Understand
Katie Price told teenage girl 'I will make you a little star' during messages about then-husband, rape trial hears
Overview
Lewes Crown Court has heard that Katie Price messaged a teenage girl telling her "I will make you a little star" amid questioning over alleged interactions with Price's then-husband, Kieran Hayler. Hayler is on trial accused of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against the then 13-year-old girl in 2016, all of which he denies. The defence argues the alleged offences never happened and that the allegations are part of a campaign launched by Price following their marriage breakdown, while the complainant maintains her accusations are true.
Key points
- Kieran Hayler is on trial at Lewes Crown Court facing three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault allegedly committed in 2016 against a 13-year-old girl.
- Hayler denies all charges against him and suggests his ex-wife Katie Price launched a campaign against him when their marriage ended.
- The court was shown messages in which Katie Price told the teenage girl, then aged 14, that she would "make you a little star" while asking about alleged kissing.
- The complainant testified that she deleted text exchanges with Hayler, including 'I love you' messages, because Hayler told her to get rid of them.
- The defence argued that the alleged rapes and sexual assault never occurred and disputed that the text exchanges took place.