Katie Price had her TikTok income suspended by a judge as part of efforts to pay off debts under her two bankruptcies, after £95,000 was paid to her via the platform without the trustees' knowledge.
The former glamour model, 46, was declared bankrupt in November 2019 and again in March 2024 over an unpaid tax bill worth more than £750,000. In February 2024, a judge at a specialist bankruptcy court ordered that she must pay 40% of her monthly income from the adult entertainment website OnlyFans until February 2027.
Barristers for the trustee of her bankruptcies had asked for the order to be extended to cover TikTok, but lawyers for the platform said that while it did not oppose the move, it could not consent to it due to the mechanisms of how content creators are paid. At a remote hearing, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Catherine Burton said it was "appropriate" to order the "suspension of further payments" to Price from the platform until a solution could be found. Price was not in attendance and was not represented.
Barrister Darragh Connell, representing the trustee, told the court there had been "some progress made" in the case, but said he was concerned payments to Price via the social media site had been made without the trustees' knowledge. He told the court that payments totalling £95,000 had been paid by TikTok to Price between March and May. TikTok's lawyer said the company "wished to comply" with the ruling and was "not being obstructive or difficult", but said there would be some delay while TikTok investigated whether its systems could divert part or all of a creator's payment.
The saga has been one of the most drawn-out celebrity financial collapses in Britain. Price was arrested at Heathrow Airport after a judge issued an arrest warrant for failing to attend a previous court date; she appeared at court the next day and was told she must attend the next hearing with "no ifs, no buts" or face arrest again. Under a separate court order she must pay 40% of her monthly income from OnlyFans and a host of other companies to the trustee until February 2027, and she has had her income from TikTok suspended and been ordered to deliver six of her vehicles, including a pink Range Rover, to help pay off money owed.
In a further hearing, barristers for the trustee asked the court to make a second income payments order covering ten more companies from which Price gained income. Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Stephen Baister said Price had adopted an "extravagant pattern of expenditure" that she was "now going to have to trim somewhat". Both bankruptcies have since been discharged, but the income payments orders continue, and trustees have said "very substantial sums remain" to be recovered for creditors.