Richard Dexter Thomas Rayment (born 31 August 1990) is an English television personality, singer and actor. He is best known as a former main cast member on the

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series ''

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'' (2012–2015).

Early life

Richard Dexter Thomas Rayment was born in

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, England on 31 August 1990, as the only child to Richard Carre Rayment (born 29 January 1947) and his wife, Janet "Jan" (

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Cheshire; born 22 August 1951).

Career

Rayment made his television debut on the fourth series of the

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'' on 29 January 2012. He appeared as a main cast member until

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, making his final appearance in the episode broadcast on 5 April 2015. He appeared on ''The Only Way Is Essex: All Back to Essex'' in 2014. He appeared on 114 episodes. Rayment appeared on the

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magazine programme ''

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'' on 21 February 2014 and on 19 June 2014. Rayment is a singer. He released his first

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, ''Stay True'', on

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in August 2015. Rayment created a calendar for 2015. He previously owned The Cloud Cafe, a

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company. Rayment appeared on the fifth episode in the second series of the

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celebrity fishing series ''The Big Fish Off'' on 5 May 2016. Rayment made his debut as an

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with the role of Detective Lee Saunders in the

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'' Dangerous Game''. The film was released on 16 June 2017, with a premiere in

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. Rayment appeared on the third episode in the third series of the

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revival of the E4 comedy

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'', which was broadcast on 4 April 2018. Rayment played Dominic in the action film ''Dead Ringer'', which was released on 25 June 2018. Rayment launched the clothing brand, Filthy Hooker, in 2018. He is the owner of Crowsheath Fishery, a lake/fishing pond in

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. He has appeared on the cover of ''

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''. Rayment is a member of the band, D5, with

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, Shide Boss, Luke White, and Jordi Whitworth.

Personal life

Rayment was in a relationship with

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between 2012 and November 2014. He was briefly engaged to

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in 2015. His proposal to Simpson was filmed for the

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series ''

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''. Rayment and former ''

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'' actress

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made their relationship public knowledge via

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2024.

Controversies

Rayment exposed himself to his friends outside a

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shop in

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in May 2015, for no apparent reason. That September, it was reported that he had been arrested "on suspicion of

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" (ABH), following a fight in

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spokesman told ''

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'': "A 25-year-old man from

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in Essex was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm following a fight with another man. Police officers on patrol were alerted to the fight around 2:25am. As the situation calmed, the victim of the assault declined to provide a statement and the man was de-arrested. He left the area immediately." Also that September, his

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account was hacked and a picture of his

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began circulating online. That October, it was reported that he owed £500 in unpaid parking fines, resulting in trouble with the

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Filmography

As himself

As an actor

References

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