again. When she confronted him with the truth, Andy refused to admit he had raped her. To make matters worse, Andy lied to her husband Russ and told him that Dannii had seduced him. When Russ confronted her, an enraged Dannii told Russ that Andy had raped her. However, Russ believed Andy over Dannii which caused their divorce. Russ and Andy had become friends through Sam, Russ's brother, who was in on the rapes with Andy. After her divorce, Dannii attempted to jump off the roof of HCC, but Louise stopped her. Louise brought fellow rape victims Mel and Sophie Burton along with her to prove to Dannii that they could band together and report Andy to the police. The four victims gave their statements to the police, but by that time Andy had disappeared from Hollyoaks. Dannii found support in her fellow victims and her friends including Joe. Despite many attempts to recover from her rape, she decided it would be best for her to move back to Italy. Russ tried to stop her from going and asked her to marry him again, but she was already set on returning to Italy. Russ confessed that he had accidentally killed Andy when he went to confront him about Dannii's accusation. Shocked, Dannii told him to go to the police. After a tearful goodbye to Russ, Dannii then left Hollyoaks in a taxi. Unbeknownst to Russ, Andy had actually survived. Dannii returned to Hollyoaks in June 2007 after receiving a text message from her ex-lover Russ on his Mobile phone saying that he wanted her back. The message was in fact sent by Darren Osborne. She got to meet his fiancée, Mercedes McQueen, who was furious, believing that Russ still loved his ex-partner Dannii. Mercedes dumped pasta on her head. In the end, Russ pledged his loyalty to Mercedes, and Dannii left to work in a fashion house in Milan. Reception While defending the newly introduced Hollyoaks characters, a columnist for Inside Soap expressed their love for Dannii, writing "Spoilt brat Dannii is fab – an Izzy Cornwell for the iPod generation". References External links Dannii Carbone at Hollyoaks.com Hollyoaks characters Television characters introduced in 2004 Female characters in television Fictional victims of sexual assault