Lara Bingle Wants Her Slice Of Clarke’s Fortune
Lara Bingle and Michael Clarke
The relationship is over, their dogs call separate kennels home and now the battle for cricketer Michael Clarke’s millions is being thrashed out by lawyers, with model Lara Bingle being encouraged by her mother to fight for a fair deal.
Following news here last week that the $230,000 Aston Martin sportscar that Clarke presented to Bingle during the couple’s relationship is still sitting unsold in a car showroom, word has reached Confidential that Bingle is shooting for a hefty seven-figure payout from Clarke in her settlement, which will include the car and the value of her $200,000 engagement ring.
Confidential has learned that Bingle’s protective mother, Sharon, has encouraged her daughter to aim high in her settlement with the cricketer.
Accordingly, lawyers have been thrashing out a deal and Bingle, we’re informed, wants her daughter to receive property, cash and furniture on top of the $500,000 combined value of the Aston and the ring.
Legal experts said the couple’s two-year engagement was treated the same as a marriage under de facto laws introduced last year, meaning Clarke, who earns more than $3 million a year, may have to dig deep to finalise the three-year relationship.
After having encouraged her pretty daughter to start modelling at 12 and allowing her to drop out of high school at 16 and head to Italy, Mrs Bingle has no love for Clarke.
“She feels they were never right for each other, doesn’t think he looked after Lara, being away as much as he was, and wants him to pay dearly,” a source said. Clarke has four properties in his name including his $6 million Bondi unit and a $3 million waterfront home at Lilli Pilli.
Courtesy of news.com.au
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