Katie Price says 'get lost' after missing bankruptcy ruling to 'deal with serious stuff'
19.03.2024 - 12:17
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Katie Price has said she missed a court case where she was declared bankrupt for the second time due to "dealing with serious stuff". The former glamour model and TV personality, 45, was declared bankrupt on Monday (March 18) by a judge at the Insolvency and Companies Court.
She owes £761,994.05 to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the London court was told, and the hearing was told she did not respond to HMRC over the debt. Katie was previously declared bankrupt in 2019.
She said that she did not find out about the ruling until she was on the Daily Mail's Straight To The Comments! podcast. When told there had been breaking news about her, the mum-of-five said: "Has it? Oh get lost... Are you actually serious, while I'm sat here? What have I done now?"
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In October, HMRC issued the bankruptcy petition. She also told the pre-recorded podcast: "I know I had court, I think it was last week or the week before. Because of what's going on in my life, I've actually been signed off because... I'm dealing with serious stuff."
"There's all different kinds of bankruptcy, I think they just use the word 'bankruptcy'. No-one actually knows the ins and outs of everything." And trust me, I don't get away with stuff either. Like, you can't, like tax, you can't ever run away from, you have to pay. Don't think I sit and don't pay stuff, because I do."
The case came days after she was fined £880 for driving without a licence or insurance in Northamptonshire in August last year.
At a short hearing at London's Rolls Building, judge Sebastian Prentis said: "There