what happened to katie piper

Katie Piper is a British activist, writer, and television presenter who was attacked with acid by her ex-boyfriend and an accomplice in March 2008. The attack caused major damage to her face and left her blind in one eye. Following the attack, Piper moved out of her London flat and returned to Hampshire to live with her parents and younger sister. She established a charity, the Katie Piper Foundation, aimed at raising awareness of the plight of victims of burns and other disfigurement injuries. The charity also campaigns for the specialist treatment Piper received, such as the after-care scheme undertaken in France, to be more widely available to patients in Britain. Following her recovery and the successful establishment of the Katie Piper Foundation, Piper moved out of the family home and returned to living alone in London. She later moved to live with her partner Richard Sutton, whom she married in 2015. In October 2022, it was reported that the man who attacked Piper with acid, Stefan Sylvestre, might have fled the UK after breaching his licence.