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Jury in Katie Price ex's trial told to ignore egos
Jurors in the rape trial of Katie Price's ex-husband have been told to cut through the "big egos" and "big personalities" involved in the case before considering their verdicts.
Kieran Hayler, 39, is on trial at Lewes Crown Court charged with three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in West Sussex in 2016, which he denies.
In a closing speech on Monday, prosecutor Ryan Richter told jurors: "You've seen the whirlwind of what is Katie Price and you're going to make an assessment of her, how it affects this case, how much it helps you decide.
"The prosecution accept you're likely to treat her evidence with caution."
Richter added: "You may well put 90% of her evidence to one side, it's irrelevant, it doesn't help you.
"I'm sure you will concentrate on what is relevant and look for support to assess what she says."
The prosecutor said jurors had seen enough of "the egos, posing and posturing".
"You've seen the big personalities, the big egos in this case, and you'll judge it, you'll cut through it," he said.
"You'll decide whether those big voices drown out the voice of [the complainant] or whether that voice has made you sure on the counts of this indictment."
Referring to messages between the alleged victim and Price in 2017 where the media personality told the girl "I will make you a little star", Richter asked: "Is that the key to this case, that message?"