The 43 year old former glamour model crashed her uninsured BMW X5 whilst disqualified and under the influence back in September 2021 but avoided jail by attending rehab and she’s admitted she “regrets” getting in the car because she “could have killed someone ”
She said: “I mean I can deal with a lot of things, stress, pressure, I breathe that. Behind closed doors there’s drama, no one’s life is perfect. When it hits me personally, that’s what I can’t deal with. I regret getting in the car, I could have killed someone. I could have killed myself. My kids might not have had a mum. It’s awful.”
Katie who has Harvey, 19, with footballer Dwight Yorke, Junior, 16 and Princess, 14, from her marriage to ex pop star Peter Andre as well as Jett, eight, and Bunny, seven, with third ex-husband Kieran Hayler was at “rock bottom” at the time of the crash, but it proved to be a “wake-up call” and she will now be undergoing weekly meetings with a therapist because she “needs help.”
“The public may be appalled to hear that I can’t send you to jail today. But the law says that when a person has complied with the terms of their release then you have a legitimate expectation not to be sent to prison today, even though you deserve to spend Christmas behind bars.”
She Last year, the TV star received a 16 week suspended jail sentence and was banned from driving for two years after she admitted to drink driving while disqualified and without insurance.Katie flipped her car on September 28 while she was driving to see a friend.
