Katie Price arrested at Heathrow Airport after failing to attend court

Katie Price has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after failing to attend a court hearing relating to her bankruptcies.

An arrest warrant had been issued last month for the former glamour model, who had been in Turkey for surgery.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: "A 46-year-old woman from Surrey was arrested at Heathrow Airport at 19:45hrs on Thursday, 8 August for failing to appear at court.

"She has been remanded in custody at a west London police station to appear at the Royal Courts of Justice tomorrow, Friday, 9 August."

On Thursday evening the mother of five was photographed next to a police van with protective headwear around her surgery wounds.

Last week Price insisted she was "not running from matters" and posted a statement on Instagram saying she could not attend because she was filming abroad.

Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Catherine Burton issued an arrest warrant in July, saying that Price had been given "very clear warnings" that she must appear.

In April, Price was also told she could be arrested if she kept missing hearings.

Price was due to face questions about her finances from barristers - she was declared bankrupt in November 2019 and again in March this year.

In a lengthy post online, Price claimed the media was trying to cause "continued humiliation to myself and family" but was "neither embarrassed or ashamed" adding that: "I have to continue in my work in order to satisfy these bankruptcy orders".

Price also posted a video promoting a clinic in Istanbul where she was filming a documentary on corrective surgeries, and suggested she would be undergoing treatment.

Issuing the arrest warrant, Judge Burton said Price had not explained her absence and that "she has no real excuse," adding: "The reason for her absence today is irrelevant."

Judge Burton also said Price had offered only "piecemeal co-operation" and failed to provide the "most basic information" in relation to her bankruptcies.

Price insisted she was "doing the best... to rectify things during extremely challenging times".

At a hearing in February, she was ordered to pay 40% of her monthly income from the adult entertainment website OnlyFans to the trustee for the next three years, in relation to her first bankruptcy.

She was then declared bankrupt for a second time in March due to an unpaid tax bill worth more than £750,000.

Last October, she said she was "fed up" with being threatened with legal action and would go to prison to be "done with it all".

Price also recently discussed her views on cosmetic surgery, saying there's "nothing worse" than young women having cosmetic procedures such as boob jobs and face and lip fillers.

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