'I was at Katie Price's show when star claimed she was raped - it's heartbreaking'

A fan of Katie Price has disclosed her shock reaction to the former glamour model claiming a television presenter raped her decades ago. Katie, 47, has reportedly made the allegation at her and Kerry Katona's live show during nights in Bradford, Grimsby and Stockport. According to the fan, Katie appeared stressed before she accused the man of rape, and the crowd fell silent following the claim. The audience member who attended the Grimsby show told The Sun: "Everyone was shocked. People felt really sorry for her. It was difficult to hear that, and it will have touched people who have been through similar horrific situations themselves. The moment was the talk of the interval as the man in question was so well-known."

They added: "Katie looked really poorly, too. She was absolutely tiny, almost like a little doll. She must have been under a lot of stress." According to reports, Katie went on to say she had only been in relationships with jealous and controlling men with narcissistic tendencies.

The mum-of-five previously vowed she'd never reveal her alleged attacker's identity, but after years of reflection, she decided it was time to on Tuesday evening.

She first spoke publicly about the alleged assault in 2009, when she wrote in herOK! column that she had been assaulted "more than once" when she was younger.

Katie wrote at the time: "Rape is a subject very close to my own heart. I was raped when I was younger, more than once. I'd never be associated with anything or anyone so sick.

"I've never talked about this before, but I feel I have to now because I was so hurt by these accusations that I would not take a subject, which affects so many women, seriously."

Katie bravely opened up in 2022 that she was raped another time during a horrific carjacking in South Africa while filming My Crazy Life.

She said she was thrown out of her vehicle by the attackers who stole passports, cash, jewellery and laptops. They were never apprehended.

The incident left Katie with severe PTSD and depression, which led to a suicide attempt and subsequent trauma therapy.

"I have had my eyes opened about a lot," she explained in an interview with the Daily Mail about the ordeal.

*If you've been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via **www.rapecrisis.org.uk** or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999**