EastEnders’ Jessie Wallace given warning by BBC over ‘unacceptable’ behaviour

Soap star Jessie Wallace has been issued a warning by EastEnders bosses over her “unacceptable” behaviour following her arrest at the weekend. The Kat Slater actress was called into a meeting with senior bosses, during which she expressed her “deep regret” over an incident that happened on Sunday morning.

The 50-year-old was arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer outside of the Verve nightclub in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at around 2am on Sunday. She accepted a caution following the incident.

Speaking to The Mirror, a BBC spokesperson said: “Senior bosses have spoken to Jessie Wallace about the incident and issued a clear warning that this kind of behaviour is unacceptable and Jessie has expressed her deep regret.”

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Following Jessie’s arrest, a Suffolk Police spokesman said: “A 50-year-old woman was arrested early on Sunday morning in St Andrew’s Street, Bury St Edmunds, on suspicion of assaulting a police officer / drunk and disorderly conduct and was released without charge after receiving a conditional caution.”

While not a conviction, a conditional caution is used as an alternative to a charge and is recorded on the Police National Computer. Three months after the date of issue, the caution is marked as spent but it can be used in any possible future criminal proceedings as evidence of character.

Jessie has played Kat in EastEnders for more than two decades. In 2020, she was written out by producers for two months following an “incident while filming”.

Jessie said that she was ordered to “sort herself out” by show bosses before she returned from the two months suspension. The actress was also banned from driving for three years in 2003 and fined £1,000 after she was found guilty of drink driving.

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