[arista]

[Ammi]

Jay Blades has been charged with two counts of rape.

The Repair Shop presenter will appear in court next Wednesday over the allegations, police said.

A West Merica Police spokesperson told The Sun: “Jason Blades, 55, of Claverley in Shropshire, has been charged with two counts of rape.

“He is due to appear at Telford magistrates’ court on 13 August 2025.”

The presenter, who has received an MBE for services to craft, is awaiting a trial after last year being charged with controlling and coercive behaviour against estranged wife Lisa-Marie Zbozen, which he has denied.

Blades was arrested in May 2024 and charged in September that year.

His actions allegedly caused Lisa “to fear, on at least two occasions, that violence will be used against her” between January 2023 and September 2022.

Ms Zbozen, a fitness instructor, announced on her Instagram page in May last year that their relationship was over.

Blades pleaded not guilty last October and is currently awaiting a pre-trial review on that charge.

The announcement of the charges led the father-of-three to step back from presenting The Repair Shop on the BBC after seven years in the role.


Blades also resigned from his role with the King’s Foundation.

He had supported the educational charity, formerly the Prince’s Foundation, as an ambassador, and visited its Dumfries House location in Ayrshire for the BBC special The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit.

The presenter won a daytime Bafta TV award, along with other members of the BBC programme, for a special featuring the King, who was at the time the Prince of Wales.

The programme also won the daytime prize at the National Television Awards.

Blades previously presented the BBC’s Money For Nothing until 2020, appeared on Celebrity Masterchef, Celebrity Bake Off and Comic Relief, and delved into the history of the West Midlands and the East End for two Channel 5 documentaries.

In 2023, he was appointed Buckinghamshire New University’s first chancellor, having studied for a degree in criminology and philosophy from 2001.

He also left that position last year, and a spokesman said at the time: “Jay Blades MBE has resigned from his role as chancellor at Buckinghamshire New University with immediate effect. We thank Jay for his loyal service to the university, and will be making no further comment.”

[Crimson Dynamo]

Oh its the BBC again..

[arista]

He is on Conditional Bail


BBC1HD Lunch news confirmed

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

i still can't believe he'd do that



Jay is such a likeable down to earth bloke




money hungry women ruining everything which has gotten easier all since that pig Weinstein

Not to the women he Raped

[jones89]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

is that proven then? innocent until proven guilty is what i stand by and i believe in his innocence

I believe i just seen you go OFF about celebrities “apparently” doing cocaine while participating on Strictly… but a man being charged with 2 rapes just rolls right off your back?…

[Crimson Dynamo]

Get this guy on Strictly!

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

is that proven then? innocent until proven guilty is what i stand by and i believe in his innocence

Nicky it's conclusive. He did it.

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

No?

that about Harvey Weinstein i believe that story, Weinstein looks like a creep anyway

i could also believe it from Trump honestly, i mean the guy who literally on tv said ''grab em by the pussy''



but Jay, No ******* Way, but i assume you guys haven't watched anything from Repair Shop, he is such a lovable guy, also not just the presenter but he too helps along with repairs, usually alongside Will, anything with wood


and he did strictly christmas special recently tbh, he came across as a gentleman there as well


the royal special of repair shop too, was lovely with him and Charles

Nicky....I've lived with an abusive partner and everyone thought he was wonderful. Don't be fooled.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Get this guy on Strictly!

No, he is a Criminal

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Oh its the BBC again..

But what about the Strictly Cocaine addicts, LT?

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Nicky it's conclusive. He did it.

To be fair it’s not been proven yet

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by arista

No, he is a Criminal

He has not been convicted yet

[Mystic Mock]

Do the two women know each other?
@Nicky91

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

we ain't talking about ''an abusive partner'' though?


2 women charge him of rape, and No, i can't see Jay as a rapist to be honest, i stand by my opinions on this matter

Of course we are talking about an abusive partner. He is accused of coercing his partner, that's abuse.

What are you on about?

[Cherie]

Tbf he has been charged but the trial hasn't commenced yet, so we have to await the outcome of that

[Gusto Brunt]

No smoke without fire.

[bots]

its not the sort of show i would watch, so i have no idea who he is or what he is like.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

No smoke without fire.

Any one can be accused of rape even you
So if it was you that was being accused should we just say no smoke without fire?

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by bots

its not the sort of show i would watch, so i have no idea who he is or what he is like.

On screen persona can be very different in real life

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Tbf he has been charged but the trial hasn't commenced yet, so we have to await the outcome of that

If it's anything like the Benjamin Mendy case I would be prepared for a bad outcome.

[Nicky91]

lock Jay up, 25 years jail sentence is what i hope for



he is clearly guilty

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

lock Jay up, 25 years jail sentence is what i hope for



he is clearly guilty

Weren't you defending him yesterday?

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

lock Jay up, 25 years jail sentence is what i hope for



he is clearly guilty

This gets right on my nerves. You haven't a clue what you're talking about. One minute he's a Saint and then you want him banged up.