CAROLINE Flack faces fresh heartbreak because her new Channel 4 show could be axed after she was charged with assault.
The telly presenter, 40, had to step down as the host of ITV2s new winter series of Love Island following her arrest on December 12.
She pleaded not guilty on Monday to attacking boyfriend Lewis Burton, 27, and will go on trial on March 4 for the charge of assault by beating.
Flacks new series The Surjury, in which members of the public would try to convince a panel into allowing them to have cosmetic procedures, is now in jeopardy.
A source said: Carolines looming court case and the bad publicity surrounding her has left a dark cloud over the show and Channel 4 do not want to associate themselves with Caroline at this time.
Its a devastating blow for her as it was a huge break into the mainstream.
There have been on-going discussions and some people on the production team have admitted they dont think itll ever air.
The Surjury was always going to be controversial and for some they feel to have Caroline hosting it would be a disastrous move right now.
A spokeswoman for Channel 4 said: The Surjury is not currently scheduled.
Flack spent Christmas with close friends after Mondays court hearing, during which she was seen sobbing in the dock.
She is accused of whacking professional tennis player Lewis over the head with a lamp while he slept.
In a panicked 999 call, he told police Flack had tried to kill me.
Police who arrived at her flat in Islington, North London, found them both covered in blood in a scene like a horror movie and had to restrain her, the court heard.
Lewis is standing by Flack and said he did not want to press charges against her.
Police officers are using his emergency services call and body-cam footage as evidence to charge her.
