Gabriel Garland, who was featured on Love Island UK as one of the Casa Amor boys, has been removed from the ITV2 dating series.
“Gabriel has now left the Villa and will not be returning,” an ITV spokesperson told Deadline in a statement.
The reality TV show contestant was reportedly cut from the dating series after producers became aware he was involved in a stabbing.
According to The Sun, Garland was named in court documents in the conviction of Vitor Mazzer, who was found guilty of two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent during New Year’s Eve in 2019. The filings note that the former Love Island UK bombshell had an altercation with the two victims that Mazzer stabbed. Garland was not convicted in the case, which may be why it didn’t come up in ITV’s background check.
Garland will still be featured in Sunday night’s episode, where the Casa Amor bombshells are introduced, but will eventually be cut.
Garland was 1 of 6 boys entering the villa to test the girls in their couples, while 6 new girls would also enter to test the boys’ loyalties to their couples. The other 11 new Islanders entering Casa Amor included: Charleen (25, Dublin), Mara (25, Luton), Martha (25, London), Olivia (23, Doncaster), Nevaeh (22, Gloucester), Julia (26, London), Tommy (23, Essex), Jordon (28, Surrey), Will (23, Barnsley), Carlos (22, New Forest), and Aaron (26, East London).
The Love Island UK Season 13 Casa Amor twist starts on Sunday, June 28 at 9 p.m. BST on ITV2 and stream on ITVX. For U.S. viewers, the episode will start streaming on Hulu on Tuesday, June 30.
Love Island is produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios, and WPP Media Motion Entertainment.
