Charley Kazim Uchea (born 30 June 1985) is an English television personality and model born in Southeast London, England. She was a contestant on Big Brother 8 in 2007. Uchea has previously worked as an lap dancer from Stringfellow's Nightclub and cousin to Sunderland A.F.C. footballer Kieran Richardson.
Charley's entry was speculated on by the British tabloid press and she was negatively received by the live audience on the launch night. Whilst being in the house Charley claimed to have 'raved' with footballers such as Frank Lampard and John Terry, however, outside the house, the footballers have denied such rumours.
Kieran has boycotted Big Brother and his cousin saying that she is only using his fame to promote herself in the programme. Charley Uchea was eventually voted out of the Big Brother house, having stayed much longer than many had predicted. On 11 July, Charley Uchea was nominated (and eventually selected) for eviction on Friday 13 August, but it turned out to be a "fake eviction", so instead of being evicted, she was back in the Big Brother house the same evening, to a mixed reception of the other housemates. Charley was evicted on day 59 and has since been doing many interviews being a guest on the game show The Weakest Link.
Charley took Express Newspapers to court for publishing a story in the Daily Star newspaper about her suspected past being a hooker. The Daily Star published the story on 19 June 2007. Charley is demanding £50,000 in damages from the publishers.
Charley won £20,000 in damages and legal costs from the Daily Star in March 2009 when they accepted that the story they ran about her being a suspected hooker, running a sex scam and stealing designer clothes from West End shops were unfounded and untrue.
She has also been guest on numerous game shows and talk shows in the UK.
