An inquest into the death of Stephen Dymond, a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show, has been postponed, Hampshire’s coroner service has confirmed.
Dymond, 63, is suspected to have taken his own life just seven days after appearing on the programme on May 2019.
The construction worker was determined to prove he hadn’t cheated on his fiancé Jane Callaghan, by taking a lie detector test on the show.
However, his episode never made it to air and the show was axed immediately by ITV, with all traces of it removed from streaming services and YouTube.
Coroner Jason Pegg agreed to push back the inquest, which was due to start on Monday, after an application on behalf of Dymond’s family, his office said.
Pegg will give his ruling relating to the adjournment in open court at Ashburton Hall, Winchester, on Monday morning.
A new date for proceedings has not yet been given.
Dymond died from a morphine overdose at his home in Portsmouth, after calling Jeremy Kyle a ‘serial liar’.
The coroner said Kyle, 56, would be an interested party at the inquest because ‘he may have caused or contributed’ to Dymond’s death.
A recent Channel 4 documentary revealed Dymond’s text messages to Callaghan, which read: ‘I hope the Jeremy Kyle Show is happy now.
‘They are responsible for what happens now. I hope this makes good ratings for them.
In response to the two-part series, titled Death on Daytime, ITV said: ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show was broadcast for 14 years. In that time, more than 20,000 people took part in the show seeking help to resolve relationship issues or to address drug or alcohol related problems.
‘The central purpose of the show was conflict resolution, and the show achieved many positive outcomes where people were able to solve personal problems.’
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