▁be ▁himself . ▁Tod d ▁also ▁claims ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁love ▁and ▁lets ▁local ▁g oss ip ▁Se an ▁know , ▁playing ▁a ▁game ▁of ▁manip ulation , ▁knowing ▁Marcus ▁will ▁hear ▁of ▁it . ▁Lang ley ▁further ▁explained ▁Tod d ' s ▁mot ives : ▁" I ▁think ▁Tod d ▁has ▁a ▁reason ▁for ▁doing ▁what ▁he ' s ▁doing . ▁Tod d ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁marry ▁Sarah ▁and ▁have ▁children , ▁but ▁he ▁knew ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁right ▁[...] ▁he ▁can ▁see ▁the ▁same ▁pattern ▁happening ▁with ▁Marcus , ▁so ▁Tod d ▁is ▁quite ▁ad am ant ▁when ▁he ▁tells ▁Marcus ▁that ▁he ' s ▁doing ▁the ▁wrong ▁thing ." ▁The ▁Daily ▁Star ▁later ▁released ▁photograph s ▁obtained ▁during ▁location ▁film ing ▁dep ict ing ▁Marcus ▁ch asing ▁after ▁Maria . ▁Re porter ▁N icole ▁Mor ley ▁revealed ▁that ▁Maria ▁would ▁catch ▁Tod d ▁and ▁Marcus ▁sharing ▁a ▁sh irt less ▁em brace . ▁ ▁Depart ure ▁( 2 0 1 7 ) ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁a ▁woman ▁compla ined ▁to ▁I TV ▁that ▁Lang ley ▁had ▁acted ▁in app ropri ately ▁towards , ▁and ▁sex ually ▁assault ed ▁her , ▁in ▁a ▁Manchester ▁bar . ▁After ▁an ▁internal ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁sexual ▁assault ▁alleg ation ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁woman , ▁Lang ley ' s ▁contract ▁with ▁Cor on ation ▁Street ▁was ▁terminated ▁with ▁immediate ▁effect . ▁His ▁last ▁appearance ▁was ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁On ▁ 3