Bethany Platt is set to be at the centre of a sex ring storyline in ‘Coronation Street’, according to reports.
Lucy Fallon’s character has moved into the spotlight this year with a plot centring on diet pills, but it’s now being claimed that she’ll be taking on something even tougher in the New Year.
The Sun reports that Bethany will get an older boyfriend who grooms her, and secretly plans to “pimp her out” to his friends.
Catch up on all the latest soap news and spoilers here.
Soap Families With Surprising Real-Life Age Gaps
Moira and Adam Barton (Emmerdale)(01 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 11 years
Despite her farmer's garb, Natalie J. Robb basically glows on screen, so we weren't exactly surprised to find that she wouldn't actually be old enough to be Adam Thomas's parent in the real world. (credit:REX/Shutterstock)
Goldie McQueen and her twin sons (Hollyoaks)(02 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: ??
We were as delighted as the next person to find out Chelsee Healey had landed a soap role - but the 28-year-old having on-screen twin, teenage sons? Hm. The maths isn't quite going to work now, is it... (credit:Lime Pictures)
Charity And Debbie Dingle (Emmerdale)(03 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 13 years
This mother-daughter duo have had more than their fair share of drama over the years. While Charity was supposed to be young when she gave birth, 13 might pushing it a bit. (credit:ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Mick and Nancy Carter (EastEnders)(04 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 13 years
Just over a decade separates Maddy Hill and Danny Dyer, pictured here with Kellie Bright. (credit:David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Kathy and Ian Beale (EastEnders)(05 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 12 years
Let's be honest, Gillian Taylforth does look more like Adam Woodyatt's sister than his mother. (credit:BBC Pictures)
Janice and Toyah Battersby (Coronation Street)(06 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 11 years
Can we just take a second to admire Barbara Knox's ensemble, please? Done? OK.
So did Janice give birth at 11? No, she did not. There's more chance of Vicky Entwistle and Georgia being sisters. (credit:ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Myra and Jacqui McQueen (Hollyoaks)(07 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 8 years
Claire Cooper played the eldest member of the McQueen clan until 2013, and everyone was willing to suspend their disbelief at the fact she's not even a decade younger than on-screen mum Nicole Barber-Lane. (credit:Lime Pictures)
Masood and Syed Masood (EastEnders)(08 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 13 years
Masood and Zainab's eldest son arrived in Walford four years after the rest of the family, after a fallout over the family business and as far as we're aware, the religious couple welcomed him when their school years were finished. (credit:BBC Pictures)
Audrey and Gail Platt (Coronation Street)(09 of09)
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Real-Life Age Gap: 7 years
Seriously, 'Corrie'? This one really does take the mickey. (credit:REX/Shutterstock)