Jordan files complaint for attack on her disabled son
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oi-Raymond Ronamai
By Raymond Ronamai
London,
(ANI):
Catwalk
queen
Katie
Price
aka
Jordan
has
lodged
an
official
complaint
with
media
watchdog
Ofcom
last
night
after
Frankie
Boyle
failed
to
apologise
over
his
sick
attack
on
her
disabled
son
Harvey.
Jordan"s
lawyer
filed
papers
alleging
C4
and
Boyle
had
breached
the
'harm
and
offence'
clause
of
the
Broadcasting
Code.
Their
move
came
as
outrage
grew
over
the
38-year-old
comic"s
vile
“jokes" on
his
late-night
Tramadol
Nights
show
earlier
this
week.
Fans
bombarded
websites,
voicing
their
disgust
over
his
foul-mouthed
comments,
which
were
heard
by
one
million
viewers.
Most
claimed
Glasgow-based
Boyle
had
“gone
too
far
this
time"
with
his
verbal
onslaught
against
her
eight-year-old
son.
A
spokesman
for
Kate
confirmed
yesterday
that
she
planned
to
take
further
action
against
Channel
4.
“Channel
4
have
got
this
horribly
wrong
if
they
think
their
actions
are
defensible
because
Boyle
is
high
profile
or
because
he
has
made
this
joke
before," the
Daily
Star
quoted
her
lawyer
Mark
Bateman
as
saying.
“To
ridicule
disability
is
bad
enough
but
to
single
out
a
young
child
as
courageous
and
vulnerable
as
Harvey
is
cowardly,"
he
said.
Frankie
said
on
the
show:
“I
have
a
theory
about
the
reason
Jordan
married
a
cage-fighter.
She
needed
a
man
strong
enough
to
stop
Harvey
from
f***ing
her."
Britain"s
Got
Talent
judge
Amanda
Holden
also
condemned
Boyle.
“Frankie
Boyle"s
comments
on
Kate
Price"s
son
Harvey
are
vile.
He
should
not
be
allowed
to
get
away
with
this!" she
tweeted.
A
Channel
4
spokesman
said:
“Frankie
Boyle
is
well
known
for
his
controversial
type
of
humour
and
the
programme
carried
appropriate
warnings
as
to
the
nature
of
the
material,"
he
said.