Katie Price: Man released on bail after allegedly attacking former glamour model
24 August 2021, 10:45 | Updated: 24 August 2021, 10:49
A man arrested on suspicion of assaulting TV star and former glamour model Katie Price has been released on police bail.
It comes after the 43-year-old television personality, formerly known as Jordan, was injured in an alleged attack on Monday.
She was taken to hospital after sustaining a facial injury in the early hours in Little Canfield, Essex.
Officers were called to the scene by ambulance crews and a man was arrested "a short time later" on suspicion of assault, an Essex Police spokesman said.
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"A 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assault, theft and coercive and controlling behaviour has been released on bail until 20 September," the force statement read
Ms Price - a mother of five - was reportedly discharged from hospital later on Monday.
In a statement to The Sun newspaper, she said: "I've got a big bruise, my face is all puffy, and I went to hospital.
"I'm still all dazed. I'm devastated. I've told police that I was assaulted, and am in shock that this happened."
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The past two years have been difficult for the former glamour model, who was declared bankrupt in 2019 despite once being said to be worth more than £40 million.
Last year, she told a hearing at a specialist insolvency and companies court in London that she had "lost everything" and suffered a "bad breakdown" in 2019, after which she spent five weeks in The Priory.
Ms Price is currently a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef alongside actress Rita Simons and model Penny Lancaster.
She is engaged to former Love Island contestant Carl Woods.
