I reported the photos, which I had taken screenshots of to the Press commission.
And I also reported the arranged phot shoot to the Horsham contact centre.
I include my email to them below. With my identity removed, although Ihave included my identity to the PCC and tothe Horsham Contact centre.
In the The Sun online website. The media influencer Katie Price was photographed, BY ARRANGEMENT with the BACKGRID photo agency, known as paparazzi. Getting access to a supervised child contact centre. The Horsham Child contact centre. A place that is supposed to be safe, confidential, private and supervised. A safe place?
Katie Price and her team often arrange these ‘impromptu’ photo opportunities. She sells them to tabloids like The Sun, Daily Mail and other interested parties.
She has made serious allegations against her ex partner Keiron Hayler. And their acrimonious divorce has resulted in child custody problems.
She and he have obviously used your contact centre. And one would think that other, many other parents are using your centre as a safe place to reunite children with estranged parents. A place where families can meet and repair.
But to my horror, here are copies of the photos she has arranged to be sold to the Sun. Here is her daughter Bunny, it’s her, and clearly your contact centre.
Naomi Campbell successfully sued the Daily Mirror for buying photos of her leaving an AA meeting.
A person should expect privacy in delicate matters like addiction. And they should certainly expect it when accessing your confidential services.
My question is, what are YOU going to do about it?
I have contacted the press complaints commission and I suggest you do the same.
This is abhorrent behaviour on both Katie Price and the agency BACKGRID. Monetising child estrangement
I would also ask that you make this a matter of immediate intervention by Social Services as Katie Price is clearly not making appropriate decisions on behalf of her children.
Please address this matter immediately.
Other parent, some in precarious positions have to rely on your organisation to navigate their family’s. Is it a joke, is it a some kind of entertainment venue to get snapped, to put on Instagram, to sell to the tabloids? What is her motivation in doing this so publically?