Katie Price’s former husband Alex Reid claims he has spent ‘years’ being ‘abused’ by his ‘bitter’ ex-wife and he needed to ‘take a stand’ by suing the glamour model.
The ex-cage fighter, 48, says he has received a number of ‘death threats’ from Katie, 45, and he finds her behaviour ‘hypocritical’ following her campaign to eradicate online hate and trolling targeted at her disabled son Harvey.
In a statement issued to , Alex says that Katie demonstrates a ‘continued disregard for the law’ after he is yet to receive the £250,000 compensation and legal costs he was promised in 2019 after successfully suing Katie.
The couple married in 2018 and stayed together for just two years with Alex saying he is relived that he ‘managed to escape’ as soon as he could, claiming the ‘abuse’ has been unbearable.
Katie was ordered by a High Court judge to pay Alex a lump sum after she was accused of playing a sexually explicit video clip of the MMA star to a TV audience while filming an episode of Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side in January 2018.
Katie Price’s former husband Alex Reid claims he has spent ‘years’ being ‘abused’ by his ‘bitter’ ex-wife and he needed to ‘take a stand’ by suing the glamour model
The ex-cage fighter says he has received a number of ‘death threats’ from Katie and he finds her behaviour ‘hypocritical’ following her campaign to eradicate online hate and trolling targeted at her disabled son Harvey (pictured in June 2010)
Alex’s statement comes after bailiffs visited Katie’s mucky mansion on Monday, as they looked to repossess items belonging to the TV star
Alex said: ‘Stories have come out due to Katie Price not paying money owed due to a court case she lost.
‘I believe it was a landmark hearing by the courts, ruling in a public case whereby a celebrity has intentionally publicly humiliated me.
‘This is backed by years of direct threats from her mouth… If it weren’t me, then it would be somebody else.
‘It’s admirable how she sticks up for Harvey, like any parent would, as I would with any of my children, but to then go and attack people doing exactly what people have done to you and your own son is not just hypocritical and contradictory, it is disgraceful and undermines any good you have done.
‘Someone against trolling shouldn’t be trolling.
‘Thank goodness I have the inner strength and support around me to get through this, as I know first hand how others haven’t.
‘In her continued disregard for the process of the law, and also disregard for absolutely anyone other than her self, she was found guilty, which was the right thing as unless it benefits her, she’s not interested.
‘I’m down as the shortest marriage to Katie, which is really positive as I managed get out and escape.
The father-of-three, who was married to Katie for two years, told : ‘I’m down as the shortest marriage to Katie, which is really positive as I managed get out and escape’ (pictured in November 2023)
Alex is engaged to partner Nikki Manashe and after going through a fertility nightmare, the couple welcomed their twin boys in June last year
‘Unfortunately, I didn’t escape the years of abuse from my bitter ex. I walked away for years, but the continued abuse has been so much, I made a stand, for not only myself but my family and friends.’
Alex’s statement comes after bailiffs visited Katie’s mucky mansion on Monday, as they looked to repossess items belonging to the TV star.
A source told on Monday that Alex had only received £1,000 of his settlement when Katie was ordered to pay him a total of £250,000.
Alex and Katie tied the knot in Vegas but their relationship only lasted two years.
The ex-Loose Woman was also married to Peter Andre for four years and Kieran Hayler for six, before they divorced in 2021.
Katie, who’s in a relationship with former Love Island contestant Carl Woods, shares children Junior, 18, and Princess, 16, with Pete and has Jett, 10, and Bunny, nine, from her relationship with Kieran.
She is also a mother to Harvey, 21, who is blind, autistic, has septo-optic dysplasia and a learning disability, from her romance with ex-footballer Dwight Yorke.
Alex is engaged to Nikki Manashe and after going through a fertility nightmare, the couple welcomed their twin boys in June last year.
The former Celebrity Big Brother star is also a father to daughter Dolly, who he shares with ex Chantelle Houghton.