Katie Price to reveal emotional turmoil of trolls abusing her son Harvey as MPs investigate web hate
KATIE Price is set to reveal the emotional turmoil of sick trolls targeting her son Harvey online today.
She will speak to MPs investigating web abuse, as part of a new Parliamentary inquiry.
This afternoon Katie and her mum, Amy, will answer questions on the topic and share thier own personal experiences.
Katie has regularly begged trolls to leave her disabled son, 18, alone and stop bullying him online.
Harvey, who suffers from Prader-Willi Sydrome, is often confronted with sickening abuse on social media and has also urged people to stop.
In a video filmed by his mum last year, Harvey can be seen holding a piece of paper from autism charity Anna Kennedy Online, that reads: “Give Us A Break! Bullying is WRONG. End of.”
And last year Katie launched a furious attack on Dapper Laughs after his friend used Harvey in a series of cruel posts.
Three years ago desperate Katie launched an online petition to make online bullying a criminal offence.
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She said: “Trolling is a major problem in this day and age.
“People of all ages and background suffer every day, including my family – especially my son Harvey.
“I have tried my best to expose people and even had two arrested but nothing was done and there were no repercussions or penalties for this behaviour.”
Following this she appeared before MPs in 2018, and shared horrific abuse she and Harvey had suffered at the hands of online trolls.
She said: “I went to the police, they were disgusted, they were so good. But then they rang me to say, ‘There’s nothing we can do’ as there’s nothing in place to charge these people.
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“Since then the abuse is getting worse and worse.”
In October 2017 Harvey was also the target of blackmailers who demanded £50,000 in a threatening email to Katie, saying Harvey’s face would get “smashed” if she didn’t pay up.
Last week we told how Harvey was rushed to hospital in an ambulance after falling ill at his sister’s party.
The 18-year-old needed “urgent medical attention” while celebrating Princess’s 13th birthday.