Ex-EastEnders star Katie Jarvis, who launched a drunk racist tirade on a seafront, repeatedly claiming “black lives don’t matter” and bragging she was in the BBC soap, has been handed a community order.
Jarvis, 30, who played Hayley Slater in the BBC One soap from 2018 to 2019, admitted racially aggravated harassment and common assault at Basildon Crown Court yesterday.
The performer, who gave a tearful statement after her sentencing, had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, but changed her plea the day her trial had been scheduled to take place.
