Katie Price has been bailed after her dramatic airport arrest.
The 46-year-old reality star was arrested at Heathrow airport on Thursday night (August 8) upon her return to the UK from Turkey. The dramatic scenes unfolded in front of her eldest son Harvey Price, 21, and her boyfriend, Married at First Sight UK star JJ Slater.
A warrant had been out for her arrest after she failed to turn up to a bankruptcy hearing last week. The mum-of-five had flown to Turkey to get a reported £10,000 facelift and had been pictured arriving at a clinic in a white crop top and leopard print tracksuit bottoms.
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She was snapped sitting on the edge of a police van with her head covered in bandages in black tape, puffing away at a vape. However, it’s since been reported by the PA news agency that Price was bailed by an out-of-hours magistrate on Thursday evening.
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The star is due to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice on Friday (August 9). Katie was declared bankrupt in November 2019 and again in March this year due to an unpaid tax bill worth over £750k.
Just hours before the arrest took place, Katie told her followers on social media that she was prepared for it. She said she felt like she was “being treated like a criminal” and begged for police to handle the situation with “compassion” for the sake of her son Harvey when she landed.
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She wrote: “I would just like to thank everyone that has been showing support and compassion to my situation this week with my pending arrest. Despite what has been misreported I am now in route [sic] back from filming my documentary. I was never just abroad being ignorant to what’s going on and I stand by the facts, which is that there has been miscommunications here between a number of people here to do with my bankruptcy.
“However now I am returning home from work, & I am aware that I am about to be detained at the airport which is obviously what the courts feel is necessary. I do hope of course for my son’s sake who is with me that they will allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see.
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“Whilst I understand the importance and severity of the matter I do feel like I am being treated like a criminal. I would like to point out once again that this is to do with a very unfortunate financial circumstance which as hard as it has been does not make [me] a criminal or bad person. Millions of people suffer losses and go through bankruptcy’s [sic], through many different reasons and mine was due to serious mental health issues and breakdowns from PTSD.
Whilst [sic] it’s been hard, I repeatedly will stand by the fact that I am not embarrassed or ashamed that this has happened to me. People loose [sic] their lives every day over the embarrassment and fear of these situations and the public bullying I’ve endured on this matter is simply not ok. I will continue to speak out on this and not be ashamed.
“I will address this with the police and courts when I land and I ask for my son Harvey’s sake it’s handled with care and compassion. I am after all only a human being. I appreciate all of you that continue to show me love it means a lot.”
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