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Rylan Clark on the vital role he played in helping X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan’s rapist get convicted

Rylan Clark previously opened up about how he helped friend Lucy Spraggan after she was sexually assaulted during their time on The X Factor

It also claimed that Lucy’s legal team believe Rylan played a vital part in them managing to secure a conviction against the porter. Leaping into action, Rylan was dubbed Jessica Fletcher – Dame Angela Lansbury’s character in Murder, She Wrote – by Lucy, according to the star. A spokesperson for Fremantle, the company that produced The X Factor for ITV previously said: “The serious sexual assault suffered by Lucy Spraggan in October 2012 was a truly horrific criminal act for which the perpetrator, who was not connected with the programme, was rightfully prosecuted and imprisoned.

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