Kieran Hayler, ex-husband of Katie Price, is on trial at Lewes Crown Court for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl three times and sexually assaulting her in West Sussex in 2016. The victim, now 23, testified that after the third incident, Hayler sent a text message saying "I love you goodnight," to which she replied similarly. She also stated that Hayler had told her to keep their relationship secret or face trouble if she disclosed it.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
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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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