AJ Pritchard: ‘Vile situation’ Star RETURNS to Instagram after he and brother attacked

Strictly Come Dancing 2018 professional AJ Pritchard, 24, and his brother Curtis Pritchard, 22, were attacked by eight males during a night out in Cheshire. Today, the professional dancer uploaded a picture of him and his sibling beaming for the camera alongside a Superman statue, insisting they had moved on from the incident. In view of his 333,000 followers, he wrote: “With my real life superMAN – closes 2018 on a SUPER Positive note. Thank you for all the love & support over the past few days.

“Thank you to each & everyone of the thousands of messages we have received.

“Yes it is a vile situation, but honestly the love has been overwhelming, my brother is my BEST friend by choice @curtispritchard12.

“Happy New Year to everyone… It’s has been a Positive 2018 & will be a fantastic 2019.”

Many of his fans flocked to his page to comment on his return.

One user wrote: “So glad you’ve got your smile back it was a horrible situation to have to go through but so proud of you two for getting through this.

“Sending love to you both,” followed by a love heart emoji.

A second added: “Hoping and praying for a quick and speedy recovery for both of you, sending much light and love your way.”

A third commented: “Bless you both! Best wishes for 2019 xxx.”

Last week, a spokesperson for AJ told Express.co.uk the brothers had been involved in an unprovoked attack.

They said: “AJ and Curtis were assaulted whilst on a night out with 2 friends on the 27th December 2018 in an unprovoked attack in Nantwich, Cheshire.

“Curtis is due to undergo an emergency operation in the next few days to correct the damages he has sustained to his knee, he is also recovering from injuries to his eye and face.

“AJ received bruising to his face, arms, body and legs.”

“Statements have been given to Cheshire Police and they are currently undergoing an investigation.”

A day later, The Sun obtained pictures of the brothers with their injuries.

Dancing With The Stars professional Curtis was seen with a bruised eye and split lip, while AJ also appeared bruised.

AJ told the publication: “Curtis risked his own dancing career to save mine as he threw himself in front of the attackers so they couldn’t get to me.

“He was thinking of both my dancing career with my legs and my TV career with my face.

“He tried to protect me and in doing so saved my life and my legs from danger.”

He added: “It was like a scene out of a movie, with all the aggression and violence. Nothing like this had ever happened to us before.”

source: express.co.uk