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Katie Price’s son Junior, 19, beams at glitzy party as his mum is arrested-Emily Bashforth-Entertainment – Metro
Junior was all smiles amid his famous mum’s legal woes.
Junior Andre brushed off his mum’s arrest at a party while she was being detained (Picture: Jay Firth/Backgrid)
As his mum was detained by police upon landing at Heathrow Airport, Junior Andre was networking with other celebs and influencers at a party last night.
The singer, 19, couldn’t have looked happier at the Fragrance Shop’s 30th birthday party at Magazine, London, meanwhile mum Katie Price, 46, was forced to face the repercussions of her bankruptcy.
Nine days after a Judge issued a warrant for her arrest, Katie finally returned home from her Turkish getaway with son Harvey, 21, and boyfriend JJ Slater, 31.
In a statement issued before her flight, the former glamour model said she was preparing to be arrested upon her return from the trip, a holiday which allowed her recovery time from a £10,000 facelift.
As she expected, Katie was escorted into a police van by officers on the tarmac, a bandage wrapped around her head to protect her wounds.
Katie was then remanded in custody at a west London police station and bailed a few hours later by an out-of-hours magistrate, before appearing in court the following morning.
The 19-year-old attended a Fragrance Shop bash in London (Picture: Jay Firth/Backgrid)
Junior was all smiles for the cameras (Picture: Jay Firth/Backgrid)
As this was all going down, however, Junior was living the high life at his starry bash.
Photographed looking extra cool, the Slide hitmaker struck several playful poses in front of a glitzy disco ball background.
Channelling dad Peter Andre in his younger days, Junior donned an all-black outfit of leather trousers and a varsity jacket.
The press event was packed with fellow influencers, including stars of Love Island and Big Bother.
Neither Junior nor Katie’s daughter Princess, 17, has spoken out addressing their mum’s legal woes.
Ex-husband Pete, 51, has also kept schtum, continuing to post content on social media with his other young children and wife Emily, 34.
This morning, Katie arrived at court wearing a beige outfit and large sunglasses, accompanied by another woman whom she described as an ‘appropriate adult’.
The Slide hitmaker is the spitting image of his dad, Peter Andre (Picture: Jay Firth/Backgrid)
Katie Price shares Junior and Princess, 17, with the Mysterious Girl hitmaker (Picture: JMEnternational/Getty Images)
Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Daniel Schaffer ordered Katie to give an ‘undertaking’ to the court that she would attend a further hearing.
She will be questioned over her finances and repayment plans on August 27 at 10:30am.
He warned: ‘You have to attend that date, no ifs or buts, no going abroad, no holidays.’
Katie then asked she could attend the hearing later this month remotely, as she said she finds it ‘difficult in a court’.
‘Am I able to do it by Zoom or in a side room?’, she asked.
‘No,’ the Judge replied, adding that she could apply to attend remotely and ‘it does not take Einstein to do it’.
Confirming she understood, Katie replied: ‘I will move my diary for it.’
Katie attended court today after arriving home from Turkey (Picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)
Judge Schaffer also discharged the arrest warrant issued against her on July 30 by a different judge after she failed to show up for an earlier hearing.
While in court, Katie said that she did not have legal representation, saying: ‘I have tried to get legal advice but have been charged £50,000 upfront.’
She continued: ‘I can’t get legal aid because I earn. I don’t know what to do on this.
‘I have been asking for legal representation for all of this and no one would do it.’
Katie – who was first declared bankrupt in 2019 – owes over £760,000.
In February this year, she was ordered to pay 40% of her monthly income from the adult entertainment website OnlyFans to the trustee of her bankruptcy until February 2027.
Katie was also ordered to deliver six of her vehicles to the trustee of her bankruptcies to help pay off money owed, including a pink Range Rover.
She wore bandaged around her head after having another facelift (Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)
Katie owes over £760,000 (Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images for WFTV Awards)
The reality TV star has repeatedly denied ‘running away’ from her legal matters, insisting that the reason for her recent trip to Istanbul was so she could film a documentary on ‘corrective surgeries’.
The trip, however, rubbed many other residents at the hotel up the wrong way, as some brutal TripAdvisor reviews accused her of ‘weeping pus’ into the swimming pool and spoiling their experience with her ‘bloody’ appearance.
Famous for going under the knife, whether it be for lip filler or boob jobs, this marked Katie’s sixth facelift.
After the expensive procedure, Katie sunned herself at a £133-a-night five-star hotel.
She thanked her fans for their support in her statement earlier on Thursday, while also slamming the system for making her feel like a ‘criminal’.
The mum-of-five then pleaded for ‘some dignity and protection’ and insisted that her ‘unfortunate financial circumstance’ did not make her a ‘bad person’.
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