Sarah Harding On Fight With Ex: "He Got Me By The Throat"

Girls Aloud star has responded to Theo De Vries' claims that she attacked him...

Sarah Harding has broken her silence regarding the New Year's Eve fight she had with her Dutch lover, insisting it was him who attacked her.

Earlier this week, Theo De Vries gave his version of events to The Sun, telling the tabloid that the Girls Aloud star bit his leg, threw an ashtray at him and struck him in the face, leaving him with a bloody nose.

With both Theo and Sarah now apparently facing trial for assault, the black and blue 30-year old has responded to De Vries comments, recalling what happened that night at their four-star hotel in Innsbruck, Austria.

The pair, who met in rehab, were supposed to be having a 'healthy' skiing holiday when the incident occurred - with an emotional Sarah revealing to The Sun: "I have a black eye and bruising. He had me by the neck, on the floor, and I kicked him to get him off me.

"He grabbed me by my hair throwing my head on the floor. We were struggling. While he had me by the hair, he was pulling me across the floor. He was dragging me around. He was smacking my head on the floor. He bit my ear. And when I kicked him to try and get him off me, I got his nose and he was bleeding. He smeared the blood all over my face so it was all over my clothes."

Covered in bruises, Sarah exclaimed: "Look at me, look what he has done to me. That doesn't come from just holding me back. I've got bruises on my bum. Bruises on my legs. The damage to my arm is probably the worst. This is where they bandaged me in hospital as they thought I might have fractured it."

Despite her desire to have a relaxing NY break, Harding told the newspaper that things soon turned nasty between herself and Theo - who has previously received treatment for booze and crack cocaine addiction.

Speaking of their argument, Sarah said: "During the row he said, 'You're nothing but a B-class singer. You are just a f****** alcoholic. You have got no friends.'

"He was really, really horrible. Any insecurities I had, he used them against me. He was goading me. The abuse carried on and on and on till I'd had enough. He got so horrible I threw a coffee cup at him. It missed.

"It was probably coming up to midnight. I'm not going to lie, I had a gin and tonic at the airport, but I was sober at this point. I wasn't drunk at all. He didn't seem drunk but he just completely changed character."

When asked about her budding romance with the 35-year old sunglasses salesman, Harding admitted that she was 'on the rebound' after splitting from her boyfriend, DJ Tom Crane in September 2011.

Sarah explained: "We met in rehab and I was at a real low in my life. We got on really well and he was a completely different person when we were in rehab. We just decided to give it a go.

"When we came back to London, things just didn't seem to be the same. It didn't work. I think he knew I missed Tom, because I do desperately.

"I think in a way I was on a rebound. I think that p***** him off. I called him Tom a few times by mistake. He hated that. Probably when we were rowing probably because I used to shout at Tom.

"Now I think he's full of s***. Reading what he said in The Sun, I thought, 'Oh my God'. I never threw an ashtray at him. I threw a mug at him, because he was goading me. He was being so foul to me."

The Loving Kind singer went on: "They do say it's frowned upon to get together with someone in rehab, but I thought it was a safer option because we could both stay clean together and sober.

"When we got to Austria he said we could have a couple of drinks. He suggested it. They say when one relapses, so does the other one and that's the danger of it. So yeah, I ended up having a few drinks with him and things got out of hand. I felt I had really let myself down to be honest. I am really ashamed about that.

"We had agreed to go on this healthy skiing holiday, this detox thing to get away for New Year. We decided to go together and agreed after that week that was it. After three days over there I had booked a flight to come home because we weren't getting on, making each other miserable. But my flight got cancelled when I got to Innsbruck. So I went back to the hotel and that's when it all kicked off.

She continued: "He was drunk. I had seen him bring wine into the room earlier. When I got into the room I could see there were three empty bottles of wine in the room. I asked what was his problem. He started getting more and more aggressive and abusive towards me.

"Then he had me by the neck, on the floor, and I kicked him to get him off me. I had never ever thought he would be capable of something like that. I was just in shock. I was screaming and screaming and screaming for someone to come and help. Then he tried to lock me in the bathroom. I managed to get out of there and he was getting physical again.

"He threw me back down on the floor. I've got bumps all over my head. He had me pinned down by my throat and that's when I bit him on the leg. We were struggling on the floor. It was one giant struggle. He dragged me out the door. A Swedish couple found me, hysterical, lying in the courtyard. They took me into their room and I asked them, 'Please, can you just call the police'? He took my phone off me in the room because I said I was going to call the police."

Dismissing his claims that she was the one that instigated the fight, Harding added: "If I attacked him, why didn't he call the police? And if I am such a drama queen and an actress, why did the hospital put a bandage on me? Why would I do that?

"He is a scumbag. An absolute scumbag and I wish to God I could do something about it. He is in Holland and I am over here. It would have to be a civil case and that will cost a fortune. It will be lengthy, expensive and how do other women in my position cope with that? I have some money, and I could afford it. I really want to press charges but it seems impossible. I just can't believe that someone I trusted would do something like that to me."

As for her relationship with former beau Crane, Sarah stated: "I have spoken to Tom, he wants to kill him. We still have a lot of love for each other, but we know we are just not right for each other at this point in time. I think that's what p***** Theo off. He knew that I still had a lot of love for Tom."

Harding is now thought to be turning to GA pal Cheryl Cole as a shoulder to cry on, with the Daily Star reporting that Chezza is planning to whisk Sarah away on a girls holiday to Los Angeles in a bid to forget about her problems. 

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