Former Eggheads star CJ de Mooi has revealed he's dying after spending years battling AIDS and he's about to be left homeless after being made bankrupt.

The ex-quiz show regular, 49, was once a familiar face on TV as one of the panelist on the popular BBC show.

However, he was axed in 2016 as he faced false claims he'd sexually assaulted a man on a night out.

De Mooi also racked up massive legal bills fighting extradition to the Netherlands over claims he murdered a homeless man in Amsterdam in 1988.

The allegations were later dropped, but he was left with huge debts and made bankrupt in September.

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He's now facing the prospect of losing his home so a crowdfunding campaign has been set up in a bid to help him.

His plight was detailed in a series of heartbreaking messages posted on Twitter .

CJ wrote: "I’ve been living with AIDS for 30 years but the agony of the last 3 years means I may not have many left.

"I’m outwardly healthy, still running and am staying positive I can get better.

"Thank you all for your love and if I can do anything to help any of you, please just ask. CJ."

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His account is being run by a friend called Joe, who is encouraging fans to make donations.

He explained: "CJ’s life is ruined, he is dying and about to lose his home...

"Thank you so much to everyone who donated, commented, retweeted or sent support.

"You are amazing as is the £3348.72 raised for CJ so far.

"If he somehow manages to save his house, it will all be repaid or go to charity. Joe."

CJ lives in Caldicot, Monmouthshire with his husband of three years Andrew Doran.

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He was previously involved in a murder investigation by Dutch authorities over allegations he was involved in a bust-up with an armed man in Amsterdam in 1988.

In his autobiography, CJ wrote that after being confronted by the thug, he punched him in the face and pushed him into a canal.

He was arrested over the claims, but he was later cleared.

The star later explained: "This warrant seems to have been issued because of what I said and wrote in my autobiography – they claim in my autobiography I wrote that I killed a man, I left him for dead, I knocked him unconscious.

“I didn’t. Nowhere in my book does it say that, if you please just read the book, all it says is a guy came up behind me with a knife and tried to mug me and the words in the autobiography are: ‘I half-punched, half-pushed him into a canal and walked away’, that is all it says."

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