'EastEnders' star Katie Jarvis arrested after a drunken street fight with 5 women

EastEnders star Katie Jarvis, known for her role as Hayley Slater, was involved in a fight involving 5 women outside a pub in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

'EastEnders' star Katie Jarvis arrested after a drunken street fight with 5 women
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'EastEnders' star Katie Jarvis arrested after a drunken street fight with 5 women

EastEnders actress, Katie Jarvis, was among a group of women being filmed in afight outside of the Papillon Bar on Friday evening.

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Katie and her entourage had started arguing with another woman and her group which quickly escalated into violence when Katie tried to take a chair from the other group's table.

A brawl then spilt out onto the street as what started off as pushing quickly turned to full-on hitting. Among the wreckage of the fight, chairs and tables were turned over and glasses were smashed to the ground.

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An onlooker on the scene managed to capture a video of the fight and share it on social media. In the video, Katie can be seen in denim shorts and a black singlet yelling:

f***ing black c***,' and yelling, 'f*** Black Lives Matter!
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In a second video, racially charged comments can be heard as Katie calls one of the women a 'dirty black c***' and was swearing at the rest of the group.

The fight eventually lead to Jarvis' arrest on the grounds of a racially aggravated public order offence following the pub brawl.

An Essex police spokesperson released a statement following the arrest:

A 29-year old woman was arrested on Friday 31 July just after 10.05pm following reports of a disturbance in Marine Parade, Southend. She has been arrested on suspicion of assault and racially aggravated public order. She has been released on bail until Friday, August 21.
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