KATIE Price’s ex-husband Kieran Hayler has been charged with three counts of rape and one sexual assault against a girl of 13.
The allegations date to June-October 2016, the midway point of his marriage to Katie, 47.
They were wed for six years and share kids, Jett, 12, and Bunny, 11.
The alleged victim is not a member of his or Katie’s extended family.
Sussex Police said last night: “We can confirm Kieran Hayler, 38, of Northchapel in West Sussex, has been charged with three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against a 13-year-old girl.
“The offences are alleged to have occurred at an address in West Sussex between June 1 and October 13, 2016.
“Hayler remains released under investigation and is due to appear before Crawley magistrates’ court on November 19.
“The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has received support from specially trained officers as our enquiries continue.”
Hayler, who has also worked as a stripper and actor, and appeared on reality shows with Katie, posted a video on Sunday evening of him flexing his muscles in a car park, with the message “Fit check”.
He was last photographed out in public on Friday, October 3 when he visited Tulleys Farm Shocktober event near Crawley.
His selfie from the celebrity bash was captioned: “My favourite event of the year.”
A legal representative for Hayler said last night: “Kieran Hayler strongly denies the allegations made against him in its entirety.
“Mr Hayler is fully engaged and has been co-operating with the police throughout the investigation and will continue to do so. He looks forward to his name being cleared believing in the judicial system to do so.”
Hayler first met Katie in 2012 and proposed on Christmas Day.
They married at a luxury resort in the Bahamas in 2013.
He was her third husband following her marriages to singer Peter Andre and cage fighter Alex Reid.
In May 2014, while pregnant with Bunny, Katie discovered Hayler had been cheating on her with her best friend Jane Pountney, when she caught them kissing on a beach in Cape Verde.
He later confessed to a long, intimate relationship with Jane.
In 2017 he told The Sun on Sunday: “I would get into the passenger seat of Jane’s car, she would jump on top of me.”
Katie later discovered he had an affair with another of her friends, Chrissy Thomas.
Katie forgave Kieran and later said: “He’s proved himself. I have actually said to him, ‘I now forgive you, I do forget’ because I got to a point where I don’t have to worry about him. I trust him.”
But in 2017, Katie discovered he had cheated again — this time with their nanny Nikki Brown.
She said: “When I confronted him he denied it at first, even when I said she’d admitted it.
“I was crying, asking, ‘How could you do this to me again?’ When I begged him to tell the truth he finally said, ‘Yeah, we have’.”
The marriage broke down in 2018, with the divorce finalised in 2021 after pandemic delays.
At the time her representative said it was amicable.
Hayler said in 2021: “As of July 12 we are now divorced. It took just over three years.
“We didn’t rush it; it was in the process for a long time and Covid-19 hit, which held up the courts.
“It wasn’t in our hands. There was no legal battle.
“I said to her, I will be the only person that doesn’t take any money from you because that’s not who I am, I don’t want her money.”
The couple had married at the Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort and Spa in January 2013.
They held a second service at the Rookery Manor hotel in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, joined by 13 bridesmaids and pals including TV star Rylan Clark, model Danielle Lloyd and singer Michelle Heaton.
Katie and Hayler then honeymooned in the Maldives.
Following their marriage split, Hayler started a relationship with Michelle Penticost, who gave birth to their son Apollo.
The couple got engaged in 2020 but this February called off the wedding and said they had split.
His representative told The Sun: “They separated on good terms and remain close, with their focus on Apollo.”
Besides her children with Hayler, Loose Women star Katie has son Harvey, 23, from a relationship with ex-footballer Dwight Yorke, plus son Junior, 20, and daughter Princess, 18, from her marriage to Peter Andre.
She has not married since Hayler but briefly found love with another personal trainer, Kris Boyson.
She dated Carl Woods for two years and they got engaged. But that relationship ended in 2022.
Her most recent partner is Married At First Sight star JJ Slater.
Katie is currently on tour with reality star pal and ex-Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona, 45.
Last night they appeared on stage in Swansea, and tonight are due at The Old Savoy in Northampton.