The ex-wife of a multi-millionaire businessman is trying to get him and his mother jailed after claiming they have not paid her almost £750,000 in divorce cash.
DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT
Entrepreneur Richard Rothschild, 49, has been locked in a bitter court war with Charmaine De Souza after their 21-year relationship fell apart in 2016.
The pair – who have two children together – first clashed in court in 2018 when Mr Rothschild moved his new girlfriend, American Playboy model Sherra Michelle, into the couple’s luxury £2.3million Miami condo.
COURT RULING
A High Court judge split the feuding couple’s assets in 2019 – handing De Souza £1.73million, while Mr Rothschild, 49, was left with £634,000.
Mr Rothschild later claimed he had been left ‘penniless’ after flogging off his Lamborghini and properties, before moving in with his mother Wanda Radziszewska.
Rothschild, who changed his name from Richard Pierzchalo-Piasecki and is not part of the famous banking family, was handed a suspended jail term along with his mother in 2019.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW?
Now the pair could face jail again after they allegedly blocked the sale of the couple’s £1,225,000 west London flat, where Ms Radziszewska currently lives. The flat was previously earmarked to be sold as part of the divorce settlement.
Judges at previous hearings have ordered that the property be sold and Mrs Radziszewska move herself and all her belongings out, delivering up ‘vacant possession’ of the apartment, which is under offer from a buyer.
That would see Ms de Souza pocket around £500,000 of the money she is owed by her ex Mr Rothschild.
Mrs Radziszewska however has failed to budge from the apartment in west London leading Ms de Souza to ask High Court judge, Sir Jonathan Cohen, to jail mother and son immediately.
