His current partner Kate Birchenough told the Sunday Mirror: “The fact was she was obsessed with Jeremy and poor Steve got caught up in it.
“He would always play second fiddle to Jeremy. It has been very painful for Steve because it was so long ago but Alex still wounded him greatly. This has been hanging over us for a very long time and the ­injunction being lifted is a huge relief.”
Kate said Stephen and Clarkson have “no kind of relationship now” and added: ­“Regardless what you think of Jeremy, he does not deserve all the dirt that Alex is throwing at him and Steve knows that too.”
She said that she and Stephen try to have “as little as possible” to do with Alex.