Katie Price admits she ‘wouldn’t have minded if she went to prison’ for some ‘peace and quiet’ as she discusses 2021 drink driving crash and ongoing bankruptcies

Katie Price has admitted she ‘wouldn’t have minded if she went to prison’ after she crashed her BMW while under the influence in 2021.

It comes as the former glamour model, 46, had one of her two bankruptcies discharged this week following a hearing at a specialist court in London.

But she still owes the taxman a staggering £750,000 after plunging into debt.

And now, in a new interview with The Sun, Katie has reflected on some of her past troubles and revealed being behind bars may have been ‘a good way to sit down and reevaluate’.    

The star was banned from driving for two years after she crashed her BMW on the B2135 in West Sussex on September 28, 2021, and was also handed a 16-week suspended jail sentence for drink-driving while disqualified and without insurance.

She was handed a 16-week suspended sentence and two-year ban at Crawley Magistrates’ Court and immediately checked into The Priory following the arrest.

Katie Price has admitted she ‘wouldn’t have minded if she went to prison’ after crashing her BMW while under the influence in 2021

The star was banned from driving for two years after she crashed her BMW on the B2135 in West Sussex on September 28, 2021 (pictured in September 2021) 

In the new interview which took place after she was cleared of her first bakruptcy on Tuesday, Katie said: ‘Drink-driving is horrific. I was totally in the wrong.

‘I wouldn’t have minded if I went to prison because I would have got peace and quiet from everyone. It would have been a good way to sit down, reevaluate.

‘Maybe I should have gone to prison, but it was out of my hands. My mental state was severely unwell. But I am so sorry.’

The former glamour model is now happier than ever and determined to ‘get her empire back’.

Katie was twice declared bankrupt – including in 2019 over her unpaid bills. 

Her financial woes were so dire, the big-busted reality star was forced to flog off her £2million ‘Mucky Mansion’ for a fraction of the price to try and back into the black.

At a public examination hearing, the first of Katie’s bankruptcy orders was discharged.

Bankruptcy orders typically end after a year in England and Wales, but the automatic discharge of Katie’s first bankruptcy was suspended, meaning she was still bound by its terms.

However, the suspension was today lifted by Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis.

She was handed a 16-week suspended sentence and two-year ban at Crawley Magistrates’ Court and immediately checked into The Priory following the arrest 

It comes as the former glamour model, 46, had one of her two bankruptcies discharged this week following a hearing at a specialist court in London 

But the 46-year-old ex-glamour model still owes the taxman a staggering £750,000. 

Barrister Darragh Connell, representing the trustee of Katie’s bankruptcies, said: ‘The public examination of the first bankruptcy can be formally concluded in open court.’

Katie, who did not attend the hearing, was also declared bankrupt last year over an unpaid tax bill worth more than £750,000, which remains in force.

She is set to be grilled in court over that bankruptcy on April 8.

The news is the latest chapter in the former beauty star’s long-running financial battle, which has already seen her served an eviction notice from her ‘Mucky Mansion’.

She purchased the property in 2014 from former Tory peer Francis Maude and it featured in a Channel Four series as she attempted to renovate the house.

But she was evicted for not paying the mortgage in May last year and was forced to sell the rundown nine-bedroom home.

It was put on the market for £1.5million but was later sold for a fraction of the price, with a buyer snapping up the country pile for £1.15million.

Katie didn’t see a penny for the sale as it was swallowed up by the debts she previously ran up against the Sussex home. She has since moved into a new four-bed property in Sussex.

She was served an eviction notice from her Mucky Mansion (pictured) after the reality TV star’s financial woes deepened

The former glamour model is now happier than ever and determined to ‘get her empire back’ 

Under the terms of her first bankruptcy, declared in November 2019 Price was ordered to pay 40 per cent of her monthly income from the adult entertainment website OnlyFans until February 2027 to help pay off her debts.

She was then declared bankrupt for a second time last March and must continue to pay money from OnlyFans to the trustee while the second bankruptcy remains in force.

Katie was previously due to attend a public examination in August last year, but this was adjourned so she could attend a ‘private interview’ over her finances.

She had been told by a judge to attend the August hearing with ‘no ifs, no buts’, following a warrant being issued for her arrest last July after she failed to attend an earlier court date.

The court heard on Tuesday that the private interview took place on September 24 and that this had provided ‘sufficient provision of information’ to avoid the need for a public examination concerning her first bankruptcy.

A public examination related to the second bankruptcy was adjourned until April 8.

Mr Connell said: ‘As to the second bankruptcy, the trustee’s position is that pursuant to information provided by Ms Price, the trustee has been undertaking inquiries with third parties.

‘The outcome of those inquiries is not yet known.’

He continued: ‘It may well transpire to be the case that an application is made to suspend discharge for a limited period, but that is not before the court today.’