News about James Stunt

A judge has ruled that a bankrupt British socialite is the owner of a centuries-old portrait entangled in a High Court court dispute. The Geoffrey Stunt family, James Stunt, and his father, Geoffrey Stunt, were embroiled in a legal dispute over James' bankruptcy over Sir Anthony Van Dyck's painting, The Chee Sisters, between the two brothers. Barristers for the trustees said James Stunt owned the portrait at a court in London earlier in March, but barristers for the trustees insisted that Geoffrey bought the work in 2013 for £600,000. In a decision released on Friday, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Clive Jones dismissed the Stunts' allegations by finding that the painting should be regarded as belonging to James Stunt for the purposes of his bankruptcy. Mr James Stunt was the contracting purchaser,' he said, 'in my balance of probabilities.'

Today, bankrupt socialite Stunt said he did not buy the centuries-old portrait, but only recommended his father did. Stunt, who lived with F1 heiress Ecclestone from 2011 to 2017, is fighting a court dispute with his bankruptcy trustees over Sir Anthony Van Dyck's painting The Chee Sisters. The trustees claim James owns it, but Geoffrey Stunt and his brother allege that the older man purchased the work in 2013 for £600,000. At a trial at Rolls Building in London today, James, who declared bankrupt in June 2019, informed a court that he was involved in the painting when it was seen in 2012 but decided against it.

Stunt allegedly bought the oil painting in 2013 for £600,00, according to his creditors. However, after he announced bankruptcy in June 2019, Geoffrey's father argued he was the correct owner as the photograph was paid for with a cheque drawn from his bank account, according to the High Court. In a black taxi accompanied by a glamorous lady, James Stunt appeared in court. The former bullion dealer did not make a single comment as he entered the building wearing a navy pinstriped, three-piece suit, white shirt, and a navy and white stripe tie.

A court heard today that James Stunt, pictured with Petra Ecclestone, right, conspired with his father to rob his creditors of a £4 million painting after he was declared bankrupt. Stunt's creditors Ian Defty adn Adrian Hyde is trying to show that they are the rightful owners of the Van Dyck masterpiece, not Stunt or his father Geoffrey, right.

Sam Palmer, daughter Lavinia, 11, and twin boys James and Andrew, eight and three years old, were among the British heiress's. Sam is a pet of Petra and is the step-dad to Lavinia, James, and Andrew whose father is Petra's ex husband James Stunt.

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For the second time on a money laundering charge, socialite James Stunt faces a wait of more than 18 months. Petra Ecclestone, the former husband of F1's highest rank, told Leeds Crown Court that he was not well today and was portrayed on video connection in navy blue pyjamas, lying in bed. Following a seven-month hearing, former public schoolboy Stunt, 41, was found not guilty of forgery at the court in December, but a jury refused to reach a decision on a money-laundering charge. Judge Andrew Stubbs KC announced today that his retrial will begin on September 30, 2024, and that it is likely to last several months.

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The flamboyant ex-public schoolboy (left) was found not guilty of forgery after a marathon eight-month trial but jurors were unable to reach a decision on a charge of money laundering. During the trial, Bankrupt Stunt was on legal aid, leaving the taxpayer with a bill that could be estimated at about £300,000 for his barristers alone, a Kings Counsel, and his junior.

The jury in socialite James Stunt's (left) £266 million money laundering trial has postponed its findings. Stunt, 40, (pictured on right with his partner Helena Robinson) is one of eight people convicted of a suspected criminal network that deposited funds in the bank account of Bradford gold dealer Fowler Oldfield from 2014 to 2016. 'criminal money' was moved from all over the country to Mr Oldfield's premises in West Yorkshire, according to investigators, before the scheme went national.' They suspect that Stunt's London offices started receiving funds from their donations. According to reports, the defendants concealed the source of the money by moving it through a company bank account and using the proceeds to buy gold.

Richard Fisher KC, the social justice barrister, pleaded a vociferous plea in Leeds Cloth Court, West Yorkshire, at the conclusion of the trial. Throughout the trial, he said his client had become a "target to be pilloried, belittled, and arrested" and slammed the prosecution for describing and making "worthless statements" about Stunt's 'Bond villain style lair's 'Bond villain style lair'. Petra Ecclestone's ex-husband has denied being involved in a £266 million money laundering scheme. Mr Fisher KC said in the jury that Stunt has no prior criminal convictions that have a'significant impact on credibility' and that he is a person of previous good character. He also stated that the onus is not on Stunt to show his guilt, and that the trial did not have a convincing argument to convict.

A court heard yesterday that socialite James Stunt (left) deceived a jury into believing he was an ethical businessman when he really was a 'tyrannical Darth Vader' figure. But the hands off boss he claimed to be, Stunt, the ex-husband of heiress Petra Ecclestone (right),'re demanding every penny of income he felt entitled to,' it was claimed. Stunt had more than 2,600 phone calls with his co-defendants implicated in the suspected gold robbery investigation, according to Leeds Cloth Hall Court.

Socialite James Stunt (right), Petra Ecclestone's ex-husband, was accused of participating in a £266 million money laundering campaign, which was traced back to Hollywood's The Sting (right). A jury heard that large amounts of cash were used in an imaginative 'long con'sting operation against a victim who didn't know he'd been tricked at the time. Prosecutors Nicholas Clarke, KC, said that Stunt and his seven co-defendants had allegedly conspired to create a convincing 'cover story' for their money laundering campaign that had temporarily fooled banks and other reputable firms they dealt with.

Petra's Place', a multi-millionaire, 33, has rolled out a lifeline to struggling families since being first-hand to special needs children five years ago. However, the Chelsea center in west London, west London, is expected to close just days before Christmas unless new funds can be obtained, leaving parents and employees'reeling' from the unexpected news. Sarah Kyle, the center's devastated email managing director, blamed 'our main funder' for the'shock' decision to close the center next month. Parents and teachers were in tears, according to the boy's parent, who said: 'They're devastated with what's going on.' After she was traumatized at her previous kindergarten, a mother said the center had changed her non-verbal daughter's life. 'I've gone from my child being a tumultuous mess to being a blossoming and learning person,' she said.

Petra Ecclestone was forced to admitting to a mysterious illness in her three-year-old daughter Minnie. The heiress, 33, took to Instagram Story on which she posted a snapshot with her little one in the waiting room and explained how 'watching a child suffer in pain is the worst feeling in the world.' Petra has four children: Lavinia, 10, and seven-year-old twins James and Andrew with ex-husband James Stunt, and Minnie, three, with 38-year-old fiancé Sam Palmer.

Because 'forge means make a life,' James Stunt (left) said he didn't commit a crime by instructing his PA to'forge my signature' to buy an Andy Warhol painting.' I use a lot of strange words,' the socialite told the judge.' Adding: 'I was born in 1982, so my grammar could sometimes be sloppy.' Stunt (right, with ex-wife Petra Ecclestone) said his personal assistant Francesca Sota was entitled to sign the official bank statement on his behalf'in accordance with her PP duties.'

A court heard James Stunt, 40, has confirmed that his allegations of being a billionaire were 'not 100% correct,' and that although he benefited from Petra Eccleston's and his father's fortune, he did almost nothing himself outside of his £5 million sale of Betfair shares. Stunt had never claimed to be a billionaire, according to the judge. However, he confirmed signing a contract for a financial company in November 2018 announcing his net worth was £3.53 billion. He said he now believed the figure was 'not 100% accurate.' 'I had deceived the jury, that was not my intention,' he said. The court heard that on another occasion, he referred to himself in writing as a "rich list billionaire."

Prosecutors Nicholas Clarke KC, Stunt (left), who appeared to be increasingly dependent" on the Ecclestone family and his father for money at Leeds Cloth Hall Court, disagreed with the assertion that he became more and more dependent on the Ecclestone family and his father for funds. They are all dependent on myself,' he said. Stunt and his partner, Petra Ecclestone's (right), financial affairs, revealed that they spent £69 million during their seven-year marriage together, according to the court. He said he had the world's "biggest allocation" of a number of fine wines. When asked if Petra contributed the majority of funds to their joint account, he replied, "Yes on the face of it." Stunt told the court that he was given free shares in Betfair ahead of his marriage and that he made a '£15 million' from selling his stake.

James Stunt, 40 (pictured left on Wednesday with his new girlfriend Helena Robinson) pleaded guilty to a significant sum of cash owing to his extensive gambling habits, including giving his mother-in-law Slavica £500,000 in bills to help him buy a £2 million Monet painting. Petra Ecclestone's former husband has been accused of being at the forefront of a money laundering scheme that involved the exchange of tens of millions of pounds between his company and the NatWest bank. Stunt told a jury at Leeds Cloth Hall Court that he habitually held large sums of cash for gaming and even had a "strong room" in his Los Angeles marital home. The money was'my money,' and he said, 'It was mostly gaming winnings tax-free from a casino.' Stunt said of time that he would 'gamble' with his father-in-law Bernie, the Formula One tycoon. 'He'd rather pay me cash than a bookie,' he said. Stunt, who has previously referred to himself as the world's second largest gambler,' said he visited all the top casinos in London. In every casino in London and Las Vegas, I had a £5 million credit line.'

As he prepares to appear in court with his partner, socialite James Stunt, he is preparing to appear in his £266 million dirty money lawsuit. Petra Ecclestone, a Formula One heiress who was photographed alongside his partner Helena Robinson at Leeds Cloth Hall Court this morning, has been charged with £46 million as part of a gang that laundered millions of pounds of money over a three-year cycle. He is one of eight people charged with depositing millions of pounds in the bank account of Bradford gold dealer Fowler Oldfield between January 2014 and September 2016. Stunt may have been complicit in the alleged scheme, according to investigators, because the 'river of money' from her family was 'running dry.'

When testifying in a suspected £266 million money laundering lawsuit, the 40-year-old socialite elucidated the size of his genitals. As he appeared in Leeds on Wednesday, Stunt, one of eight people on trial convicted of directing a faulty network that saw millions of pounds deposited in a Bradford-based gold dealer, defended his 'addictive personality' and said he had a 'hyperteligent' view of company. Stunt, who was married to F1 heiress Petra Ecclestone (pictured right), told jurors how he 'played up' to his image and enjoyed 'living it up' before the couple's explosive £5.5 billion divorce in 2017. We have to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly when your life is laid bare like this,' he said, and we do sometimes play up to the public image.' People like me "You must have the world's tiniest penis" and there must be some truth in that, metaphorically speaking - but I don't believe we should have to get a microscope out.'

Following his brother Lee's death in 2016, 'Function addict' James Stunt, 40, (left), fought through tears as he told Leeds Cloth Hall Court how he succumbed to drugs after his brother's death in 2016.' The socialite, who appeared at an unprosecutors' trial for the first time, told jurors how he became addicted to morphine, cocaine, and gambling. Following Lee's death, Stunt said the drug was a "good, bad friend" and that he took cocaine "every day for two years." He also said that drugs aided him in his high-profile divorce from F1 heiress Petra Ecclestone (pictured right) in 2017. But he denied that he had been 'clean' for the past two years, and that he performed urine tests with a specialist 'for the sake of my children.'

At Leeds Cloth Hall Court, James Stunt, 40, who is facing a £266 million money laundering lawsuit, fought his late brother Lee (pictured right) from'slanderous allegations.' Petra Ecclestone, the former Formula One heiress, is one of eight people charged with an illegal network for which the court heard millions of pounds have been invested in the bank account of Bradford gold dealer Fowler Oldfield over two years. Prosecutors say the 'criminal cash' was transferred into company addresses owned or managed by Stunt and his co-defendants between January 2014 and September 2016. Stunt admitted to being addicted to morphine, cocaine, and gambling for the first time as his defence defense trial began, he also had a 'an addictive personality.' Following his brother's death, he took cocaine 'every day for two years' and referred to the drug as a "good, bad friend."

Former Bernie Ecclestone's son-in-law, Mark Salt, smoked a cigar (left), before being accused of using a company to embep millions of pounds in cash. James Stunt, a bankrupt former millionaire, 40, the ex-husband of F1 heiress Petra Ecclestone (right), is being charged with seven others for hiding £266 million in assets at a gold dealer. When he arrived at Leeds Cloth Hall Court with a cigar smoulder in his jaws, he seemed every bit the city slicker. Accountant Heidi Buckler (top inset), 45, denied the prosecution's suggestion that vast sums of money left at a gold dealer was 'criminal cash derived from criminal conduct'