Art dealer faces £80,000 bill in nose-job row
AN ART dealer accused of harassing a celebrity plastic surgeon she blames for botching her nose reshaping has been left facing a court bill of up to £80,000.
Dr Riccardo Frati is a top Harley Street surgeon who has operated on celebrities including Gemma Collins and Aisleyne Horgan-wallace, the reality TV stars.
But he ended up in court, suing Karen Bowen-carter, 54, a former patient and modern art dealer, for harassment over a series of posts and messages online.
He accused her of “stirring up criticism” of him online and she now faces a High Court bill of up to £80,000, after breaching a legally binding undertaking that she not contact his patients during the harassment case.
Finding her in contempt of court yesterday, Ms Justice Farbey said that, in contacting Dr Frati’s patients, she was sure Mrs Bowen-carter “intended harm” to the doctor.
She fined her £1,200 and ordered that she pay his lawyers’ bills, which are estimated at about £80,000, but will be assessed by the court at a later date. In his claim, Dr Frati accuses Ms Bowen-carter of deliberately spreading lies online by claiming that he has “fraudulently” given celebs cut-price treatments to get positive reviews.
As part of the claim, in 2021 she agreed to an undertaking not to contact him, his staff or patients. But she was ordered back to court and accused of contempt after continuing to contact his patients online after she had given the undertaking. During a previous hearing,
Dr Frati’s barrister, David Sherborne KC, said the medic had reluctantly taken action against Ms Bowen-carter as a last resort, saying: “He has been driven to do so by her repeated breaches.”
Mrs Justice Farbey found Mrs Bowen-carter in contempt of court for contacting four of his patients and told her: “I am sure you were reckless in doing so.
“You didn’t think in the slightest about what you were doing.”