Coronation Street's Harriet Bibby leaves former co-star in tears with message over exit of 'kind' on-screen boyfriend

Coronation Street star Harriet Bibby left one of her former co-stars in tears as she sent a public message to another departing member of the cast. In recent scenes, viewers of the ITV soap saw Aaron Sandford make an emotional exit after being accused of rape.

James Craven joined Corrie as Aaron last year as Harriet's character Summer Spellman's new love interest. However, things recently took a dark turn for Aaron as, following his split from Summer, the character sought solace in her best friend Amy Barlow.

Back in March, Corrie viewers watched in horror as Amy, played by Elle Mulvaney, was raped by Aaron after the flatmates were seen bonding over drinking games after they both fell out with Summer. The pair ended up kissing in Amy's bedroom after she went to find more alcohol.

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But when she complained of feeling sick and passed out asleep, Aaron continued to prey on her. When Amy woke up to find herself alone in the flat, she found a note saying 'drink me' with a glass of water left by Aaron, who believed their night together was consensual.

Meanwhile, hungover and with no memory of how she got into bed, Amy was distraught to see her underwear on the floor along with the discarded drink bottles and when Aaron later caught up with Amy in the street and begged her to forget about their 'drunken sex.', Amy asserted that she was far too drunk to consent and he, therefore, raped her.

After months of trauma for Amy, Aaron appeared to finally understand what happened that night as he dropped the planned libel case against Amy after she outed Aaron online in a blog post. Amy showed Aaron her written retraction but when he pointed out that it doesn’t make sense,