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Entertainment Coronation Street star Bruno Langley blames ‘stress’ of playing gay character for sexual assaults Nick Duffy 29th November 2017, 2:07 PM Television actor Bruno Langley arrives at Manchester Magistrates Court where he is facing sexual assault charges on November 28, 2017 in Manchester, England. Langley, who appeared in the soap opera Coronation Street, is charged with sexually assaulting two women at a Manchester music venue. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Coronation Street actor Bruno Langley has claimed that the stress of playing gay character Todd Grimshaw led to him sexually assaulting women. The disgraced soap star, who was abruptly written out of Coronation Street last month in the wake of sex assault allegations, pleaded guilty to two sex assault charges in Manchester Magistrates’ Court this week.  SPONSORED CONTENT Langley had played Todd Grimshaw, who was one of the show’s first gay characters and had a number of on-screening same-sex romances with different men. Mitigating in court, Langley’s solicitor claimed the stress of playing the character led Langley to assault women in a music venue on October 1. Bruno Langley at Manchester Pride (Photo by Nathan Cox/Getty Images) He said: “It was completely out of character. Something happened that night, most possibly in relation to the character he was playing. “These two offences happened within one evening but are linked to alcohol. The result was despicable behaviour.” A source close to the actor told The Sun: “Bruno played a high-profile gay character for 16 years…. he sometimes feels he needs to act more of a lad than he is to stop assumptions about his sexuality.” The claims led to anger from LGBT people, who criticised Langley for using gay people as an excuse. Langley escaped a custodial sentence, but was hit with a 12 month community order, placed on the sex offenders’ register, and ordered to pay his victims £250 each. District Judge Mark Hadfield told him: “On that evening your conduct was quite disgraceful and degrading. “Both of the victims would have been extremely shocked and upset as a result of your conduct. “The fact that you were heavily intoxicated is not mitigation, it is a further aggravating feature. “The consequences are serious for all concerned, the two victims but also for you. “You have lost your good name and I know nothing of showbusiness but I imagine in the current climate I suspect it may be very difficult for you to gain employment in that industry in the future.” In a statement, Langley said: “I sincerely apologise to the people involved and affected by my disgraceful behaviour on the evening of 30th September. “I have absolutely no memory of what happened because of excessive alcohol consumption and it was for this reason that I behaved completely out of character. “However, I take full responsibility for my actions that night. “Since this incident I have been dealing with, and confronting some personal issues that I have never addressed, and I am also getting help for an alcohol problem, so that this does not ever happen again.”

I think it started in the mid 1990's. One time was cute. Doing it every year is annoying.

I liked Andy he was a sweet guy who only wanted someone to love him. Just about every women he was with broke his heart.

I started watching ATWT during the tail end of Shannon's run. I never liked her much. I really liked Duncan and Jess. I guess Shannon was resurrect to give them a story. But the way the story was executed it did more harm than good. Tamara Tunie is awesome in this episode.

Even though ATWT wasn't terrible it felt off to me during this time. I agree with you that Eduardo shouldn't have been killed. Yet Eduardo's murder by Orlena, provided one of the best post Marland stories for Lisa and John. Even causing conflict with in the tight knit Hughes family. I hated how dismissive Shannon was of Duncan and Jessica's marriage.

I loved Popular too.

This Michelle doesn't work at all. Neither the actress or the writers are capable of capturing Michelle's true essence. The Michelle i watched in the 1990's on PBS. Would never ram her car through her cousin Ian's chippy shop.

The rumor is Ronan Farrow Frank Sinatra son.

A fifteenth man has come forward accusing Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct: https://trib.al/P1BkkjS