Desperate Jeremy McConnell 'offered glamour model £30 and a free ice-cream to pretend to be his girlfriend'
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Jeremy McConnell is so desperate to retain his fame that he's stooped to paying a Page 3 model to pretend to be his girlfriend, Mirror Online can exclusively reveal.
A source close to the shamed Irish model explains how Charlotte Huntley, 20 - pictured with Jez this week on a supposedly loved-up date to an ice-cream parlour - was PAID by Jez to act like his new love.
"He knows his name is slowly erasing from people's minds so a friend of a friend asked Charlotte if she wanted some publicity and she jumped at the chance," said the insider. "They both believe any publicity is good publicity."
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Jeremy forked out just £30 and threw in a free ice-cream to get Charlotte to sign up and be papped with him in Manchester.
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"His friends are concerned at the lengths he's going to get attention - the first dates, dog walks in the park, rolling sushi... who knows what's next?
"It was only last week he set up pictures of him out walking with a different girl as his screensaver.
"He is desperate to get his name back out there, even dropping his pants in public.
"He's done the deal now with Charlotte, got them both publicity and now he's back in Dublin where he plans to spend his time working out how to make money moving forward as his debts are mounting since coming out of prison," the pal added.
Jeremy's rep denied the claims and insisted Jeremy had not paid Charlotte to hang out with him.
The 27-year-old criminal, who first came to public attention on 2016's Celebrity Big Brother , has certainly been splashing the cash in the six months since he was convicted of violently assaulting Stephanie while she was cradling their then eight-week-old son Caben.
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He flew to Turkey for a beard and hair transplant, and in doing so managed to violate the terms of his community service, which got him hauled back to court and jailed.
Jeremy was then released just before New Year's Eve and celebrated the start of 2018 as a free man.
He then treated himself to a string of fresh tattoos, including his prison number that was in use for just 34 days to 'remind himself' of what he'd been through.
Since then he's splashed out on new teeth, a fake lordship and a full head tattoo of a skull and a heart-shaped lock that meant his brand new hair had to be shaved off.
The inking cost him thousands of pounds - while Stephanie has claimed Jez hasn't spent a single penny on son Caben since his birth last January.