Editing Craig Charles (section)

== Personal life ==
Charles resides in [[Altrincham]], [[Greater Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Harford |first=Sarah |date=3 December 2017 |title=On my radar: Craig Charles's cultural highlights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/03/on-my-radar-craig-charles-basquiat-boom-for-real-don-winslow-altrincham-market-john-bishop |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> He has three children: a son named Jack from his first marriage to actress [[Cathy Tyson]], and two daughters named Anna-Jo and Nellie from his second marriage to Jackie Fleming.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spencer |first=Nikki |date=29 May 2015 |title=Craig Charles: My family values |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/may/29/craig-charles-my-family-values |access-date=2 December 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In July 1994, Charles and another man were charged with [[Rape in English law|rape]] and four counts of [[Indecent assault#England and Wales|indecent assault]], following allegations by an associate and ex-girlfriend of Charles.<ref name="cusick">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/red-dwarf-star-cleared-of-rape-7946138.html |title='Red Dwarf' star cleared of rape |last=Cusick |first=James |date=4 March 1995 |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=10 August 2019}}</ref> Charles was [[Remand (detention)|remanded]] in custody for three-and-a-half months before being granted bail, during which time he was assaulted by a man wielding a makeshift knife.<ref name="cusick"/><ref name="bbctrauma">{{cite news |title=The trauma of being falsely accused |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3055859.stm |access-date=15 December 2021 |work=[[BBC News Online|BBC News]] |date=31 July 2003}}</ref> In March 1995, Charles and his co-accused were acquitted of all charges at trial.<ref name="cusick"/> After being acquitted, Charles spoke of the need to restore anonymity for those accused of rape.<ref name="cusick"/><ref name="jenkins">{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/tiffany-jenkins-less-anonymity-means-more-justice-1576214|title=Less anonymity means more justice|last=Jenkins|first=Tiffany|author-link=Tiffany Jenkins|date=7 May 2013|website=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref> He stated: "The fact that my name and address along with my picture can appear on the front of the papers before the so-called 'victim' has even signed a statement proves that anonymity for rape defendants is a must and that the law must be changed."<ref name="jenkins"/>

Charles has battled drug addiction: he described himself in 2015 as "quite an addictive person", trying to find healthier addictions, of which work was one.<ref name="jonze">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/21/craig-charles-dark-side-interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010091901/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/21/craig-charles-dark-side-interview|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2015|title=Craig Charles: 'I'm 51, I shouldn't be getting disco injuries!'|last=Jonze|first=Tim|date=21 September 2015|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref> In June 2006, newspaper allegations of [[crack cocaine]] use resulted in Charles being suspended from both ''Coronation Street''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5391724.stm |title=Charles to make Street comeback |date=29 September 2006 |work=[[BBC News Online|BBC News]] |access-date=27 December 2006 |location=London}}</ref> and BBC Radio 6 Music. In August, Charles was arrested and released on bail pending further enquiries, and in September he accepted a [[Police caution|caution]] for possession of a [[Misuse of Drugs Act 1971|Class A drug]].<ref>{{cite news|date=22 September 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5370492.stm|title= Actor Charles given drugs caution|work=[[BBC News Online|BBC News]]|access-date=27 December 2006|location=London}}</ref> Charles returned to hosting his 6 Music show from November 2006 and filming ''Coronation Street'' from January 2007. In a 2015 interview, Charles spoke of his need to remain "vigilant" in abstaining from drugs.<ref name="jonze"/> In 2020, he said that the newspaper reports were the best thing that could have happened to him, leading him to join [[Narcotics Anonymous]] and straighten out his personal life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Craig Charles: 'This is my midlife crisis – I should have just bought a Porsche!' |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 November 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/04/craig-charles-this-is-my-midlife-crisis-i-should-have-just-bought-a-porsche }}</ref>