Heat pays out in Jordan row

Katie Price - aka Jordan - has withdrawn her complaint about a Heat sticker mocking her disabled son Harvey after the magazine apologised in today's edition and made a donation to charity.

The Press Complaints Commission has now dropped a formal investigation into the sticker, which showed Harvey's face and was captioned "Harvey wants to eat me".
Today Heat published an apology headed "Harvey - sorry" on its letters page, admitting it had made a "mistake" by printing the sticker of Harvey, who is blind and has a hormone problem that causes weight gain.

"It was never our intention to cause offence to Harvey's family and friends nor to you, our readers," the apology said. "In particular, it was never our aim to make fun of Harvey's disabilities.

"We now accept that the decision to include this sticker was a mistake and we recognise that it has caused offence, not only to Katie and Peter Andre, but to a number of readers.

"Immediately following publication, we apologised unreservedly to Katie and Peter. We wish to apologise publicly to Harvey, Katie and Peter for any embarrassment and distress caused.
"Heat has voluntarily decided to make a donation to The Vision Charity, an organisation that Katie and her family have worked with over a number of years, as a mark of its regret."
Last week Price and her husband, Peter Andre, lodged a complaint about the sticker, one of 50 given away by the Emap-owned magazine.
They cited clauses 6 and 12 of the PCC's code of practice, which deal with the protection of children and discrimination.

A PCC spokesman said the complaint had been withdrawn and the matter was now settled.
More than 100 people also complained to the PCC about the sticker, while many angry readers made their feelings known on the magazine's website.

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