A 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by Katie Price's ex-husband received a message from the model saying she would make her a 'little star', a court heard today.
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Kieran Hayler, 39, is on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault on the teenager in West Sussex in 2016.
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Messages sent in May 2017 between the complainant, now aged 23, and Price were read to the jury today, which showed Price asked her about rumours.
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The complainant said she did not remember the exchange, but the court was told Price asked her whether Mr Hayler fancied her and whether he tried to kiss her.
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Price wrote: 'I won't say anything and I promise I'll protect you.
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I'm only asking as this is a serious allegation to say.'
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this → ask → ?
The girl, then aged 14, replied: 'It was just a flirt thing and he knew it was wrong.
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Nothing happened.'
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Price replied: 'I won't bring up any more, just want truth.
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I will make you a little star.'
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you → make → ?
She also asked the girl if Hayler had ever told her he fancied her, saying: 'He done this before and it's not fair on me.
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As long as I know the truth I won't say.
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I promise.'
Kieran Hayler arrives at Lewes Crown Court this morning where he denies the charges
The girl replied: 'Yes but I took it as a joke.
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The couple were in the process of breaking up at the time.
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Arlette Piercy, defending, said there was 'all hell letting loose between Katie and Mr Hayler at this time', adding: 'It was a toxic media bloodbath.'
Ms Piercy asked the woman: 'What did you take her to mean when she said I will make you a little star?'
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She replied: 'I just ignored her.'
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Ms Piercy then asked: 'What did she mean by it?
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It's a slightly strange thing to say.'
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The woman said: 'I don't know.'
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Ms Piercy asked: 'Why did you say twice nothing happened?'
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But the woman responded: 'I didn't want to speak to anybody else about what happened.'
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Ms Piercy told her: 'I'm saying on behalf of Mr Hayler, nothing happened.'
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The woman then insisted: 'It happened.'
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Ms Piercy also asked the woman about apparent contradictions in the accounts she gave to the NSPCC children's charity and in two police interviews.
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she → ask → interviews
The witness has already told the jury she contacted the NSPCC in a rage after seeing Hayler on television being described as a brilliant father.
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Hayler was married to Price at the time of the allegations but their relationship broke down in 2018 and they divorced in 2021
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Ms Piercy said: 'In your first report to NSPCC on October 6, 2016; you emailed outlining your complaint.
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You said; "He had sex with me on a couple of occasions.
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Being so young, I didn't quite understand what was happening.
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I asked him to stop on a few occasions".'
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The woman replied: 'I was abbreviating.
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I was abbreviating what I was saying.'
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Ms Piercy asked the woman why she did not tell police she asked him to stop.
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she → ask → him
The woman said: 'I'm not too sure why.
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I can't say.
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She told the court that Hayler told her to delete a message saying 'I love you', adding that Hayler sent her the message after the third alleged rape.
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Hayler → tell → rape
Ms Piercy told the woman: 'It is not accepted any such text messages were sent.
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messages → tell → woman
The woman said: 'Deleted.
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I don't have them anymore.
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Mr Hayler always asked me to delete the messages.'
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…and 3 more, not listed.
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