A BRITISH chef has been accused of “ghosting” his spouse and two youngsters after altering his identify and vanishing “with no hint”.
Ashley McGuire was left heartbroken after she claims TV star lover Charles Withers deserted their household a yr in the past – just for him to be present in 24 hours by part-time social media detectives.
The terrifying story of deception has precipitated 1000’s of the web’s high sleuths to search out Withers with many even claiming to have matched with him on courting apps resembling Bumble.
A whole lot are actually saying he’s residing his ideally suited single life in Texas – a complete 30-hour drive away from his household.
With the London-born prepare dinner now allegedly going by Charlie, in keeping with social media posts.
He’s but to answer any of the claims in opposition to him.
McGuire, from Massachusetts, turned to Fb to try to discover her runaway hubby, final Saturday.
She posted on-line: “That is my husband, Charles Withers. He likes to be the focus however I’m undecided how a lot he’s going to love this.
“Final yr, after I was pregnant with our youngest child, he determined being a husband and a dad wasn’t the life-style he needed anymore and he ghosted, like gone with no hint.”
“He has one child he hasn’t seen in over a yr, and one he’s by no means met.
“He’s moved someplace out of state and adjusted his telephone quantity.”
McGuire first made her bombshell claims public on the favored Fb group “Are We Courting the Similar Man”.
She described her distant misplaced lover as “charming” however added he has “most likely by no means talked about having a spouse or youngsters again in Massachusetts”.
The Brit starred in a 2022 episode of the fact TV present “Chopped” on The Meals Community making him a recognisable face.
He’s thought to have abruptly shut the doorways to his restaurant earlier than fleeing Massachusetts over 12 months in the past.
McGuire says she publicly spilled the beans of his full runner after a number of failed makes an attempt at contacting him privately.
If you already know him, if you happen to’re working with him, if you happen to’re courting him or buddies with him, are you able to please have him get in contact with me or let me know the place I can discover him
Ashley McGuire
The mum-of-two has develop into used to being a single father or mother within the yr since he allegedly left and is now seeking to break up.
Nevertheless, she says getting a divorce with a person who tries to not exist is a difficult activity.
She wrote: “Divorcing somebody who’s fully unreachable is absolutely powerful and drawn out, so I’m making an attempt to trace him all the way down to get his signatures on just a few papers.
“If you already know him, if you happen to’re working with him, if you happen to’re courting him or buddies with him, are you able to please have him get in contact with me or let me know the place I can discover him.”
This plea led to a variety of X sleuths piecing collectively all the saga and realising the chef had fully modified his entire life.
I matched with him on Bumble only a few weeks in the past
Texas native
It took simply 24-hours for McGuire’s publish to be flooded with feedback of individuals claiming that they had seen Withers in Texas.
With many even saying that they had matched with him on courting apps, in keeping with viral social media clips.
One admitted: “I matched with him on Bumble only a few weeks in the past.”
It was via his courting profile that individuals realised Charles was now Charlie.
As a number of others revealed he had given out his handle to them so they might meet up after seemingly hitting it off on-line.
A grateful McGuire mentioned she had “just a few women attain out” to her who gave out his Texas handle.
She posted a follow-up touch upon Fb saying: “I’ve actually a whole lot of messages to type via, some with data and a few with help, and I respect all of them.
“I’ve gotten greater than sufficient data to find him.
“Single mothers are a particular breed, and I do know lots of you’ve got gone via the identical scenario I’ve.”
The wild story shortly gained the eye of thousands and thousands on-line with one TikTok detailing the story getting over 5 million views.
A number of different posts have additionally gained a whole lot of 1000’s of feedback from annoyed girls feeling McGuire’s ache.
Regardless of many of those angered girls desirous to see the chef get his comeuppance for his walk-out act, the stylish mum requested for folks to settle down with the hate for her ex.
She added: “I sincerely respect your whole help, however please don’t make threats, unfold hate, or attempt to exit and find him.
“Really I solely need to see this case resolved so me and my youngsters can restart our lives and repair the harm accomplished.”