Georgia Steel’s fraudster ex has been jailed after scamming strangers out of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
In a bizarre turn of events, Medi Abalimba, who dated the Love Island star for a brief time in 2019, set his sights on footballer Thierry Henry’s model ex-wife Claire Henry and fleeced her out of £160k before he was foiled.
He’s now been sentenced to 50 months at HMP Belmarsh.
The court was told how Medi and Claire spoke “every day for about four months” with Medi giving a false name and pretending he was a navy seal.
“Ms Henry was in a way groomed for what was going to be large sums of money in due course.”
“Claire Henry described him as a charming man,” the court was told. “They stayed a couple of nights at a smart hotel in Manchester.
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Before going on the show and dating Kendall, Rosie, Megan, Zara and Darylle, Adam was just a 22-year-old personal trainer and gym director from Newcastle.
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Dani Dyer
Her dad is the infamous Danny Dyer - aka Mick Carter - but Dani, who has found love with Jack Fincham, is a 21-year-old barmaid from East London.The Dyer family have left London behind and have moved into a proper swanky Essex home.
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Dr. Alex George
He was unlucky in love during his time in the villa until Alexandra caught eye, but outside, Dr Alex is living his best life as a 27-year-old A&E doctor from Carmarthen, West Wales.
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She infamously didn't know what Brexit was (remember: does that mean we won't have any trees?) but Hayley is actually a 21-year-old model from Liverpool.
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Jack Fincham
He's fallen in love with Dani Dyer but outside of villa Jack is a 26-year-old stationery sales manager from Kent.Yup. He sells pens.
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Kendall Rae-Knight
She was the first to leave the villa after Adam shockingly picked Rosie over her. Kendall is a 26-year-old retail manager from Blackpool.
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Laura Anderson
Laura knows what she wants and isn't afraid to ask for it and it's no wonder, she's a 29-year-old cabin crew member from Stirling in Scotland.
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Niall Aslam
Niall surprised everyone when he quit the show after a few weeks but, later, he bravely spoke out and revealed he has Asperger syndrome.We miss seeing him on our TV screens and wonder if the 23-year-old student and construction worker from Coventry will go back to his day job?
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Samira Mighty
Before going on Love Island 22-year-old Samira was a West End performerfrom London. During her time in the villa it was reported that she was 'being sued' for quitting her theatre role just days before joining the show. She's now in a relationship with Frankie Foster, who she met in the villa.
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Wes Nelson
He dated Laura and swiftly (literally the exact same day) Wes moved onto his now girlfriend Megan. Outside of the villa the 20 year old is a electrical and nuclear systems design engineer from Staffordshire. Surprised? We were.
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Rosie Williams
Despite being unlucky in love with Adam, who left her for Zara his now-girlfriend, Rosie is a 26-year-old solicitor from South Wales.
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Georgia Steel
She caused a lot of drama in the villa and it shouldn't come as a surprise because Georgia is a 20-year-old performing arts student from York.
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Josh Denzel
After moving on from Georgia in Casa Amor with Kaz Crossley, viewers were less than impressed with Josh (we don't blame them tbh). However, he's now happily in a relationship with Kaz and fun fact - Josh is a 26-year-old sports presenter from North London.
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Megan Barton Hanson
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Charlie Frederick
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Zara McDermott
She managed to turn bad boy Adam into her actual boyfriend AND he confessed he loved her on national TV. During one of her first scenes on Love Island Zara, who is 21 years old, revealed she's a government advisor from Essex.
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Ellie Brown
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Jordan Adefeyisan
He wasn't in the villa long (bless him) but Jordan is a 23-year-old model from Stockport.
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Kazimir is a 23-year-old make-up artist from London and has actually worked with Stormzy and former Love Island stars Chris Hughes and Kem Cetinay.
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Frankie Foster
He's now coupled up with Samira outside the villa, but before it all started, Frankie was a 22-year-old business management student and fitness coach from Cheltenham.
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She comforted Adam shortly after Zara left but it wasn't to last. Nevertheless Darylle is a 24-year-old eyebrow technician from Watford.
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Poor Dean didn't find love in the villa (Megan picked Alex over him) but he's a 25-year-old a car sales executive from Burnley, if you're interested.
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We really thought Adam would pick Charlie to go back to the villa but if you fancy dating the 24-year-old bombshell she's a tanning shop assistant from Bath.
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Charlie Brake
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Savanna Darnell
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Alex Miller
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Grace Wardle
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Jack Fowler
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Ellie Jones
Jack's ex-fling Ellie came into the villa and caused a stir with our favourite Love Island couple but she's actually a 22-year-old customer service and office administrator from Kent.
Alexandra Cane
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Idris Virgo
He told Laura it was Jack who kissed Georgia (LIAR) but we're hoping no one tries to fight 25-year-old Idris because he's actually a professional boxer from Birmingham.
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Kieran Nicholls
He may have joined the villa with Idris but Kieran is not a professional boxer, instead the 26 year old is a personal trainer from London.
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Josh Mair
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Laura Crane
New Laura is a 23-year-old professional surfer who's been breaking waves since she was 16. She has represented the Great Britain team and taken part in the qualifying world series two year years running. Impressive.
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Paul Knops
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Stephanie Lam
Steph is an account manager from Hertfordshire. She says about herself: "Personality-wise, I am always up for a laugh and a bit of fun. I am a very affectionate person and I'm a loyal friend and also girlfriend."
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Sam Bird
Sam, 25, now Georgia Steel's other half, is a fitness entrepreneur and personal trainer from Norwich. He's no stranger to the spotlight, having trained Georgia Toffolo, or 'Toff' from Made in Chelsea, before she went on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here 2018. Sam is the head trainer at the Core Fitness gym in Norwich.
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“On the day of check out, he left early in the morning saying he had a meeting in Turkey, leaving Ms Henry to pay the bill.
“After leaving her with that bill he engaged in practices that solidified her belief that he was extremely wealthy.”
Medi had already been convicted of fraud when Georgia began dating him in April 2019 after posing as former Chelsea FC player Gaël Kakuta, and she later accused him of stealing a “huge sum of money” from her.
Speaking to The Sun at the time, she said, “We went to a birthday party and he met all of my family and friends. I was introducing him as my boyfriend.
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“My parents really believed he was this man who was looking after me. I'm 21 and a young girl to be living in a city on her own.”
Revealing that she decided to confront Medi while he was in bed next to her, she said, “He told me he had to change his name when he got out of prison because he didn't want it to affect him.
“He told me he'd done bad things but that he really liked me and wanted to change. Because I'm a good person, if I see a broken person or a person upset, I really like to fix it.
“I thought I could fix him and accept his past and everything. But I didn't understand how bad his past was.”