Starr’s widow has finally forgiven him for years of domestic abuse just ahead of the first anniversary of his death. Sophie Lea, 39, says she was physically and emotionally tortured by the TV comic, who died from heart disease at his Costa del Sol home on May 9, 2019.
She previously told how their marriage descended into hell after the 76-year-old entertainer’s arrest on suspicion of historical child sex attacks.
He was first arrested in November 2012 by detectives from sex crime inquiry Operation Yewtree, and was rebailed several times.
After spending 18 months on bail for sex crime allegations, he was never charged with any offences by the CPS due to a lack of evidence.
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