After an inquest concluded, Jeremy Kyle declared that while Steve Dymond’s overdose death after appearing on his ITV show was a “tragedy,” his “conscience is clear,” reports Breaking News.
Seven days after shooting for the Jeremy Kyle Show in May 2019, Dymond passed away. Earlier this week, a coroner declared that the show’s handling of him was not a “contributory factor.”
The 63-year-old went into “distraught” mode after failing the lie detector test he took for the ITV show, which he had done to prove he hadn’t cheated on his Gosport, Hampshire, fiancée, Jane Callaghan.
“To place blame on others is incorrect, even though what transpired was a tragedy,” Kyle stated to The Sun.
He added: “I think everybody would probably question (themselves) when something like that happens. You look at yourself in the mirror, of course you do. You would be inhuman not to, wouldn’t you? Listen, I know that I did that show to the best of my ability. I’m sure I didn’t get it right the whole time. But my conscience is clear. The coroner was right in that there was nothing I did, or could have done, to stop this tragedy. I was presenting a show. Steve had been cleared to appear by both ITV’s aftercare ream and his own GP,” reports Breaking News.
On Tuesday, coroner Jason Pegg told the inquest: “The deceased’s decision to take his own life was made in the context of his mental distress that was probably exacerbated by his belief that a significant relationship had now irretrievably broken down following his participation on a television programme where it had been suggested that the deceased had lied to his partner,” reports Breaking News.
Mr. Pegg rejected the idea that the Jeremy Kyle Show was a “direct cause of Steve Dymond’s distress,” stating that it would be dangerous to draw these conclusions in the absence of a solid and conclusive causal relationship.
“Steve Dymond’s involvement in the show is one of several factors; although it is conceivable that the way he was treated contributed to his distress, it is not likely.”
The court was informed that Dymond, a resident of Portsmouth, Hampshire, had taken overdoses four times: once in January 1995, twice in December 2002, and once in April 2005. Dymond was diagnosed with a depressive condition in 1995, reports Breaking News.
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