Janice Dickinsons Swollen Face Raises Legal Concerns

An ITV spokesman told the Daily Mail: 'Janice Dickinson's letter of claim has been received and reviewed. IAC 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 Dickinson at the time, paid her medical expenses, flew her home to LA, and the  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.'

It's thought that bosses are also concerned this could lead to other injured filing similar lawsuits, and it could force future I'm A Celebrity stars to sign legal waivers.

Janice's legal battle comes despite admitting in a podcast she would 'absolutely' return to I'm A Celeb if asked by bosses.

The fashion star made the admissions on the Reality TV On Record podcast, which was released over a year after her appearance on the South African version.

She said: 'I'm a big fan of the show. Don't get me wrong. I love the idea and the nature of the show and the people on the show. And I love the producers who are in the back of the scenes.'

When asked: 'If they phone you again, would you go back?' she replied: 'Absolutely.'

Janice was also said to be 'betrayed, humiliated and crushed' after her former campmates likened her to a 'witch' hours after she was stretchered out in the show.

When Helen Flanagan read Dickinson's farewell letter at the time of her exit, ex-England cricket captain Phil Tufnell sneered that she had signed it 'with her broomstick'.

His remark prompted laughter from Joe Swash, Dean Gaffney and Myleene Klass.

After watching the footage back for her legal case, a source close to Janice told the Daily Mail: 'Janice was really shocked to hear the comments Phil made, especially as she publicly praised him for helping her when she was injured.

'People think it was just a simple trip and fall. It wasn't a scrape, these were deep wounds, bleeding from four different areas on her face and the blood pouring down, it was like something out of a horror film.

'Phil saw she was frightened and severely injured and as someone older, would be aware of how a fall can dent a person's confidence. No matter what you think of a person, there was no need for those comments. She was really taken aback seeing Joe and Myleene laughing at the comments, it's not what you'd expect from them.

'Janice was gobsmacked at how those comments even made it to air and how there was such an attitude to ageism and misogyny. You never see young women being referred to as witches.'

Following her fall, Janice was forced to take a series of three injections against rabies, which ITV initially refused to cover, according to The Sun.

She also claimed they failed to contact her directly once she had returned home to Los Angeles.

Janice told the publication: 'ITV need to take some responsibility... I was so f***ed up, my face was bloody, all cut up. Those motherf***s left me there bleeding in the dark for ten minutes. ITV had a duty of care and they let me down big time.'

The model told The Sun's TV Mag at the time of the accident: 'I was feeling very insecure because the campfire had gone out and it was as dark as it could be. So I thought: 'Right, I'll make it to the dunny from memory.'

'I walked a couple of steps and tripped, flying flat on my face – hair all over my forehead, my nose was bloody and my whole chin was gashed open.

'Blood was gushing from all these areas, and there was dirt and stones embedded in my face from the fall.'

She added: 'All I could feel was an intense head pain – from one to ten it was about a nine – and I was just lying there, moaning. It was a freak accident that happened so quickly.'