Former EastEnders star Katie Jarvis has been released from bail but remains under investigation after she was arrested following a drunken street brawl.
The actress, 29, who appeared on the BBC soap between February 2018 and February 2019, was arrested by Essex Police earlier this month over her alleged involvement in a street fight outside Papillon cafe in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
A clip from the incident showed five black women scuffling with a white woman, and allegedly Katie called one of them a ‘f***ing black c***,’ and yelled ‘f*** Black Lives Matter.’
Arrested: Former EastEnders star Katie Jarvis has been released from bail but remains under investigation after she was arrested following a drunken street brawl
Katie was arrested on suspicion of assault and a racially aggravated public order following the brawl which shocked eyewitnesses.
She was released on bail on August 4, and Essex Police have confirmed that she has now been released under investigation.
Katie was claimed by The Sun to have been involved in the fight on Friday August 3 in Southend-on-Sea, on one of the hottest days of the year.
One video showed five black women scuffling with a white woman, after she allegedly called one of them a ‘f***ing black c***,’ and yelled ‘f*** Black Lives Matter.’
The clip filmed by a bystander saw the group of women brawling in the drinking area outside the Papillon pub on the seafront, before it spilled out onto the street.
A second video appeared to show the white woman, said to be Katie, shouting ‘you dirty black c***s – end of’ and swearing at the group as she was escorted away.
Fighting: The actress, 29, was arrested by Essex Police last month (pictured) over her alleged involvement in a street fight outside Papillon cafe in Southend-on-Sea
The video, which was reported on by local newspaper The Chelmsford & Mid-Essex Times, was posted to Facebook and has been viewed more than 20,000 times,
An Essex Police spokesman said: ‘A 29-year old woman was arrested on Friday, July 31 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.’
MailOnline contacted Jarvis’s representative for comment at the time.
The clip sees the women screaming at one another as they stumble into the street towards the road.
The pub’s sign is pushed over and punters are seen dodging out the way as the group of women repeatedly strike the woman, believed to be Jarvis.
The sounds of glasses smashing can be heard as another woman attempts to break the fight up, with a man then getting involved. At this point, the police pull up in a van to intervene.
Jarvis was said to have been identified by a witness who said they heard the woman yell ‘I’m a famous actress!’ as her friends chimed in with: ‘She’s Hayley Slater from EastEnders!’
It’s understood that the row began when Jarvis took a chair from the table the group of women were sitting at.
Soap star: Jarvis played Hayley Slater in BBC’s EastEnders from February 2018 to February 2019 (pictured in an episode in October 2018)
A witness claimed: ‘I couldn’t believe it. Police arrested her and Katie was saying ‘I haven’t done anything wrong!”
Dagenham-born Jarvis has two children – Lillie Mae, 11, and Alfie, eight.
She was involved in a bar brawl in March 2019, when she was ‘glassed by a drunken Irish man’ on a night out in London.
She was treated by medical staff after the attack, said to have been out in Romford when she was attacked.
At the time, Jarvis tweeted her thanks to the Metropolitan Police for ‘looking after’ her.
She said: ‘Big thank you to the Met Police tonight and ambulance service for looking after me after I was glassed by a drunken Irish man for f*** all.’
However, she later deleted the tweet after fans spotted it and asked after her well-being. She later posted: ‘Thanks lovely lot I’m good as gold.’
She then thanked fans and sent out a tweet to ‘put minds at rest’, posting: ‘OK to put people’s minds, and questions to rest.
Actress: Jarvis (pictured in EastEnders) was also involved in a bar brawl in March 2019 in London
She’s fine: After this, she sent a message to fans to reassure them that she was OK after the incident
‘I am absolutely fine thank you so much for all your concern and checking in on me but i’m a soldier and been through a hell of a lot worse.
‘Now you can start focusing your concerns on some real news. Love you all xx’
According to The Mirror her agent refused to discuss that incident.
She said: ‘I have no comment to make to any newspaper on any subject to do with anything. Whatever it is I don’t want to hear.’
She made headlines last year when it was revealed she had become a security guard at bargain store B&M in Romford, East London, after her departure from EastEnders.
Soap star: Katie joined Eastenders in 2018 as the cousin of Kat Slater, with one storyline seeing her have an affair with Kat’s husband Alfie Moon
She was pictured outside the store on a break last October, having a coffee and a cigarette, leading to much attention from soap fans.
She then appeared on Victoria Derbyshire’s BBC show, followed by an interview with Grazia magazine, to admit she had felt ‘hurt and embarrassed’ for being ‘made to feel ashamed for having a normal job’.
She added that she was proud to speak out on behalf of hard-working single mums because providing for her family is paramount to her.
Jarvis said: ‘It’s the nature of being an actor; gigs come and go, and after my contract with EastEnders ended in February, I found a new job as soon as I could. Doing work like this is also what keeps me grounded.’
Full of drama: Katie is pictured as Hayley in bed with Danny Dyer (playing Mick Carter) in EastEnders in May 2018
Dagenham-born Jarvis revealed she ‘crumbled’ and was left in tears after a friend alerted her to the front page news.
But upon reflection and thanks to the support of fellow thespians from Tamzin Outwaite to Nathalie Emmanuel, she is ‘proud’ to have changed the conversation.
‘Their support gave me the strength to speak out and stand up for hard-working people – especially single mums’, she said, and insisted her priority in life is caring for her two children, saying: ‘As long as I’m providing for them, nothing else matters. Everything I do is for them.’
She said she is proud to take on any work she can to ‘keep busy and learn new things’.
Speaking out: She also appeared on Victoria Derbyshire last year to admit she had felt ‘hurt and embarrassed’ for being ‘made to feel ashamed for having a normal job’
Important: Jarvis told the programme last year that she was proud to speak out on behalf of hard-working single mothers because providing for her family is paramount to her
Jarvis pointed that ‘all actors go through it over the years, I’ve had so many jobs in between and not just being a security guard.’
‘At 17 when I got [first movie role] Fish Tank I was doing doughnuts with my uncle at the time at festivals and things like that so I’d go on there and do the food carts,’ she said. ‘I’ve been a waitress, I’ve worked at a credit card company, I’ve done admin, I’ve done all types of things.’
Jarvis added that when she first saw the photos of herself she felt ashamed but is now proud that she’s doing all she can to provide for her family.
‘One of my sisters she calls me a dabbler because I seem to do a bit of everything and I like to be busy and I like to learn new things, it doesn’t matter what it is,’ she told Derbyshire.
Soap star: Jarvis’s character was last on screen in February 2019 (pictured with co-star Gillian Wright)
Rising star: Born in Dagenham, she found fame in Hollywood before winning a part in the BBC soap
She added: ‘The people I work with there are amazing, they get up every single day, they work hard for their money and it doesn’t matter what job you’re doing, I don’t feel like anyone should be made to feel like how I felt when I woke up do you know what I mean, because I think as long as you’re working that’s all that matters.’
Jarvis said being a security guard isn’t easy and that she actually works alongside her sister at the bargain store, explaining: ‘A lot goes into being a security guard, they put themselves at risk. I took that job on and joined my sister because she’s a security guard there.’
Jarvis joined the Eastenders cast in 2018 as the cousin of Kat Slater [Jessie Wallace].
One of her storylines saw her have an affair with Kat’s husband Alfie Moon [Shane Richie] while they lived in Spain with Kat and their children.
Hayley then fell pregnant, giving birth to daughter Cherry.
Stars: She also starred opposite Michael Fassbender in the cult hit Fish Tank
Dramatic scenes aired over the subsequent Christmas season, leading to a shocking showdown between Hayley, Alfie and Kat. In one scene, Hayley pushed Alfie down a flight of stairs.
Jarvis’s character was last seen on screen in February 2019 when Stacey Fowler, played by Lacey Turner, went to hospital to collect her after treatment for her mental health.
The troubled young mother had discharged herself and taken off. But BBC bosses were said to be keeping the door open for her return.
Jarvis found fame in Hollywood before winning a part in the BBC soap, starring in 2009 movie Fish Tank alongside Michael Fassbender
Exit: BBC bosses were said to be keeping the door open for Jarvis’s character to return