{"id":533567,"date":"2026-07-05T02:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533567\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T02:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:13:27","slug":"love-islands-gabriel-garland-breaks-silence-after-removal-i-dont-have-a-criminal-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533567\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island’s Gabriel Garland breaks silence after removal: “I don’t have a criminal record”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love Island’s Gabriel Garland has broken his silence following his removal from the dating show last week<\/a>. The model entered the villa as one of the six Casa Amor boys but was asked to leave after just a few hours. <\/p>\n

The news of Gabriel’s exit was announced by ITV, with a spokesperson for Love Island confirming he would not be returning. They added that they would “not be commenting further out of a duty of care towards participants” and did not provide any further explanation. <\/p>\n

Gabriel’s departure was quickly noticed by eagle-eyed viewers, as he was edited out of the Casa Amor footage. Fans questioned if his exit was due to a 2019 legal matter he was reportedly linked to, though he was never charged with any offence.<\/p>\n

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Now, Gabriel has taken to social media to share his side of the story in a bid to “clear a few things up”. He posted an Instagram video addressing the speculation surrounding the “incident” and his “disappointing” removal from the villa. <\/p>\n

“It is a shame that I’m making this video, but after everything that’s been said about me over the past couple days, I just wanted to clear a few things up,” he began.
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“There was an incident that happened at a party I was at when I was a teenager. This incident is obviously one that should not be taken lightly, and was very traumatic for everyone concerned.<\/p>\n

“I just wanted to make it clear that the legal judge has found no wrongdoing against me, and I don’t have a criminal record. This has obviously resulted in me leaving Love Island, which is very disappointing, especially from a personal perspective.”<\/p>\n

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Though his time on the show was brief, Gabriel shared that he had been “forming a really, really strong connection” in the villa, which viewers “didn’t get to see”, adding that it was a “sad” situation. <\/p>\n

“I just wanted to tell you guys this directly instead of having headlines say it for me, and thank people for sending me kind and supportive messages, it really means a lot,” he concluded, expressing his desire to “move forward from this in a positive way”.
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