Preston Haskell with the model Petra Nemcova, and the former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates and wife Suzannah. Alesia, right, filed for divorce in 2016A billionaire’s son who hosted parties for Sir Elton John, Madonna and Cheryl Cole faces a six-week jail sentence after failing to pay his former wife’s maintenance in a £5.8 million divorce battle. Preston Haskell IV, a Texan and the son of the construction mogul Preston Haskell III, is embroiled in a five-year divorce row with the model Alesia Vladimirovna Haskell, which has now reached the Court of Appeal in London. SponsoredJudges were told that the son has amassed a fortune in real estate, restaurants and international business, and in 2013 was linked with a bid to buy Coventry City Football Club. The couple met in Moscow in 2003 but later moved to London, where they rented a £3.3 million flat in Chelsea, west London.

Source: The Times July 28, 2021 15:40 UTC