Controversial media personality Katie Hopkins has allegedly applied for an insolvency arrangement in a last ditch attempt to avoid bankruptcy, after piling up debts. In 2017, Hopkins lost a libel case against the food blogger Jack Monroe after sending two tweets in which she implied that Monroe supported the vandalism of a war memorial. The court ordered Hopkins to pay £24,000 in damages and £107,000 in legal costs within 28 days. Hopkins’ Daily Mail column and LBC show both ended this year by “mutual consent” and she put her £1million Exeter mansion on the market in February this year, selling it for £950,000 within three weeks. Monroe tweeted the claim that Hopkins had entered an insolvency arrangement to pay the rest of her debts, otherwise known as an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA).

Source: Huffington Post September 16, 2018 12:45 UTC