Sean Wilson has returned to his ‘normal job’ after his soap comeback fell apart following a historical sex offence allegation.
The coronation street star, 59, was best known for playing Martin Platt in the ITV soap between 1985 and 2005 before a brief stint in 2018.
In July, it was reported that Sean was set to return to the cobbles after 19 years for a storyline involving his former on-screen wife, Gail (played by Helen Worth).
However, his much-anticipated comeback was put to a halt after an unfounded allegation of indecent assault dating back 27 years – with ITV citing ‘personal reasons’ for his departure.
During his time away from the soap, Sean started making cheese and has even won accolades at the British Cheese Awards and became a lecturer in cheese.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, he shared some Christmas cheese recommendations for fans.
Sean Wilson has returned to his ‘normal job’ after his soap comeback fell apart following a historical sex offence allegation
The coronation street star, 59, was best known for playing Martin Platt in the ITV soap between 1985 and 2005 before a brief stint in 2018
Posting a selfie holding some cheddar while in a supermarket, he penned: ‘@sainsburys @Tesco Both take the best British Cheddar in Wyke Farms Vintage.
‘Completely sustainable and more awards for taste than any other cheddar.
‘These will be my cheddar choice for my awesome Xmas cheese board.
‘Let me know how you get on with it.. S xx.’
Sean started his own cheese-making business called Saddleworth Cheese Company with his ex Susie Fenwick.
He was meant to put this aside to focus on his Corrie comeback where he had agreed to a four-month 10 episode contract.
But after just two weeks of filming, Sean got an email from bosses on August 1 requesting a meeting with him at Coronation Street studios.
The email partly read: ‘This is to discuss a historical allegation of a sexual nature which has been made about you in the past few days relating to when you were previously under contract to the programme. We will realise this will come out of the blue for you as it has for us.’
During his time away from the soap, Sean started making cheese and has even won accolades at the British Cheese Awards and became a lecturer in cheese
Sean started his own cheese-making business called Saddleworth Cheese Company with his ex Susie Fenwick
Sean went to the studios for the meeting and quickly called his partner of five years Carol Hammond and agent Katherine Stonehouse who joined via Zoom.
The actor said three executives told him they had received an allegation that Sean put his hand up a woman’s skirt and that the police had also contacted them and said they had referred the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Sean was not told the name of the person who made the allegation, only that it happened in 1997 and the person worked in connection with the show.
He hired two lawyers to track down the police officer dealing with the complaint to find out of he was under investigation and also hired a media lawyer to help deal with the speculation around his departure from the show.
Sean said he attended a voluntary meeting with a detective constable on October 25 and was surprised to be told the allegation was that he had touched someone’s backside while they were wearing jeans; different to what ITV had told him.
He said the police told him they never contacted ITV and it couldn’t have been passed to the CPS because an officer hadn’t even been assigned to the case at that point.
They also told him the name of the person he was accused of assaulting but he didn’t recognise them, saying ‘hundreds’ of people have worked on Coronation Street.
Sean was relieved when, on November 21, police told him no further action would be taken and said he cried on the call.
He was meant to put this aside to focus on his Corrie comeback where he had agreed to a four-month 10 episode contract
The actor was due to return to the cobbles in recent months for a storyline with ex screen wife Gail (Helen Worth)
Speaking to The Sun, he said: ‘My reputation was ruined in just eight minutes — my whole world blown apart.
‘I had no idea who had made this complaint or anything about it but I lost my job. It’s been hell. I’ve been low all the way through.’
The actor detailed the fall out from the allegation, saying he struggled to tell his children Callum, 26, and Maisie, 24, and hiring lawyers also came at a great financial cost.
Sean fears the allegation could damage his career, saying he’d hoped his Coronation Street return would lead to a wider showbiz comeback with potential panto appearances or maybe even an appearance on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
He now feels he is ‘persona non grata’ and described his career as being ‘in tatters’.
The actor was angry about the complaint and also said ITV got their facts about it wrong.
Sean had been due to be back on screens from October but the ten scenes he filmed were all cut. His storyline was replaced with one featuring another former partner of Gail’s – Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson).
MailOnline has contacted ITV representatives for comment.
