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Love Island UK Contestant Kyle Ashman Drops Out Days Before Season 12 Following Machete Incident<\/p>\n
Kyle Ashman<\/strong> <\/em>won\u2019t be entering the Love Island U.K.<\/em> villa after all.<\/p>\n Days before its scheduled season 12 premiere, the reality dating series announced that the 23-year-old won\u2019t be among the hopefuls looking for love in Mallorca, Spain, despite previously being unveiled as a member of the summer 2025 cast.<\/p>\n \u201cFor personal reasons,\u201d ITV said in a statement obtained by Deadline<\/a><\/em> June 3, \u201cKyle will not be entering the\u00a0Love Island<\/em>\u00a0Villa as planned.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Ashman was one of two people arrested on suspicion of being involved in a machete attack at a wake in Stafford, England, The Sun<\/a><\/em> reported. However, a spokesperson for the Staffordshire Police told the outlet both suspects in the February incident were released after being questioned and no further action was taken.<\/p>\n Following the report, Ashman denied any involvement in the matter and maintained his innocence.<\/p>\n \u201cI fully cooperated with this police investigation and made it very clear that I had no involvement in this incident,\u201d he told Deadline<\/em>. \u201cI am not a violent person, and any suggestion otherwise is a mischaracterization.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n