Police drop stalking probe into Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler

2023-03-05

Police drop stalking probe into Katie Price’s ex-husband Kieran Hayler after he was arrested in December

Hayler, 35, was questioned by officers at quizzed at Worthing Police Station
But Sussex Police says it has now dropped probe following arrest in December

Police have dropped a stalking probe into Katie Price’s ex-husband Kieran Hayler following his arrest in December.

Hayler, 35, was questioned by officers at Worthing Police Station in Sussex on the afternoon of December 5, before he was released on bail later the same evening.

A spokesperson at the time said he has ‘assisted the police with their enquiries’, but added that not further action was expected to be taken.

It came months after Price, 44, had been arrested after breaching a restraining order by sending a text to Hayler, branding his partner Michelle Penticost a ‘gutter s**g’.

But Sussex Police has now confirmed it has dropped an investigation into Hayler, The Sun reports.

Hayler, 35, was questioned by officers at Worthing Police Station in Sussex on the afternoon of December 5

It came months after Price, 44, had been arrested after breaching a restraining order by sending a text to Hayler

A spokesperson said: ‘A 35-year-old man arrested on suspicion of stalking has been released without charge.’

It comes after mother-of-five Price avoided a prison sentence but was handed 170 hours of unpaid work in June after breaching a restraining order by contacting Hayler.

The former glamour model – who already has nine driving convictions – was also given an 18-month community order and ordered to pay £1,500 costs.

Speaking after the verdict, Hayler and Ms Penticost said: ‘We are incredibly disappointed with the result of today’s court hearing.

‘We feel a custodial sentence would have sent the right message to the public given the seriousness of Miss Price’s offending.’

Earlier in a hearing, Miss Penticost said in a victim impact statement how the impact of the restraining order breach by Price had a ‘devastating effect’ on her mental wellbeing.

She said: ‘The impact of what Katie has done is very upsetting, I feel threatened and intimidated.

Hayler and Ms Penticost (pictured out for a walk) are now engaged and have a baby son together

‘I feel demoralised and not wanting to go out. The language used made me feel scared. I felt it was an attack on me.

‘The consequences are I feel she will attack me. I felt by having a restraining order it would make me feel safe but by someone breaching it it has made me feel very vulnerable.’

Price and Hayler married in January 2013 and have two children together – five-year-old Bunny and six-year-old Jett.

But the couple broke up in 2018 amid allegations of cheating.

Hayler and Ms Penticost are now engaged and have a baby son together.

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