preston] in storage and he said 'Why have you got that? I want it out', he was continually like that and getting really angry calling her a slag and a slut."

However, Wilding has adamantly denied the "completely untrue and damaging" statements on Twitter and threatened to take legal action if necessary.

He wrote: "Here we go again... more complete lies printed in a sunday (sic) paper... have never taken any form of "steroid" other than what has been medically and legally prescribed for asthma like thousands of others do... Suggestions otherwise are completely untrue and damaging and I'm receiving legal advice.

"Some of the accusations in the press don't even merit a response, and yet again I hope people don't believe everything they read...This is all part of an almighty stitch-up to try and discredit me after I had to end the relationship...

He later added: "Thanks again to everyone who has sent me supportive messages. It's hard to see such rubbish printed about you, so the kind words mean a lot."

Wilding was recently believed to be seeking a reunion with Houghton, but the glamour model was allegedly spotted kissing Alex Reid at an awards ceremony earlier this month.