‘Neighbours’ spoilers for Aug 23: Xanthe faces a mammoth battle against her attacker; Cooper ends up in the hospital after being assaulted

Anger, fear and retribution hound Ramsay Street on the upcoming episode of “Neighbours.” On Tuesday, Xanthe Canning’s (Lilly Van Der Meer) admission about Cooper Knights (Charlie Hannaford) leads to a heated row between the two families, and the school is caught in between the scandal.

Gary Canning (Damien Richardson) is understandably seething mad with what happened to his daughter. When Cooper gets attacked, people suspect Gary to have taken matters into his own hands. Other “Neighbours” cast members who will also appear on the Aug.23 episode include Elly Conway (Jodi Anasta), Ben Ian Kirk (Felix Mallard), Piper Willis (Mavournee Hazel), Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne), Karl (Alan Fletcher), Sheila Canning (Colette Mann), Terese Willis (Rebekah Elmaloglou), Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis), Madison Robinson (Sarah Ellen) and Ned (Ben Hall).

“Neighbours” also stars Sonya Rebecchi (Eve Morey), Jarrod “Toadie” Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney), Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner), Mark Brennan (Scott McGregor), Jack Callahan (Andrew Morley), Paige Smith (Olympia Valance), Amy Williams (Zoe Cramond), Tyler Brennan (Travis Burns), Aaron Brennan (Matt Wilson), Brad Willis (Kip Gamblin), Lauren Turner (Kate Kendall), Charlie Hoyland (Alexander McGuire) and Jimmy Williams (Darcy Tadich).

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Channel Eleven posted a sneak peek of Tuesday’s episode. In the trailer, Cooper’s mum insists that he’s a good boy. Gary angrily warns Maureen to make her son pull his head in, or he will do it for him. Later, Gary asks Piper where he could find Cooper. Meanwhile, Susan tells Elly and Brad that at that point, it’s Xanthe’s word against Cooper’s. Xanthe corners Ben and tells him that what Cooper did wasn’t okay.

Digital Spy reports that Cooper turns the table on Xanthe and accuses her of throwing herself at him. Like Gary, Ben wants Cooper to pay for what he did to Xanthe. Later, Cooper’s mum arrives at the hospital and says that her son has been assaulted and is unconscious.

Meanwhile, Elly plays hard to get with Ned, but it backfires on her – she soon finds out that he made other plans with Madison.

“Neighbours” recap

On Monday, Mark handed an anniversary card to Sonya and Toadie, saying he found it on their front porch. However, the message wasn’t pleasant at all – it was, in fact, threatening. Mark took it, hoping to get prints from it. The Rebecchis got even more worried when Mark informed them that Clive got released on bail. This convinced everyone that Clive might really behind the attacks at Ramsay Street.

The next day, Steph informed Mark that Max, Charlie’s dad, called and learned about what’s been happening. Max apparently wanted Charlie to go back to Fiji in light of the danger occurring within the neighbourhood. Mark offered for Steph and Charlie to move in with him temporarily until the culprit gets caught.

Later, Steph began to think that the anniversary card wasn’t meant for Sonya – she realised that it’s around this time two years ago that she and Belinda first got together. However, Toadie brushed off her theory, saying that Belinda’s in Las Vegas. While moving her stuff to Mark’s, Steph also found a doll that resembled her, with its head cut off. She and Toadie began to think more and more that she’s the real target of the stalker.

Meanwhile at Harold’s, Cooper arrived just as Xanthe was closing up shop. She found herself uncomfortably alone with him once again, and he locked the door just as he did previously in the hotel room. Cooper threatened her to show up for practise, but Xanthe also said she’ll tell everyone about what happened at the hotel. Cooper snorted and said nobody would believe her over him. The next day, Xanthe quit her media group, much to Elly’s dismay. Elly confronted Xanthe about the real reason why she’s acting up. Xanthe finally admitted that Cooper assaulted her. Later, Xanthe and Elly also informed Gary and Sheila about what happened. Gary was expectedly raging mad, but Elly said they needed to deal with it the right way.

Find out what happens next on “Neighbours,” which airs Monday to Friday at 6.30pm on Network Eleven in Australia. In the UK, “Neighbours” airs during weekdays on Channel 5.