A reality TV star allegedly broke his girlfriend's jaw during a five year campaign of abuse. Jack Woodman, who featured on Channel 4 ’s Bodyshockers, is said to have also pulled out a clump of her hair and threatened to burn her with a pair of straighteners, a court has heard. It's claimed Woodman also hit Crystal Taffs. The allegations were heard at Bristol Crown Court. Pawnshop owner Woodman, 33, had been with Crystal for five years. They had two children together before their relationship ended in 2022. It's said Crystal walked out of the house they shared with Woodman’s mother after a number of alleged beatings.
Woodman has denied GBH and two charges of ABH against Crystal Taffs, the mother of his two children. Prosecuting Caitlin Evans said: “This case is about Jack Woodman beating his partner and mother of his two children, breaking her jaw and pulling her hair out. On Father’s Day in 2022, he punched Ms Taffs after she came to pick him up following a night out at a casino in which he had lost a considerable amount of money.".
Crystal, 29, said her ex previously attacked her at his pawnshop. She alleged: "One day I had agreed to cut my brother’s hair but Jack wouldn’t let me go until I had cleaned all the TVs in the pawnshop. He wasn’t happy with the standard of my cleaning of the TVs and he said I was a lazy b****. "He was facing me and punched me in the right side of the face which was agony. I said I think you’ve knocked my teeth out and he said ‘If you don’t shut up I’ll make sure I knock the other teeth out’. I was very panicky as it just didn’t feel right.".
She continued: "He made me stay in the shop and I sent a text to my stepmum apologising that I couldn’t cut my brother’s hair today. I didn’t tell anybody what had happened. I was in pain and very anxious and very scared. I didn’t know if anything was broken but I carried on working as normal at Jack’s Cash. “I went to A&E because I physically couldn’t eat as it was too painful and so went to A&E but it was far too busy and [I] was told that it would be up to five hours. I was conscious that Jack would come home that evening and so I went back to his house.".
She claimed to have gone to have x-rays taken the following day and they showed her jaw was broken. She also claimed to have been attacked by him on the weekend of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. "It was a verbal argument but I do remember him pulling my hair which was something he often did," she claimed. “He reached across and just pulled out a clump of my hair and left me with a bald patch. I was really upset and started to cry when I looked in the mirror.".
