Katie Price in Heathrow arrest after court no-show
Katie Price was arrested at Heathrow Airport after failing to attend a court hearing and is now in police custody. A warrant for her arrest was issued on 30 July due to her absence from a court session concerning her bankruptcies.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a 46-year-old woman was arrested at Heathrow at 19:45 BST. Ms. Price is scheduled to appear before a judge at the Royal Courts of Justice later on Friday after being detained upon her return to the UK.
Photos have surfaced showing her with bandages on her face, near police vehicles at the airport.
Katie Price was initially declared bankrupt in November 2019 and again in March this year. During a February hearing, she was ordered to pay 40% of her monthly earnings from the website OnlyFans for the next three years as part of the settlement for her first bankruptcy. The second bankruptcy in March was due to an unpaid tax bill exceeding £750,000.
Previously, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Catherine Burton said Ms Price had received “very clear warnings” she must attend the hearing on 30 July.
She had been due to face questions about her finances in the specialist bankruptcy court in London from barristers representing the trustee of her two bankruptcies.
The judge at the previous hearing said she risked arrest if she did not attend further court dates, adding that evidence must be provided if she could not appear.
But the court heard it had been reported that Ms Price had travelled to Turkey.
Issuing the arrest warrant, Judge Burton said that Ms Price had provided no explanation for her absence from the court hearing.
Judge Burton added that an arrest warrant was not issued “lightly” but Ms Price had offered only “piecemeal co-operation” and had failed to provide the “most basic information” in relation to her bankruptcies.
