Katie Price has pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order against her ex-husband Kieran Hayler’s fiancee. The 44-year-old appeared at Lewes Crown Court on Wednesday morning (May 25) for a plea and trial preparation hearing.
The former glamour model previously denied breaching a restraining order against her ex-husband’s partner, Michelle Penticost, while attending a court hearing in April at Crawley Magistrates Court.
She wore a black coat, black leggings and white boots as she appeared before judge Stephen Mooney. Price was supported by her reality TV star fiance Carl Woods, 33, who sat in the public gallery.
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Price is said to have sent Kieran Hayler a message on January 21 this year in which she branded his new partner, Michelle Penticost, a "c***ing whore" and a "gutter s**g". She was banned from contacting Penticost directly or indirectly on June 3 2019, under the terms of a five-year restraining order. She was also fined hundreds of pounds for hurling a foul-mouthed "tirade of abuse" at her during a row in a school playground.
During the previous hearing on April 27, the court heard that her message to Hayler may have been triggered by an Instagram post by Penticost, which she denies was aimed at Price. Her message read: "Tell your c***ing whore, piece of shit, girlfriend not to start on me. She has a restraining order so shouldn’t try antagonise me as she is in breach and I’m sure she doesn’t want people knowing that she was having an affair with you behind my back. That gutter s**g."
District Judge Amanda Kelly said at the time that the offence carries a maximum sentence of up to five years’ imprisonment and warned Price: "You are in really grave danger of going to prison."
She said: "This is a very serious allegation in which it is alleged you used indirectly vile and nasty language towards Ms Penticost, someone you were prohibited from contacting directly or indirectly by a restraining order."
"It seems to me, Ms Price, that all of the children caught up in your relationships past and present need their adults to behave like adults," the judge said during today's hearing. "Stop exposing them to very public squabbles."
