{"id":794526,"date":"2026-10-07T06:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/794526\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T06:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:14:23","slug":"katie-prices-ex-husband-texted-13-year-old-girl-i-love-you-after-raping-her-for-the-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/794526\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Price\u2019s ex-husband texted 13-year-old girl \u2018I love you\u2019 after ‘raping her for the third time’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kieran Hayler is charged with three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of the teenage girl<\/p>\n

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\"Kieran<\/p>\n

Kieran Hayler is charged with three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against the teenage girl.<\/p>\n

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Katie Price’s ex-husband texted a 13-year-old girl saying “I love you” after allegedly raping her for the third time, a court has heard.<\/p>\n

Kieran Hayler,<\/a> 39, is on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of the teenage girl in 2016.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old was married to Katie Price <\/a>at the time of the alleged assaults. <\/p>\n

The alleged victim is not part of Hayler or Ms Price\u2019s extended families.<\/p>\n

Giving evidence to jurors on Tuesday, the victim, now an adult, told the court that Hayler texted her after the third alleged rape saying \u201cI love you goodnight\u201d.<\/p>\n

Read more: Katie Price\u2019s rape accused ex-husband told 13-year-old \u2018not to tell\u2019, jury hears<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more: Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews speaks out after being ‘missing for weeks’ saying she saved him<\/a><\/p>\n

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Katie Price and Kieran Hayler divorced in 2021.<\/p>\n

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She replied: \u201cI love you too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Footage of the complainant\u2019s police interview showed her telling officers that when the alleged offences started, it \u201cdidn\u2019t really\u201d change the way she looked at Hayler.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was still acting the same way he was before, I felt I had to do the same,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The woman told police she had four showers a day at that time, adding: \u201cI remember a phase changing my underwear three times a day.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI remember thinking, \u2018he\u2019s a lot older than me, is this something you should be doing?\u2019, on a few occasions crying, thinking, \u2018what\u2019s going on, is this supposed to be happening?\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Katie Price.<\/p>\n

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The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told officers that Hayler had also called her and said: \u201cYou promise you won\u2019t tell anyone? What we had was special, you better take it to the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added she was not \u201cfrightened\u201d of him but felt it \u201cwould not end well for me, so I didn\u2019t want to say anything\u201d because she felt he would probably say she was lying or making her claims up.<\/p>\n

Asked why she decided to come forward to police when she did, the woman replied: \u201cBecause I don\u2019t want to go down the line in 20 years\u2019 time and find out he\u2019s done it to more than just me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She recalled seeing something on the news about Hayler being lovely and said: \u201cI got this rage inside.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lewes Crown Court.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s ruined my relationships with other people, he\u2019s ruined sex for me. I was so angry,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got on my phone and started emailing the NSPCC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jurors were shown her police interview, in which the complainant told officers she had received a message of support from Ms Price, which said: \u201cI know you\u2019re going through a tough time, I support you through everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her police interview, the woman emotionally described how she had told her mother when she was about 13 or 14, but added: \u201cI think I lied to her\u201d by not revealing the extent of what had allegedly happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want her to think I was disgusting, or disappointed in me for what had happened, because I thought it was my fault for ages.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hayler was married to media personality Ms Price at the time of the allegations but their relationship broke down in 2018 and they divorced in 2021.<\/p>\n

He denies the charges and suggests his ex-wife had \u201claunched a campaign\u201d against him when their marriage ended, and the allegations form part of this, the court has heard.<\/p>\n

In cross-examination on Tuesday, it was suggested to the woman by defence counsel Arlette Piercy that there was \u201cnot much detail\u201d on the allegations of the first rape because \u201cyou make it up\u201d, but she replied: \u201cNo, I was 13.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the second alleged occasion, Ms Piercy suggested \u201cnothing like that happened\u201d, to which the woman said: \u201cIt did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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