I'm A Celebrity star sues ITV after accident on show leaves them bloodied and bruised

A former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestant has launched legal action after a nasty accident on the show.

Supermodel Janice Dickinson is suing ITV bosses over a horror fall on I’m A Celebrity.

The 70-year-old was forced to quit the show after suffering an injury while filming the South African edition of the reality programme in 2023.

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The American model and businesswoman tripped over a cable in the Kruger National Park, falling face-first to the ground. The nasty accident left her with a head wound, a black eye and fears of a skull fracture before she was rushed to hospital.

Doctors later ruled out a break, but Dickinson was forced to pull out of the All Stars version of the show, which was hosted bytelly favourites Ant & Dec.
She has now filed a personal injury claim against ITV, seeking damages at the High Court.

The documents - which list it as a personal injury claim - were filed on September 19.

Limited details are available, but it says: Dickinson v ITV Studios Limited.

IIt is not clear how much she is seeking, but it could be hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Speaking after her ordeal, the self-proclaimed “world’s first supermodel” recalled the moment she was reunited with her husband, Robert Gerner.

She said: “My husband’s face didn’t budge when he saw me – it was probably like waking up and seeing me every morning with this wrinkly old pruney face “But he held my hand really tight so I knew something must be up.”

Although she called it an “honest accident”, Dickinson confirmed ITV had paid her medical bills in Los Angeles, where she underwent intensive laser treatment with a skin specialist.

She added: “If you look really closely now, there’s still an indentation on my forehead, which I don’t think will ever fill out.

The star insisted she wanted to return to the camp but admitted production made the right call in keeping her out.

She added: “I was in shock even a day after. I think people in the campsite couldn’t have handled it.”

Dickinson, who was a household name in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a judge on America’s Next Top Model, said she was devastated to leave the show.

She said: “Even when I was on a stretcher, I was crying: ‘I came here to win this contest'.” The larger-than-life star added: “Emotions were at a high. I was crying and laughing and peeing on myself at the same time. It was terrible – and I’d done some horrible trials, but none as horrible as that fall.”

Dickinson's agent declined to comment.