Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler found not guilty of rape and sexual assault against child, 13

Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler found not guilty of rape and sexual assault against child, 13 Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler, 39, had been accused of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in West Sussex in 2016 Katie Price's ex-husband Kieran Hayler has been found not guilty of rape. Hayler had been accused of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in West Sussex in 2016. Ms Price gave evidence against the 39-year-old during the trial. Hayler's defence had argued that the claims stemmed from a 'feud' between the couple, who broke up in 2018 and finalised their divorce in 2021. On Friday, prosecutor Ryan Richter put to Hayler: "Your feud with Katie Price is not what this case is about, is it?" Hayler replied: "It is." Mr Richter went on: "This case is about you having raped a girl isn’t it?" Hayler said: "I have not." During Ms Price's appearance at a witness in the trial, the court heard that she had messaged the teenage girl around the time of the alleged incident. In the text, she said she had been told that Hayler and the girl had kissed, and he had "tried it on" with her. Ms Price asked the girl, who is not a part of Hayler or Ms Price's extended families, in a message later: "Did he kiss you? I won’t bring up anymore just want truth." Asked by Hayler’s lawyer Arlette Piercy about the messages during her cross-examination, Ms Price said: "I was so shocked... I couldn't believe it. I believe something's happened, otherwise I wouldn't keep going on about it." Later in the cross-examination, Ms Price reacted furiously after Ms Piercy accused her of lying about the sequence of events, telling her: "I don’t need to be here. You can see in black and white something’s gone on. I won't have anybody call me a liar." On Tuesday, jurors were told to cut through the "big egos "and "big personalities" involved in the case before considering their verdicts. In a closing speech on Monday, prosecutor Ryan Richter told jurors: "You’ve seen the whirlwind of what is Katie Price and you’re going to make an assessment of her how it affects this case, how much it helps you decide. "The prosecution accept you’re likely to treat her evidence with caution. "You may well put 90% of her evidence to one side, it’s irrelevant, it doesn’t help you. "I’m sure you will concentrate on what is relevant and look for support to assess what she says." The prosecutor added: "You’ve seen the big personalities, the big egos in this case and you’ll judge it, you’ll cut through it." Defence barrister Ms Piercy said in her closing speech that Hayler had been consistent and clear throughout his defence in what has been a "rollercoaster ride for everybody in this court". Ms Piercy said no doubt Hayler and Ms Price were engaged over a number of years in a "toxic, co-dependent relationship", with ups and downs, infidelity on both sides, drugs and alcohol abuse all played out on reality TV and in the press.