ITV Drops ‘Emmerdale’ Writer After He Attacked Girlfriend; Soap Withdrawn From BAFTA Voting
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deadline.comITV has severed ties with Martin Fustes, a writer on long-running soap opera Emmerdale, after he admitted to charges of attacking his girlfriend.
The UK commercial broadcaster said it was “shocked and appalled” at the details of the court proceedings against Fustes, who has writing credits on nearly 760 episodes of the early evening drama.
As well as dropping Fustes, ITV has withdrawn Emmerdale from the BAFTA TV Awards, where it would have competed for the Soap prize.
The show has dealt with domestic abuse in a recent storyline. “We were shocked and appalled to learn about the recent court case involving Emmerdale writer, Martin Fustes.
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