Supermodel Janice Dickinson is suing the makers of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! for nearly £1 million, claiming she was left permanently scarred after a fall during the show.
The 70-year-old appeared on the 2023 All Stars spin-off of the reality TV show in South Africa and said she was injured after tripping in the middle of the night while getting up to go to the toilet.
Court records show a personal injury claim has been filed in the High Court against ITV Studios over the fall, which is alleged to have caused injuries to her head, lips, cheeks and wrists.
It is understood that she is seeking more than £700,000 in damages.
Detailed court documents have not yet been made public. Her representatives said the incident resulted in permanent facial scarring, deformity and nerve damage.
Dickinson’s UK representative, Dermot McNamara, said: “Janice is fully committed to this legal process and seeing it through to its conclusion.
“She looks forward to unpacking ITV’s defences, when she receives them.”
The star claims a medical report found that she has facial dysaesthesia.
This condition causes discomfort and heightened sensitivity, as well as reduced sensation to the face caused by the permanent nerve damage.
It also found that her face has been “permanently altered” with scars that cannot be concealed or corrected, with her lower face showing permanent asymmetry around the lips, mouth, cheeks and chin as a result of the scarring, tissue loss and nerve involvement.
Dickinson was a contestant on the original series, I’m A Celebrity… “Get Me Out of Here!” in 2007 and came in second place.
She then appeared in its spinoff series set in South Africa, which was recorded in September 2022 and broadcast the next year.
The model made her name in the fashion industry in the 80s, fronting the cover of Vogue multiple times over the course of her career, as well as working with a number of luxury house brands.
An ITV Studios spokesperson said: “Janice Dickinson’s letter of claim has been received and reviewed.
“I’m A Celebrity operates a high level of safety protocols and the health, safety and welfare of all of our contributors are our number one priority.
“We don’t recognise this version of events. However, we looked after Janice at the time, paid her medical expenses, flew her home to LA, and the I’m A Celebrity team were in regular contact with Janice and her representatives on an ongoing basis after she returned home to America until after the programme aired seven months later.”
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