Georgia Steel says she has had ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ stolen (Picture: REX)

Love Island star Georgia Steel fears her ex Medi Abalimba stole ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ from her.

Georgia, 21, says Abalimba, 26, denied it when she confronted him, but she is in fear for her life and ‘terrified to sleep’.

Revealing that the police are investigating, she told The Sun: ‘I went on my online banking and I noticed a drastic amount had just gone. I was in my flat and I’ve never been in a situation like that in my life.

‘I was physically sick. I sat on my sofa and thought I was going to faint.’


She alleges that Abalimba insisted he had nothing to do with what happened to her money.



The reality TV star, who previously dated Love Island’s Sam Bird, said they have now gone their separate ways.

Georgia added to The Sun: ‘I don’t want anyone to go through what I have. I feel like this is going to affect me for life.’

Georgia was dating Medi for several weeks with the couple spotted looking very much in love on a day out in London in early April.

But Abalimba soon revealed that he hadn’t told Georgia about his past until she was contacted by press about her new love.

Abalimba was jailed for four years in 2014 (Picture: PA)

Calling their romance a ‘beauty and the beast story’, he claimed he had not told her ‘everything’ and that he did not want to affect her career.

‘We like each other, we are getting on she’s a good girl. It’s a beauty and the beast story. I’m considered a monster, but she doesn’t judge me,’ he told The Sun.

Abalimba was a teenage footballer who was earning £1,000-a-week at the age of 16 and auditioned for Manchester United and Manchester City before he was signed by Derby County for £1.2million.

But he was injured and forced to abandon his career, leading to him breaking into lockers at a London sports club and stealing credit card details and spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on hotels, nights out and clothes.

He once ran up a bar tab of £25,000 by claiming he was a ‘Premier League star and good for the money’.

Abalimba admitted 12 counts of fraud and dishonesty at Manchester Crown Court in 2014 and was jailed for four years.

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