Katie Price's Ex-Husband Kieran Hayler on Trial at Lewes Crown Court Over Rape Allegations
Kieran Hayler, who was previously married to Katie Price, is facing trial at Lewes Crown Court for three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault involving a 13-year-old girl in West Sussex back in 2016. Hayler has pleaded not guilty to all allegations. The mother of the victim testified that when she shared the claims with Price, she seemed "quite angry" and "didn't feel she cared about my daughter." A year later, the girl revealed the abuse, asserting that Hayler had "done everything to her." In 2021, she reached out to the NSPCC, prompting a police inquiry. Hayler asserts that Price "launched a campaign" against him following their 2018 separation, which culminated in their divorce in 2021. The trial is ongoing.
Key facts
- Kieran Hayler is on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault
- The complainant was 13 at the time of the alleged offences in West Sussex in 2016
- Hayler denies all charges against him
- The complainant's mother said Katie Price seemed "quite angry" and she "didn't feel she cared about my daughter"
- The teenager told her mother a year after the alleged rapes that Hayler had "done everything to her"
- The complainant contacted the NSPCC in 2021, which referred her to the police, prompting the investigation
- The mother noticed her daughter showering about four times a day and scrubbing her skin, saying she felt "dirty all the time"
- Hayler has suggested his ex-wife "launched a campaign" against him when their marriage ended
- Hayler and Price's relationship broke down in 2018 and they divorced in 2021
- The alleged victim is not part of Hayler or Price's extended families
Entities
Artists
- Katie Price
- Kieran Hayler
- Arlette Piercy
- Ryan Richter
Institutions
- Lewes Crown Court
- NSPCC
- HM Courts & Tribunals Service
- BBC
- BBC Sussex
- BBC Radio Sussex
- Press Association
- HM Courts and Tribunals Service
Locations
- West Sussex
- United Kingdom
- Lewes
- England
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