Kerry Katona

Skinny Revolution advertisements used Katona's weight-loss example, including a rate of 3.5 pounds per week, to promote a prescription weight-loss treatment. The ASA found this rate inconsistent with good nutritional practice and also sanctioned the public advertising of prescription-only medicines.

State of the evidence

Documented

Katona pleaded guilty to failing to ensure one of her children's school attendance during a period when attendance had fallen as low as 48%.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Directly implicated

Katona was declared bankrupt for a second time in 2013, five years after her first bankruptcy.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

A Cash Lady campaign featuring Katona, who had previously been bankrupt, advertising very high-cost payday loans was banned by the ASA, which found it irresponsible and liable to portray borrowing as a way to fund a celebrity lifestyle.

State of the evidence

Documented

A video apparently showing Katona taking cocaine was published. She subsequently received a police caution for cocaine possession, and Iceland ended her advertising contract.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

Katona was arrested in August 2009 following the alleged assault of her accountant David McHugh in Warrington.

Attribution

Accused

Katona was declared bankrupt after an initial tax debt of £417,000 had been reduced to approximately £82,000 but HMRC maintained its bankruptcy petition.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

A live interview on This Morning prompted numerous reactions because Katona was slurring her words and appeared disorientated.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

No legal proceedings

Attribution

Directly implicated