Former Premier League and England striker Emile Heskey is reportedly going through chapter.
The 45-year-old was estimated to have a internet value of £12million again in 2009, having performed for the likes of Leicester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. However, a collection of economic fake pas have drained his fortune.
According to The Sun, Heskey has this week been on the receiving finish of a High Court chapter petition filed by HMRC. It comes after he was stung in a celeb funding scheme, which is now on the centre of a £1.6billion tax dispute.
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Run by Ingenious Media, a financing firm that has backed over 60 movies, it is believed to have enticed numerous high-profile names, together with David Beckham, Ant and Dec and Robbie Williams. Heskey and his fellow buyers have been required to speculate a minimal entry payment of £50,000 and would be capable of declare tax reduction towards most of their cost, it is claimed.
As effectively as that, he was final yr discovered to have defaulted on £92k of tax throughout his time as a soccer improvement officer between 2017 and 2020. That landed him a £42k penalty, whereas a bar he ran with spouse Chantelle in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, was wound up by the courts in May with £163k value of money owed.
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Parea, opened in 2018, attracted footballers and TV stars because of the pair’s connections. An area catering firm utilized to have the corporate wound up over unpaid money owed.
It’s nonetheless unclear if the courtroom case arrears have been associated to the funding scheme or his enterprise flop.
Since hanging up his boots in 2016, Heskey has appeared as a pundit for numerous broadcasters and moved into a training profession. He’s labored with Leicester City’s Women’s crew and joined the England Under-18s set-up at the beginning of the season.
Daily Star Sport has contacted Heskey’s representatives for remark.