Katie Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid has accused her of ‘living the high life’ while her ‘victims’ are left unpaid.
The 49-year-old, who is owed over £250,000, turned up at the High Court and sat in the public gallery for the former glamour model’s bankruptcy hearing.
But the case was adjourned so she can attend a ‘private interview’ after her lawyers warned a public examination of her finances would affect her ‘mental wellbeing’.
Reid spoke to reporters following the decision and said: ‘She is living the high life with victims seeing no reimbursement.
‘How is she funding her legal team today. Time we asked these questions – what is she hiding?’
Price appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London this morning dressed in an all-black outfit and sunglasses.
It came after she was arrested at Heathrow airport on August 8 over a failure to attend a hearing in relation to her enormous £760,000 debt.
She was accompanied to Court 15 of Rolls Building, part of the Royal Courts of Justice, by her lawyer.
Bertie Beor-Roberts immediately asked Judge John Briggs to grant an adjournment and argued she should be allowed to have a private meeting with her creditors and the official receiver – which would keep details of her income and spending over the last five years from being aired in a court.
The lawyer referenced her mental health and said it would be made worse having to undergo a public examination in front of the media and giving evidence in person.
‘Ms Price has long been subject to intense media scrutiny’, he said.
He referred to her ‘PTSD and ADHD’ and told the court that ‘these conditions would be exacerbated by a public examination of her personal affairs.’
‘She’s able to give more considered answers in the security of a private interview where she’s not under pressure from the media.’
He also said she should be given more time by the court to deliver documents required by her creditors that reveal how she has run up a six figure tax bill and failed to pay any money to creditors from her failed companies.
Beor-Roberts argued that Price had complied with a previous court instruction to hand over documents.
He said her finances were ‘complex and complicated’ and more time was needed for her to locate documents requested by her creditors.
The former model showed no emotion during the hearing and played with her long black hair as her counsel argued to have the hearing adjourned.
Price had been due to be quizzed by lawyers over her finances and why she has failed to pay her creditors and the taxman.
Price, who sat alongside her appropriate adult, Lynne Rickwood, was unaware Reid had walked into court 15 of the insolvency court dressed in a pink T-shirt and shorts.
He is one of her creditors and is owed over £250,000.
Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Nicholas Briggs listened to the arguments by Price’s lawyer and noted there had been other delays.
‘My concern is that we have been here before,’ he said.
Derragh O’Connell, for the trustees, accepted the idea of a private interview but said that ‘late developments have been the consistent theme’ across the bankruptcy hearings.
He continued: ‘We need progress in relation to this matter as quickly as possible.’
O’Connell told the judge that there ‘has been engagement from Ms Price’ since her arrest but asked for the private interview to ‘take place on very firm grounds.’
Judge Briggs granted the adjournment and asked Price whether she would give an undertaking to the court that she would attend the private interview on September 24.
Price replied: ‘I do.’
The public examination hearing dealing with her bankruptcies was scheduled for February 11, next year.
As she left the courtroom, she said ‘I hope you reporters write a good story today, won’t you, all the bulls*** that you write, scumbags.’
Price was arrested upon her return to the UK from Turkey nearly three weeks ago and remanded in custody at a west London police station. She was then bailed a few hours later by an out-of-hours magistrate.
She arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice the next day where she turned up wearing a beige outfit and black head covering to conceal her injuries caused by a £10,000 facelift she had in Turkey.
Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Daniel Schaffer ordered the model to give an ‘undertaking’ to the court that she would attend a further hearing to face questions over her finances on August 27 at 10.30am.
Price confirmed that she understood she must attend and later said: ‘I will move my diary for it.’
It led to Judge Schaffer discharging the arrest warrant issued against her on July 30 by a different judge after she failed to attend a previous hearing.
Price previously said she was ‘not running from matters’, but was ‘away working for a documentary on corrective surgeries’ during the court hearing.
In a now-deleted statement on Instagram, Price wrote: ‘I am aware that I am about to be detained at the airport which is obviously what the courts feel is necessary.
‘I do hope of course for my son’s sake who is with me that they will allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see.
‘Whilst I understand the importance and severity of the matter I do feel like I am being treated like a criminal.’
Photographs from August 8 show the former model being taken away by police after landing at about 7.45pm with her son Harvey, 22, and boyfriend JJ Slater, 31, who was left to pick up her bags.
Members of the airport’s assistance team were seen pushing Harvey in a wheelchair through a corridor in the terminal as he watched his mother being arrested.
Price, whose head was covered in bandages, was later seen sitting on the edge of a police van before applying lipstick and taking a few puffs of her vape.
The mother-of-five, who lives in Sussex, failed to appear in front of a judge on July 30 as a part her £760,000 bankruptcy court proceedings and instead flew to Turkey on holiday for her sixth facelift while staying at a £133-a-night five-star hotel.
Price was aware she would be detained at the airport but had asked police that they ‘allow some dignity and protection’ for Harvey, claiming it would be ‘extremely disturbing for him to see’.
In a statement posted to Instagram, Price claimed she had been in Turkey filming a documentary.
She said on return from work, she would be ‘detained at the airport’ which is what the ‘courts feel is necessary.’
Discussing her son Harvey, Price asked that authorities ‘allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see’.
While acknowledging the ‘severity’ of the matter, Price said she was being treated ‘like a criminal’ and declared the ‘unfortunate financial circumstance’ did not make her a ‘criminal or bad person’.
Defiantly, Price said she was ‘not embarrassed or ashamed’ regarding the arrest.
She explained that her bankruptcy was due to ‘serious mental health issues and breakdowns from PTSD’.
She added that she would be paying back debtors and hoped for ‘Harvey’s sake it’s handled with care and compassion’.
Her statement came after she was ordered to pay £25,000 after being declared bankrupt twice.
A judge at a previous hearing said Price risked arrest if she did not attend further court dates, adding evidence must be provided if she could not appear.
Issuing the arrest warrant, Judge Burton said she had ‘failed to attend today’s hearing’ and had provided no explanation for her absence.
She said: ‘It is in my judgment necessary that the court issue a warrant for Ms Price’s arrest.
She continued: ‘The reason for her absence today is irrelevant.’
Judge Burton said that an arrest warrant was not issued ‘lightly’ but that Price had offered only ‘piecemeal co-operation’ and failed to provide the ‘most basic information’ in relation to her bankruptcies.
Previously, Price was served an eviction notice that ordered her to leave her ‘Mucky Mansion’ by the end of May and has since moved into a £5,000 per month new Tudor-style property.
She was declared bankrupt for a second time in March over an unpaid tax bill of £761,994.05 after first being declared bankrupt in 2019.
However, at the end of July she claimed ‘everything is sorted’ with her second bankruptcy after being evicted from her Sussex home.
Price flew to Turkey on July 29, sharing a snap of her on a plane just hours before her court hearing the day after.
It’s believed Price – whose £2million home was recently repossessed – was joined on the jaunt by her friend Lou Anderson.
In Turkey, Price had her sixth facelift, which cost £10,000.
She is understood to have had the facelift at the Trio Clinic in Istanbul, with work being carried out on her eyes and under her chin.
Price also underwent another dental procedure, sharing pictures of her new veneers.
On Instagram, she posted snaps of her new dental work, wearing sunglasses with the name of the dental surgery ‘Dentica’ on.
Price was also seen in Istanbul with Harvey, revealing her latest surgically enhanced looks in a pair of oversized sunglasses, which did little to hide the bandages, staples and surgical tape around her face.
Taking on Instagram a few weeks ago, Price dismissed claims that she travelled to Turkey after being turned down by other cosmetic surgeons.
She said: ‘I’m filming my new documentary. The reason I’ve chosen the Trio Clinic is because I’ve had friends who have had surgery there and in my opinion they are the best for what I want doing.
‘I can’t wait, they’re amazing, and they’re thorough here.’
She wrote: ‘Whilst I’m aware of the severity of my current personal financial situation with my ongoing bankruptcy, I am today shocked that whilst away working for a documentary on corrective surgeries that I should find myself yet again headline news.
‘The media in my opinion once again are trying to cause continued humiliation to myself and family. There are far greater and more pressing issues going on around the world that are more important and I’m sure most people are bored reading stories that are constantly misrepresented.
‘I am continuing to cooperate with the relevant people on matters to the best of my ability which will be addressed after my return from work.
‘Despite consistent stories trying to humiliate me on my personal misfortunes, I am neither embarrassed or ashamed. I own my situation and I am trying my best to work my out of it and put matters right.’
Price added that she was going through ‘challenging times’ and was doing ‘the best I can’ for the sake of her family.
She wrote: ‘I have to continue in my work in order to satisfy these bankruptcy orders which is all I am trying to do right now. I am however not running from matters and will continue to take matters with great seriousness.
‘I am doing the best I can to rectify things during extremely challenging times. Once again I would like to highlight there are far greater and more newsworthy stories.
‘I will continue to work on my mental health disorders for the sake of myself and my family and do the best I can.’