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Loretta Jones was the girlfriend of Dom Reilly and Jake Dean.
Biography[]
Lorreta was first seen during the first season of Hollyoaks Later which began to air in November 2008, working in her strip club, Loretta would meet the recently widowed, Dominic Reilly and the two hit it off, however Lorreta quickly ended whatever really they had as she felt Dom has not got over the death of his wife, Tina Reilly but Loretta returns in February 2009, moving to Hollyoaks village where she in fact starts a relationship with Dom.
During her first few months in the show, Lorreta clashes with Tina's sister, Mercedes Fisher whom thinks Dom has moved on from Tina too quickly she also tells Dom she has quit her job as a stripper however this is in fact a lie and when Lorreta later befriends Cindy Cunningham she moves in with her along with Darren Osborne whom discovers Lorreta is lying and begins to blackmail her and Loreeta would relocate her job in a bid to hide her truth further however when Dom later finds out the truth Loretta's relationship with Dom would come to an end yet again when he struggles to get his head around the line of work shes in. Lorrestta later has a drunken fall on some broken glass causing scaring on her stomach which leads the her losing her job as her boss deemed the scaring unattractive.
Lorreta would soon come in between brothers Ash and Ravi Roy when she develops a crush which causes Ash to become jealous as his attracted to Lorreta, Lorreta would later avoid Ravi when she sees him become somewhat violent to his sister, Leila Roy and later on Loretta is kissed by Ash after the two interact after the incident which is witnessed by an angry Ravi, Lorreta is shocked when Ash punches Ravi and Hostpitalizing him she then comes clean about the kiss to Anita Roy and Kris Fisher. Months onto her arrival Lorreta is seen being good friends with both Nancy Hayton and Hannah Ashworth however this would later change when Lorreta meets Nancy's ex-husband, Jake Dean and would grow close with Jake and would eventually start a relationship with Jake and this leads Lorreta to be kicked out by Nancy and ending their friendship not long after her relationship with Jake becomes public knowledge, it's also revealed that she sent Jake a number of letters while he was away in a mental institution.
Lorreta sees Jake's nasty side for the first time after she talks to Jake's sister, Steph Cunningham that their relationship is moving quick however she forgives Jake for his outburst and the two continue their relationship. Lorreta would also strike a friendship with Holly Cunningham. Months Into her relationship with Jake, Lorreta begins to show a controlling side by often criticising the way Jake looks and accusing him of cheating it's the revealed Lorreta has a restraining order out on her against one of her exes named Adam, Lorreta is later sectioned by July 2010 under the mental health act.
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Successful Rescues[]
- Frankie Osborne, 24th November 2009 - Performed the Heimlich maneouver when she choked on a chicken bone.
Failed Rescues[]
None
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Background Information[]
- In 2009, it was planned for Loretta to be exposed for having killed a twelve-year-old girl at the age of twelve, and changed her identity. The storyline received nationwide criticism due to the similarities with the murder of James Bulger. After James's mother, Denise Fergus, viewed the to-be-transmitted episodes and expressed her wishes for the storyline to be cancelled, executive producer Tony Wood ordered that the storyline was axed and filmed scenes were deleted - some merely hours before transmission.
- In 2010, Loretta was axed from the series, along with fifteen other characters, during a cast cull by producer Paul Marquess.
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