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"The family of Justin Lee Collins&amp;#039; ex-girlfriend have reportedly begun a petition calling for him to be banned from appearing on Celebrity Big Brother. Collins, who was convicted of assaulting former partner Anna Larke in October this year, is rumoured to have been offered \u00C2\u00A3100,000 to be part of the lineup for Channel 5&amp;#039;s next series of the reality TV show.  According to The Sun, Larke&amp;#039;s brother Alex said of Collins&amp;#039;s rumoured participation: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s disgusting that Channel 5 have selected him because of his conviction to boost their flagging ratings for Big Brother. &amp;quot;They are essentially rewarding him for his abhorrent behaviour with the offer of \u00C2\u00A3100,000 to appear in the house. Justin Lee Collins is a convicted domestic abuser and a bully who put my sister through a sustained campaign of emotional abuse.&amp;quot;   He continued: &amp;quot;I am asking the British public to do the right thing and support the plight of victims of domestic abuse by showing Channel 5 this will not be tolerated.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, 38-year-old Larke added that the idea of Collins taking part in the show is &amp;quot;tacky and irreverent&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think he should go on the show and be given the chance to talk about what happened,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s wrong.&amp;quot;  [Alan Carr, Patsy Kensit and Justin Lee Collins in a sketch about Big Brother on &amp;#039;The Friday Night Project&amp;#039;] Former Friday Night Project host Collins was photographed carrying out community service for the Big Yellow Self Storage company last month. The 38-year-old has stated that he would &amp;#039;never accept&amp;#039; the allegation that he was an abuser. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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