Lauren Goodger in hiding at secret address with ‘fractured eye socket’ after she was attacked

Ex-Towie star Lauren Goodger is in hiding after her boyfriend allegedly attacked her and left the glamour model with a ‘fractured eye socket’ only hours after her daughter’s funeral.

The 35-year-old star is reportedly staying with a friend for fear of running into boyfriend Charles Drury, 25, who was arrested and taken into custody following the attack in Upminster in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Lauren had to go to hospital for serious facial injuries and was interviewed by police.

She had just attended her daughter’s funeral with her family and was attacked later that night.

The couple’s baby girl tragically died last month after she was born with her umbilical cord tied around her neck.

Police were called at 00.37am on Thursday to reports of an altercation and Drury was arrested on suspicion of assault. He was released on bail in the early hours of Friday morning, according to police.

Lauren was taken to hospital by her friend after the incident for medical check-ups.

The Dancing on Ice and Big Brother star is currently waiting for X-Ray results.

‘Lauren is absolutely terrified. This has shaken her badly,’ a source told The Sun on Sunday.

‘She suffered some nasty injuries and fears she has suffered a broken eye socket.’

The source added: ‘Lauren is now in hiding with a friend. She’s really stressed that Charlie’s bail conditions have not specified that he’s kept out of the Essex area.

‘She doesn’t want him to be allowed to set foot in Essex. She is very shaken by this situation.’

Charles denies attacking Lauren, telling the Sun: ‘There’s a completely different side to stuff.’

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said on Friday night: ‘Police were called at 00.37 hrs on Thursday, August 4 to reports of an altercation.

‘Officers attended. At the scene a woman, aged 30s, was found with facial injuries.

‘A man was arrested on suspicion of assault. He was taken to an east London police station and subsequently bailed pending further inquiries. Inquiries continue.’

Lauren’s rep did not respond to MailOnline’s request for comment before publication.

Lauren and Charles met in October 2020 and announced they were expecting a child together three months after going public with their relationship.

The Towie star had teased she was dating someone new before the identity of Charles, a builder and former lover of Katie Price, came to light.

The couple have a one-year-old daughter Larose together.

In January, she revealed she was expecting her second child.

The alleged assault happened just hours after Lauren attended the funeral of her baby daughter Lorena.

Doctors tried in vain to save the 9lb baby but she was born with two knots in her umbilical cord which was tied around her neck.

After she died, her traumatised mother spent hours saying goodbye to her.

The heartbroken star also later revealed she still ‘has a bit of a bump’ which sometimes tricks her into thinking her baby girl was ‘still there’.

She said: ‘It’s weird. My body feels like it’s unsettled, like it’s missing a newborn.’

Lauren posted an Instagram message telling how much she loved her daughter, who died minutes after being born on July 8, saying: ‘I carried you, I felt you grow. Longed for the day we’d meet. Dreamed of your future. Not only did I know you, I fell in love with you.’

Lauren was already at ‘rock bottom’, as just five days before her child died on July 8, her ex-boyfriend Jake McLean, 33, died in a car accident in Bodrum, Turkey.  

Mclean, who she dated from 2012 until 2016 and reportedly secretly reconciled with until 2020, died last month when he ‘lost control’ of the vehicle in Turkey.

After the accident she shared a heartbreaking series of lyrics to her Instagram Stories.

Lauren’s post featured a black backdrop while the song’s lyrics gradually appeared on the screen.

The lyrics were: ‘Search your heart, search your soul. When you find me there, you’ll search no more.’