Drunk porn star and former X Factor contestant arrested after smashing car into fence

Porn actress Michelle Thorne, 41, has been charged with drink driving after crashing her car into a pub fence in Downend. Photo / Michelle Thorne Facebook

A porn star who appeared on the X Factor UK has been charged with drink driving after crashing her car into a pub fence.

Michelle Thorne, 41, was breathalysed and found to be over the drink drive limit after reversing into the Willy Wicket pub in Downend, South Gloucestershire.

She allegedly had to spend the night in the cells to calm down following the incident on December 19, the Daily Mail reports.

The mother-of-two, who appeared on X Factor UK in 2005, had apparently got into a drunken argument with a relative. She then got into her white Peugeot people carrier and damaged the fence before police arrived and arrested her.

A source told The Sun: "She got into a fight and then got into her car and reversed into the fence. She then sped off out of the car park and drove round the roundabout and came back before she started arguing again.

"Her dad took her car keys off her then the police arrived and arrested her."

Miss Thorne told the newspaper: "I can't really tell you what happened. What they're making out I've done is silly. It's all a bit far-fetched."

MailOnline has approached Miss Thorne for further details.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police told MailOnline: "A 41-year-old woman is to appear at Bristol Magistrates Court on January 11, charged with drink driving following an incident on December 19.

"Michelle Thorne of Mangotsfield, was arrested after a car was in collision with a fence at the Willy Wicket public house in Downend. She was arrested and breathalysed and found to be over the drink drive limit."

Earlier this year Miss Thorne's husband, Dean Powell, 36, was jailed for attacking her and threatening to kill her.

The fighter, who married Miss Thorne in 2010, had threatened her with a ten-inch blade when she tried to kick him out of their home in Mangotsfield, South Gloucestershire.

He also turned on her father Michael when he tried to intervene, head-butting him and causing him to suffer a nosebleed.

He was sentenced to 28 months behind bars at Bristol Crown Court after pleading guilty to assaulting the actress and her father on December 29, 2015.

Miss Thorne's adult film career began in 1999 with All Amateur: Girls of the UK, and during her career has worked with production companies such as Bluebird Films and Extreme Associates.

She also has her own production company called Bombchelle Productions and in 2005 was named by the BBC as "one of the best-known faces in the British porn industry and one of the top actresses".

She has also written and directed several adult films. In 2005, Miss Thorne appeared as a contestant in episode two, season two, of The X Factor.