‘I’m attracted to older women’ Katie Price’s ex-husband Kieran Hayler tells court as he denies child rape allegations
KATIE Price’s ex-husband Kieran Hayler yesterday told jurors he was attracted to older women as he denied child rape allegations.
The former stripper, 39, spoke about his affairs while married to the TV personality as he gave evidence at his trial.
He is accused of three rapes and one sexual assault against a 13-year-old girl.
But the judge yesterday added four alternative counts of sexual activity with a child to Hayler’s indictment, which means the jury could convict him of those lesser offences if they clear him of the original charges.
Hayler’s barrister, Arlette Piercy, asked him about cheating on Ms Price with three other women — including the family’s nanny, Nikki Brown — during their marriage.
He said Ms Brown was older than his then-wife. When Ms Piercy asked Hayler about his taste in women, he said: “I am attracted to older women. Michelle (Pentecost, his ex-fiancée) is also older.”
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Hayler mentioned the two other women only by their first names, saying: “Jane was 16 years older than me and Chrissy was two years older than Kate.”
Hayler has previously admitted affairs with two of Ms Price’s pals, Jane Pountney and Chrissy Thomas.
During his evidence, he went on to accuse former glamour model Ms Price of coaching the girl he was alleged to have raped at a West Sussex address in 2016.
Hayler said he used the mum of five’s fingerprint to unlock her phone, on which he found a May 2017 text exchange between her and the 13-year-old.
Asked why he accessed her phone, he said: “She was making allegations that I fancied maybe 15 or 20 different people. I wanted to see who she was talking to.”
Hayler admitted he was looking for dirt about an affair he believed Ms Price was having.
He denies all of the charges against him.
The alleged victim is not a member of his or Katie’s extended family.
The trial continues.