Katie Salmon, the former Love Island contestant who runs a Christian women’s group with 241,000 Instagram followers, was convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm in July 2025 after planning a premeditated attack on her partner’s affair partner. The full details of the conviction have not appeared on the website or social media of her faith community, House of Faith.
Salmon, 30, from the Wirral, made her television debut on the second series of Love Island in 2016 and later built a following on OnlyFans before pivoting publicly to Christianity following the birth of her daughter in March 2022. She launched House of Faith in January this year, describing it as “a home rooted in faith” that helps women grow “mentally, physically and spiritually” through events, mentorship and workshops starting from around £18.
On Instagram, she regularly tells her followers she has been “rescued, restored and redeemed by Jesus” and says her mission is to help women overcome addiction, trauma and domestic violence.
But a three-day trial in 2025 revealed details she has not shared in full.
The court heard that in 2023, having discovered that her partner of four years, Anthony Kelly, had been having an affair with Jyssica Memory, Salmon planned the attack together with Kelly. She instructed him to tell Memory to pack for a trip to Thailand. Salmon then ambushed Memory while she waited to be collected from a friend’s house in Kettering to travel to the airport with Kelly.
The court heard Salmon repeatedly punched and kicked Memory seven to ten times, then used both a stiletto heel and a hairdryer as weapons. Memory was left with two black eyes. Clumps of her hair were ripped from her head, and her suitcase was emptied into the street, scattering clothes and underwear in what the prosecution described as a “humiliating” scene. Jurors were shown video footage of the attack.
Salmon received a suspended prison sentence and community service. She narrowly avoided immediate custody after new legislation came into force two days before her sentencing, recommending that certain first-time offenders, including single mothers, should not ordinarily be jailed.
Speaking about the case on the Christian podcast The Way UK earlier this month, Salmon described it as “basically a fight.”
“I had a run in with the legal system that had happened whilst I was living in a dark place and I was facing up to four years in jail,” she said. “It basically was a fight and I was left with 15 stitches in my face and the other person was left with an injury as well, a black eye.”
She made no mention of planning the attack or using a stiletto heel as a weapon.
In social media posts, Salmon said she accepted the verdict. “They found me guilty, which is fine. I have to take the consequences of my actions,” she wrote. She also described the timing of her sentencing as part of “God’s plan,” saying the new legislation reducing custodial sentences for certain first-time offenders came into force just two days before she appeared in court.
After completing community service, she posted a photograph of herself wearing a hi-vis vest. “Probably shouldn’t document this but keeping it real,” she wrote. “Now I know why the Bible says if someone slaps the cheek give them other.”
House of Faith, marketed as a safe space for women aged 16 and over, carries no reference to Salmon’s conviction on its website or social media. Its pages show videos of worship sessions, group fitness and friendship.
A spokesman for Salmon said she gave her life to Christ three years after the attack and had “completely changed her life.” He said she is involved with a Christian charity from which she does not profit, and that “all the proceeds go back into helping women in distress and who are suffering or have suffered traumatic experiences.”
Future plans for the group include retreats, mentorship programmes and faith-based resources.
