This is completely untrue. Rape is a subject very close to my own heart, I was raped when I was younger, more than once. Needless to say, I'd never be associated with anyone or anything so sick. I've never talked about this before, but I feel I have to now because I was so hurt by those accusations that I would not take a subject which affects many women seriously.'

Following her revelation, Andre, 36, insisted he didn't know about the incidents, prompting Katie to accuse him of lying and being cruel.

'I have no idea why he said he didn't know. He's not the Pete I knew anymore. He's being really cruel when he knows exactly who did it,' she said.