Jennifer Ellison off to the U.S. after love split

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The 24-year-old former Brookside star, who last week claimed he had battered her during their six-year-long relationship, is searching for a pad in New York - just a two-hour trip away from the set of her forthcoming working project.

Ellison has been signed up to front Living TV's Dirty Dancing - a reality series which will see a group of British girls flown over to Mount Lake, Virginia, to battle it out for a role as the legendary movie's leading lady, Baby.

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Jennifer Ellison is fleeing to America for a fresh start after splitting with long-term boyfriend Tony Richardson

However, we can reveal that Ellison is certainly doing a bit of hot-footing herself, because she is escaping Britain for a new start in the States.

A source revealed: "Jennifer wants to change her life after splitting with Tony.

"She wants to have some fun and it couldn't have happened at a better time because she has Dirty Dancing that is about to happen.

"Virginia is just a short flight from New York, a city which Jen loves, so she has been house-hunting over there. She is very close to her family but she keeps reminding them that home is only a few hours on a plane away."

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Ellison, above on a recent holiday in Marbella, has signed up to front Living TV's Dirty Dancing - a reality series where contestants will battle for a role as the legendary movie's leading lady

Jennifer, who has also starred in Hell's Kitchen and West End musical Chicago, was left devastated after discovering that her fellow Scouser Tony Richardson had cheated on her with kiss and tell girl, Shalimar Wimble earlier this year - spelling the end of their romance.

She later admitted he had beaten her - and even claimed that he once slammed her on the floor of a hotel room breaking her collarbone, and also attacked her with a bottle.

She said: "I'm just glad I finally had the courage to boot him out of my life for good. If I had known the truth about Tony in the first place, I would never have got involved with him."