Former glamour model Katie Price currently owes thousands of pounds in court costs for previous appearances, Crawley Magistrates’ Court heard.
The reality star, who received a 16-week suspended jail term for drink-driving while disqualified and without insurance following a crash, reportedly owes £7,358 in court costs.
During her hearing which took place on Wednesday, Katie was ordered to pay another £213, which is made up of £85 court costs and a £128 victim surcharge.
Ahead of her sentencing, District Judge Kelly told Katie Price that she is “extremely lucky” that she is not spending Christmas behind bars.
The judge said: “I cannot send you to jail today even though you may deserve to spend Christmas behind bars.
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“You are extremely lucky the magistrates on a previous occasion decided to defer their decision.”
The I’m A Celeb star previously revealed she had money troubles a few years ago and was declared bankrupt in November 2019.
After her ruling which took place in the same year, Katie was ordered to pay off £12,000 a month to her creditors after taking out an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) – but she failed to do so.
Last month, The Sun revealed that Katie’s final bankruptcy hearing was pushed back to February 2022.
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The star’s next hearing is to review her attempts to pay back her hefty fees to creditors two years after landing in debt.
According to reports, Katie owes an eye-watering £3.2million to her creditors, however, the likelihood of her paying it all back is fairly slim.
Earlier this year, the TV legend was hit with a repossession order for her £1.35m home after failing to repay a debt of more than £500,000 on the property which was labelled the “Mucky Mansion”.
A Land Registry search for the property reveals Katie owes money to both Kensington Mortgage Company and solicitor Archerfield Partners LLP.
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