Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler allegedly texted a 13-year-old girl saying 'I love you' after she claims he raped her for a third time.
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The victim, who is now aged 23 but cannot be named for legal reasons, alleges Hayler raped her three times in 2016, leaving her in tears.
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Hayler, who was married to Price between 2013 and 2021, is accused of three counts of rape and one of sexual assault against the girl in West Sussex in 2016.
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In 2021, the complainant contacted the NSPCC charity which referred her to the police, prompting the investigation.
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Hayler was first interviewed by police in January 2022 and denied any of the allegations took place and that anything sexual occurred.
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He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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The complainant told Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday that after the third occasion, she received a text from Hayler saying: 'I love you goodnight', and she replied: 'I love you too'.
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Earlier, the woman told the court that Hayler told her she must take their secret to the grave.
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She said: 'A year or two years after, I remember him ringing me and he said, "You'll promise you won't tell anyone - what we had was special, you'll take it to the grave, if you do I'll get in trouble".
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Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler is pictured outside Lewes Crown Court on Tuesday morning
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I wasn't frightened of him but I thought if I said anything it wouldn't end well for me.
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I didn't think he'd ever hurt me, but if I ever said anything he would say I was lying or making it up and make me look a lot worse, so I never wanted to say anything.
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Asked why she contacted police, the woman said: 'I don't want to go down the line in 20 years and find he's done it to someone else.
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I would just hate myself.
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I saw something in the news about him being an amazing dad and I got this rage inside of me.
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I started to email the NSPCC.'
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Later, under examination from Hayler's defence lawyer Arlette Piercy, the complainant was asked why she had some trouble recalling details of the alleged rapes.
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You've said you find it hard to disentangle the two incidents [the second and third alleged rapes],' Ms Piercy stated.
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The woman then turned to Jude Mark Van Der Zwart and said: 'I'm so sorry, your honour, I think I'm going to be sick,' before leaving the court room.
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Earlier in the cross examination, Ms Piercy asked the woman if she agreed she was not clear on many of the details.
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'Do you accept that?'
'Yes,' the woman said.
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'If you are telling the truth, it's a very significant time for you and you would have a clearer recollection,' Ms Piercy told her.
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'I'm so sorry, I really don't understand,' the woman said.
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Ms Piercy asked her: 'Is this because you've made it up?'
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I was 13,' the woman said.
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In a previous police interview, the woman said when she first told her mother what happened between her and Hayler, she did not tell her the whole truth.
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She said: 'I think I lied to her.
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I didn't want her to think that I was disgusting or be disappointed in me for what happened.
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'I thought it was my fault for ages.
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I don't think I told her it was sex.
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I think I told her that he'd touched me and I told him to get off.
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I didn't want her to think that I'd led him on.
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I thought it was my fault for what happened for ages.
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I thought I should have done more about it.
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I kind of let him do it, so for ages I thought it was my fault.'
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The woman said her mother noticed a change in her after the alleged rapes, adding: 'I remember having four showers a day after that.
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Hayler was married to TV personality Ms Price between 2013 and 2021
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Not that I felt dirty, but I remember thinking he's a lot older than me and is this something I should be doing?
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I remember crying and thinking, is this supposed to happen?
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I remember my mum thinking I was always washing myself and I was changing my underwear three times a day.'
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