KATIE Price has been arrested on the tarmac at Heathrow tonight – nine days after a High Court judge issued a warrant for her arrest.
Her boyfriend JJ Slater, 31, left the airport’s Terminal 5 with two pals and their baby at 8.30pm – but Price, 46, was seen with cops.
A Met spokesman said: “A 46-year-old woman from Surrey was arrested at Heathrow Airport at 19:45hrs on Thursday, 8 August for failing to appear at court.
“She has been remanded in custody at a west London police station to appear at court tomorrow, Friday, 9 August.”
Ex-Page 3 girl Katie had headed to Turkey for her sixth facelift before soaking up the sun at a five-star resort.
A witness who was on her flight said he saw her with the police at the airport.
She flew from the UK to Istanbul on a British Airways jet just hours before she was due in court last Tuesday as part of her £760,000 bankruptcy fight.
Katie was accompanied by JJ and Harvey on the face-altering holiday.
In a statement, she begged for her son Harvey’s “protection”.
She wrote: “I am aware that I am about to be detained at the airport which is obviously what the courts feel is necessary.
“I do hope of course for my sons sake who is with me that they will allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see.
“Whilst I understand the importance and severity of the matter I do feel like I am being treated like a criminal.”
The mum-of-five was ordered to make a one-off payment of £25,000 to creditors, followed by monthly instalments of £12,500.
Judge Burton said Katie failed to make the payments ordered by the court.
“She has no real excuse in failing to attend the hearing,” she said. “The reason for her absence is irrelevant.”
Katie was served an eviction notice ordering her to leave her £2million Mucky Mansion by the end of May as bailiffs swooped.
She was supposed to hand over her six cars – a Volkswagen Beetle, a Nissan, two Range Rovers, Suzuki Vitara and Infiniti FX50 – on July 5.
The star also indicated she would hand over her pink Range Rover but has so far failed to do so, the court was told.
The reality TV star has been sunning herself in 31°C heat in the pricey hotel while getting a number of treatments done.
Katie underwent £10,000 worth of surgery on her eyes and under her chin in Istanbul after her usual surgeon refused to carry out the work for her.
A source previously revealed Katie extended her trip over fears she would be arrested with staples in her face following the surgery.
They told The Sun: “Katie’s actually extending her holiday and plans to stay in Turkey longer.
“She’s worried she’ll be arrested at the airport when she lands back in the UK and will have to go to jail before the metal staples are taken out of her face.
“She’s really worried she’ll be arrested in front of Harvey, and that would upset her.
“She’s better off hiding out in Turkey and recovering there.”
While she seems to be at rock bottom with her finances, Katie has a surprise plan up her sleeve.
In her latest autobiography, This Is Me, she wrote: “Bankruptcy doesn’t hold the same fear now I can see a way out of it.
I would just like to thank everyone that has been showing support and compassion to my situation this week with my pending arrest.
Despite what has been misreported I am now in route back from filming my documentary.
I was never just abroad being ignorant to what’s going on and I stand by the facts, which is that there has been miscommunications here between a number of people here to do with my bankcrupcy.
However now I am returning home from work, and I am aware that I am about to be detained at the airport which is obviously what the courts feel is necessary.
I do hope of course for my sons sake who is with me that they will allow some dignity and protection for at least his sake as this will be extremely disturbing for him to see.
Whilst I understand the importance and severity of the matter I do feel like I am being treated like a criminal.
I would like to point out once again that this is to do with a very unfortunate financial circumstance which as hard as it has been does not make a criminal or a bad person.
Millions of people suffer losses and go through bankruptcy’s, through many different reasons and mine was due to serious mental health issues and breakdowns from PTSD.
Whilst it’s been hard, I repeatedly will stand by the fact I am not embarrassed or ashamed that this has happened to me.
People loose their lives every day over the embarrassment and fear of these situations and the public bullying l’ve endured on this matter is simply just not ok. I will continue to speak out on this and not be ashamed.
I have and am continuing to pay back debtors as ordered by the court.
I will address this with the police and courts when I land and I ask for my son Harvey’s sake it’s handled with care and compassion.
I am after all only a human being I appreciate all of you that continue to show me love it means a lot.
“If material stuff is taken from me, I know I can earn it back.
“I will get into escorting if I need to, not to sleep with the men, just for company. To be on their arm. I think I’d be good at that.
“My mum would tell me I need to work on my table manners first though. And by the way, that is a joke.”
She was also embroiled in more drama after private messages were leaked between her and her sister Sophie.
Bombshell chats revealed she cheated on her then-fiance Carl Woods with a sportsman – only to get ghosted by him the next day.
Carl told The Sun last month that he was “devastated” by Katie‘s actions, which he says happened in August 2022.
He claims Katie spent the night with the sportsman – who is pals with Prince Harry and Prince William – and denied claims in her book that he was the one who cheated.
Carl told The Sun: “You start to hate yourself. I couldn’t tell anyone about it because I looked so stupid.
“I couldn’t talk to my friends, my family about it, no one. So you start to hate yourself.”
This is not Katie's first run in with the law. Here we break down the former glamour model's past court appearances.
2010:
Katie was issued a six-month driving ban for speeding and using her phone while driving.
2015:
The star received a £1,220 fine for jumping a red light.
2018:
She was slapped with a six-month driving ban in February 2018.
Katie was in jail for 13 hours for being found asleep behind the wheel of her car.
2019:
A year later the star was issued with her third driving ban for three months.
She was declared bankrupt for the first time.
2021:
Katie crashed her car while under the influence of alcohol and drugs and suffered a breakdown.
2022:
Katie was sentenced to an 18-month community order with 150 hours of community service for driving matters.
She pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order and was ordered to pay £1500.
2024:
MARCH– She was declared bankrupt a second time.
APRIL – The star was warned she risks jail after failing to appear in court.
JULY – An arrest warrant was issued after she again swerved court.
AUGUST – Katie reveals she will be arrested when she lands in the UK and begs for support over son Harvey’s protection
