Patricia Kluge, a 62-year-old socialite, winemaker and one-time adult film actress, reported debts with her third husband of about £30 million, despite selling her 300-acre estate in Virginia.

 She admitted defeat after a £10 million fire-sale last year of paintings, Roman statues, Qing dynasty antiques, a Chippendale commode, a four-poster bed from Hedingham Castle and a George III crystal chandelier.Liquidating jewellery including 64 carats worth of diamonds, platinum and diamond earrings, and a sapphire-and-diamond Cartier watch, also failed to keep her afloat.Asked last night where all her money had gone, Miss Kluge would only say: "That's a very long story". Her husband, Bill Moses, has said: "We spent too much, too fast.""It's not the moment to talk about 'what ifs'," Miss Kluge told The Daily Telegraph, "or for what we coulda, shoulda, woulda"."It needn't have come to this, and we had settlement talks on the table, but the banks decided this was the route to take. We're...

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ASHLEY Cole has caused a double stink by giving a gangster "salute" and leaving piles of filth outside his holiday mansion.

Footballer Ashley Cole was snapped at his £5,000-a-month Los Angeles pad flicking the "Westside" gesture. And now gun campaigners are threatening to picket Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground unless he apologises for making the notorious three-fingered sign. Mothers Against Guns founder Lucy Cope, 56, lost her son Damian, 22, in 2002 when he was shot outside a nightclub. She said: "I want to see an apology within 24 hours or we will demonstrate outside Chelsea Football Club. "We won't let him get away with this. My son was a Chelsea fan at the time of his death. "Ashley should apologise to all those young people who look up to him as...

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Galliano has been sober for three months and is "rebuilding himself" after treatment in the United States for addiction

Fashion designer John Galliano will attend in person his trial on Wednesday over charges he hurled anti-Semitic insults at customers in a cafe in a series of outbursts that have wrecked a towering career.Galliano, 50, was fired as creative director for fashion empire Dior in March after a video surfaced online showing him, apparently inebriated, telling a woman he "loved Hitler" and that her parents might have been gassed in a Nazi death camp.The video, filmed in December, sent shockwaves through the fashion world as complaints surfaced over two separate incidents of alleged anti-Semitic slurs by the British designer, which will be dealt with at Wednesday's trial.If found guilty Galliano faces up to 22,000 euros ($31,500) in fines and a six-month prison sentence, people close to the case said.The...

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David Lloyd, a well-known figure in Phuket property circles, is being sued by another former British tennis ace Greg Rusedski for more than 740,000 pounds that was to be invested in building luxury villas.

Mr Rusedski wants his money back. He says no villas have been completed, and he says he has had no explanation as to what has happened to the money, says the Daily Mail. But according to the national daily newspaper, sources close to Mr Lloyd say that the project has fallen behind schedule because of the global financial crisis, and civil unrest in Thailand over the past three years.A source said: ''Rusedski will get his money back once the villas start selling. The villas are still being built and won't be ready until early next year.''The Daily Mail says Mr Lloyd's Phuket project, launched in 2008, involves building 27 holiday villas on Phuket's west coast, each with spectacular Andaman Sea views.In a writ lodged at the High Court, Mr Rusedski, 37, claims that he and his wife Lucy, 34, wired...

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Two men are being questioned over a suspected plot to rob and murder singer Joss Stone after they were arrested close to her home.

Unconfirmed reports said officers found swords, rope and a body bag when they apprehended the pair, aged 33 and 30, near Stone's country home in Devon.Both men are understood to have had maps and aerial photos of the property.The 24-year-old singer's spokeswoman said police had been in contact with the star.The suspects were detained around 10am on Monday morning after being seen driving a red Fiat Punto in the quiet lanes near the star's home in rural Cullompton.Her neighbours are said to have foiled the plot after reporting the pair behaving suspiciously around the property.According to the Sunday Times Rich list 24-year-old Stone has a £9m fortuneThey were initially arrested on Monday morning on suspicion of having an offensive weapon and planning a burglary.But Sky News understands the...

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Sean Bean 'stabbed' in the arm following a row over glamour model April Summers

He became known to millions as the rugged, hero soldier in historical drama Sharpe.And now actor Sean Bean has proven once and for all that his tough-guy image is not just fictional. The Daily Mail has learned that Bean was ‘stabbed’ in the arm following a row over a beautiful young model. 'Stabbed': Sean Bean was involved in a fight over a glamour model, April SummersThe four-time married star was apparently attacked outside the Hill Bar and Brasserie in Camden, North West London late on Sunday evening. Mr Bean was said to have a cut arm and a bruised face, according to witnesses. However, extraordinarily, he declined to attend hospital. Instead, the star walked back into the bar and, after staff gave him aid from a first aid kit, ordered another drink.   A member of staff said: ‘Sean...

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I was paid to abort Ryan's child: Natasha Giggs

The controversy surrounding Manchester United's Ryan Giggs took a new low on Sunday when his brothers wife, with whom the footballer had an eight-year affair, claimed that she had aborted his lovechild weeks before marrying his brother Rhodri.British press went into a tizzy after Natasha Giggs told News of the World that she was categorically told by Ryan to abort the child and that there was no other option for her. "You have one option - termination. We cannot ruin everyone's life," Natasha quoted Ryan as saying.Almost simultaneously, Mail Online reported that Natasha had been paid 500 pounds to cover the expenses for the abortion by Ryan. In the interview to News of the World though, Ryan's 28-year-old sister-in-law said that it was a tormenting experience to go through the procedure. "I...

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Nicolas Cage's son hospitalized after fight in Hollywood

Nicolas Cage The frantic Con Air star rushed to the Farmer's Kitchen in Hollywood after hearing about an altercation between Weston and his personal trainer.Police were called after the heavy metal singer reportedly erupted when Kevin Villegas banned him from eating an item on the menu.According to witnesses he kicked the trainer and was then punched several times in the face, leaving him a "bloody pulp".Concerned Cage, 47, dashed to the scene and had to be restrained as he tried to get to his badly beaten son.He later climbed into an ambulance, that took the 20-year-old to hospital after police reported he was "unstable".Cops threatened to us a taser gun on the troubled musician and he was strapped to a gurney before being driven away.Los Angeles police are investigating an altercation in...

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'He is completely mad': Lewis Hamilton slammed after crashing into Mark Webber and teammate Jenson Button

Former world champion Niki Lauda believes the Formula One authorities need to do something about Lewis Hamilton after the British driver crashed out of the Canadian Grand Prix.Hamilton collided with McLaren teammate Jenson Button on the eighth lap in Montreal, shortly after sending Australian Mark Webber into a spin.Button went on to win the race, which stretched over four hours because of a two-hour rain suspension.Advertisement: Story continues below Controversial ... Lewis Hamilton, front, drives close to teammate Jenson Button bvefore crashing into him. Photo: Getty ImagesThe incidents came after Hamilton's actions at the Monaco Grand Prix drew criticism and Lauda said it was time for action to be taken against the aggressive-driving former world champion."What Hamilton did there goes...

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The Duchess of York is set to open her heart in a six-part television documentary, but British audiences may never get to see it.

The royal admits that despite "Fergie-baiting selling a lot of papers in Britain", Finding Sarah, to be aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network in the United States, may not go down well with a British audience."Could it air in Britain? Probably not without dramatic ramifications and negativity - because I think that it's difficult," she said.The show, touches on subjects including the Duchess's exclusion from the royal wedding and her role in a scandal in which she admitted trying to sell access to her ex-husband to an undercover News of the World reporter."I knew this guy was wrong. I knew that he was a journalist," she said of the newspaper sting.Sarah Ferguson's sister says she doesn't recall any abuseSarah Ferguson: 'No-one loves me. I'm disgusting'"I had an instinct as it was - and yet my...

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Ryan Giggs has found himself hitting headlines once again, this time for an alleged extra-marital affair with his brother’s wife.

A Sunday tabloid has claimed that the Manchester United star embarked on an eight-year relationship with his 28-year-old sister-in-law Natasha.Following his alleged affair with Big Brother star Imogen Thomas, who was gagged with a super-injunction, now more claims of betrayal have stunned his fans.The News Of The World today claimed that the multi-millionaire footballer even spent the night with estate agent Natasha last month on April 9.The tabloid also alleged that Giggs was seeing Natasha behind his wife Stacey’s back while she was pregnant.The 37-year-old former BBC Sports Personality of the Year is said to have met his brother’s wife in a string of hotels, after first meeting Natasha when she was single in 2003.A friend of Natasha told the newspaper: ‘I knew it was wrong. It’s the worst...

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American dancer Derek Hough has revealed that he has dumped Cheryl Cole after one year of their relationship because she was living like a recluse.

 Hough, 25, had ended the romance two weeks ago, just before Cheryl was dramatically axed from her prestigious judging role on US 'X Factor'. "I love that girl with all my heart, but I just can't do it any more. I have done everything I can to pick Cheryl up. But every time I am with her she refuses to leave her room for days and days," the Mirror quoted him as telling a friend. "It's not healthy behaviour and doesn't make for a healthy relationship. It's tough but I have to leave Cheryl and get on with my life," he added. The dancer's stepfather Aaron Nelson, 54, has also confirmed the split. "It's sad – but it was just not working out. Derek just wants to move on with his life," said Nelson. Ex-husband Ashley Cole, 31, is now comforting Cheryl, 27, and she is even considering taking...

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