Katie Price’s disabled son has allegedly been the target of “inappropriate and discriminatory” WhatsApp messages shared by Metropolitan police officers.
In a post on Instagram, Price shared a letter from the police force informing her that “a number of Metropolitan police officers are alleged to have breached the standards of professional behaviour in regards to discreditable conduct for being part of a WhatsApp group chat that has posted inappropriate and derogatory images of your son, Harvey Price”.
Price’s son, Harvey, 20, has Prader-Willi syndrome and autism. He was born with septo-optic dysplasia, a rare disorder that affects brain function, hormones and vision, and affects one in 10,000 births.
The letter, dated 26 January and written by an investigator from the Discrimination Investigation Unit within the Professional Standards Department of the Met police, stated the officers allegedly involved will be subject to a gross misconduct hearing at a centre in West Brompton, London.
The hearing is due to begin on Monday.
Alongside an image of the letter, Price wrote: “I feel I need to share this hand-delivered letter from the Metropolitan police. It’s disgusting that police officers from here have felt the need to laugh and use disgusting content on Harvey by creating a what’s app group (sic).
“I would attend this court day but I’m away. They need to be named shamed and exposed.”
The allegations are understood to concern officers’ involvement in a group chat between 2016 and 2018.
The officers are alleged to have posted “discriminatory content attacking the protected characteristics of race, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation and sex” in the form of messages, memes and videos.
Eight officers are due to attend a hearing on Monday in relation to the allegations that their conduct amounted to breaches of the Standards of Professional Behaviour.
The Met said they were unable to give further details due to the upcoming misconduct hearing. The force confirmed the hearing is due to begin on 21 February and is expected to take place over four days.
Price has previously campaigned for more stringent laws to be introduced after her son was targeted by online trolls.
The model and entrepreneur, 44, made a BBC documentary called Katie Price: Harvey and Me, aired in 2021, about her son turning 18.
