Remi Lambert claims he was punched in the ‘set up’ (Picture: ITV/REX)

Love Island star Remi Lambert has claimed he was assaulted by a friend of fellow Islander Jacques O’Neill.

Remi, who appeared on the ITV dating show alongside Jacques in summer 2022, accused Jacques of setting the attack up.

‘Wasn’t going to bring this up but this has gone too far now’, Remi began in a statement.

The model went on to detail the alleged incident from Saturday night (March 18).

‘Last night I was assaulted by one of Jacques’ friends’, he wrote on his Instagram Story.

‘Jacques and him followed me on my walk back home from the club and stopped me.

The Love Islander has accused Jacques O’Neill of arranging an assault (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Remi shared a lengthy statement to his Instagram Story (Picture: Instagram)

The model also shared a cryptic post about ‘karma’ the previous night (Picture: Instagram)

‘Then Jacques began to start an argument about the Love Island beef that was a year ago.

‘Clearly can’t move on.

‘Out of nowhere his friend punched me.

‘I think it was a setup to get me to react but I’m too mature for this bs.’

Remi then asked anyone who ‘saw anything last night’ to message him personally.

As Remi mentioned, this isn’t the first time he and Jacques, 23, have clashed.

Jacques and Remi have had beef since leaving the villa last summer (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

The rugby ace was coupled up with Paige Thorne before quitting the show early (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

After leaving the villa, the reality TV star claimed that both Jacques and Luca Bish bullied him.

Following his exit, Remi claimed there was an unaired argument between him and the rugby ace, and said his Love Island experience ‘s**t’ because of Jacques.

‘Everyone said I lied about the way I was treated in that villa, but this here is an example of what was going on whilst I was in there,’ Remi blasted, after Jacques and Luca made fun of his rapping during an Instagram Live.

‘Don’t know why they wasn’t kicked out for their behaviour to be honest. It’s not banter, it’s clear signs of bullying.’

Remi has since claimed he was ‘bullied’ by Jacques and Luca Bish (Picture: Instagram)

Remi was previously said to be working on a diss track against his co-stars (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Reflecting on what took place behind the scenes, Remi added: ‘I wish everyone could see all of the crap I went through.’

Reports later surfaced that Remi was to release a diss track on the matter.

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And according to The Sun, Remi, from Manchester, is building on his music career and using the bullying claims as his source of inspiration.

‘The track is going to be pretty eye-opening and he really doesn’t hold back on it,’ a source said.

Reps for Jacques O’Neill have been contacted for comment.

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Remi says Jacques’ friend punched him ‘out of nowhere’.