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Katie Price due in court after arrest at London's Heathrow Airport

Katie Price (46) was arrested on her return to the UK from Turkey after failing to attend a court hearing relating to her bankruptcies
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

07.01 9 Aug 2024


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Katie Price due in court after arrest at London's Heathrow Airport

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

07.01 9 Aug 2024


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Katie Price has been arrested at Heathrow Airport in London after failing to attend a court hearing relating to her bankruptcies.

Price (46) was arrested on Thursday at the airport on her return to the UK.

The former glamour model has been remanded in custody at a London police station to appear in court on Friday.

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On Thursday evening, the mother of five was photographed next to a police van with protective headwear around her surgery wounds.

It is understood she had been in Turkey for surgery after photos emerged of her at a hotel swimming pool with bandages on her bloodied face.

In April, Price was also told she could be arrested if she kept missing hearings.

Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Catherine Burton issued an arrest warrant in July, saying that Price had been given "very clear warnings" that she must appear.

Price was due to face questions about her finances from barristers - she was declared bankrupt in November 2019 and again in March this year.

Last week, Price insisted she was "not running from matters" and posted a statement on Instagram saying she could not attend because she was filming abroad.

Katie Price - aka Jordan on The Late Late Show, 30-10-09. Image: RollingNews.ie/RTE

In a lengthy post online, Price claimed the media was trying to cause "continued humiliation to myself and family" but was "neither embarrassed or ashamed" adding that: "I have to continue in my work in order to satisfy these bankruptcy orders."

Issuing the arrest warrant, Judge Burton said Price had not explained her absence and that "she has no real excuse", adding: "The reason for her absence today is irrelevant."

Judge Burton also said Price had offered only "piecemeal co-operation" and failed to provide the "most basic information" in relation to her bankruptcies.

Price insisted she was "doing the best... to rectify things during extremely challenging times".

At a hearing in February, she was ordered to pay 40% of her monthly income from the adult entertainment website OnlyFans to a trustee for the next three years, in relation to her first bankruptcy.

She was then declared bankrupt for a second time in March due to an unpaid tax bill worth more than stg£750,000 (€875,897).

Last October, she said she was "fed up" with being threatened with legal action and would go to prison to be "done with it all".

Reporting by: IRN

Main image: Katie Price attends the Woman In Film and Television Awards in London, England, 1-12-23. Image: PA Images / Alamy

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