Katie Price’s ex-husband, Kieran Hayler, has been found not guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl.

Hayler, 39, has been on trial at Lewes Crown Court accused of rape and sexual assault against the girl in West Sussex in 2016.

In total he was acquitted of three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.

Hayler had also faced four alternative counts of sexual activity with a child, for which he was also found not guilty.

Hayler had denied the allegations, telling the jury that he believed them to be fabricated.

Price, was married to Hayler at the time of the accusations, before they separated in 2018, and later divorced in 2021.

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