KATIE Price is insisting to friends that she won’t go to prison “over a text message” after she was arrested over messages sent about ex-husband Kieran Hayler’s fiancée Michelle Penticost.
The former glamour model, 43, spent 12 hours in police custody after being arrested at her mucky mansion on Friday night.
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But The Sun can reveal that despite currently being on 16-week suspended sentence for drink driving after she flipped her car in a horror smash in September, Katie is adamant she won’t face jail time.
A source said: “Katie’s in total denial – everyone’s worried. I don’t think she understands how serious the situation is – she’s ploughing ahead with wedding plans and product launches and YouTube filming.
“She’s telling friends she’s not going to jail ‘over a text message’ and everything will be fine.”
Last night Katie took to Instagram to reveal that it is business as usual.
Alongside a video of a glitter-covered shoe, shewrote: “I still have my sparkle and drive.
“Looking forward to this week. Big announcement, so excited.”
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It’s understood Sussex Police took away Katie’s phone during the interrogation on Saturday, causing the star to break down in tears, The Mirror reports.
One source told the publication: “She was informed it had been seized for evidence and cops gave no indication if it would be returned.
“She was distraught.”
Katie allegedly sent an abusive text to Kieran, seemingly aimed at his fiancee Michelle Penticost – potentially breaching a court-imposed ban.
Close sources said the text allegedly branded Michelle a “c***ing w***e piece of s***” and a “gutter s**g.”
Katie was slapped with the five-year order in 2019 after she called Michelle a “f***ing c***” during a foul-mouth tirade at the school gates.
She was forbidden from contacting Michelle “directly or indirectly”.
At the time Katie described the court drama as “exaggerated nonsense” and wasn’t sorry because she “didn’t do anything that bad”.
But she pleaded guilty to using threatening and abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Horsham Magistrates Court.
Despite this Michelle contacted Sussex Police last week claiming Katie had sent the foul-mouthed messages to Kieran – believed to be aimed at her.
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