Wealthy socialite Vanessa Wurm, 40, and Kash Amini, 34, a financier, Bitcoin trader and wellness guru, were in a relationship between 2019 and 2022.
But following their split Mr Amini has been accused of misusing funds Ms Wurm poured into his company while they were together and squandering her cash on his “generally extravagant lifestyle”.
She claims she was promised the position of chief operating officer at his “finance and wellness” company Maslife Ltd after putting £3.2million into the business, but was “promptly sacked” by Mr Amini when they split.
Ms Wurm, who runs a jewellery and fashion accessory business, is now suing her ex, asking London’s High Court to make him and his company account for her alleged investment.
She is also demanding the return of £45,000 worth of luxury clothing –including Dolce & Gabbana silk pyjamas, Hermes sandals and a number of crocodile skin bags – which she says belong to her company Vness Ltd and are being held by her ex.
Her wealthy mother Rosemarie, who is in her 80s, is suing Mr Amini and his company for the return of a £355,000 Ferrari 812 which she claims she lent him. But he and Maslife Ltd are disputing the level of his ex’s investment and claiming it can all be legitimately accounted for.
He alleges that, of £2.8million she put in, £1.3million was lost by Ms Wurm gambling on Bitcoin investments, £500,000 went on “gifts” for him or herself and the rest went to buy shares in the company.
Mr Amini is also countersuing, claiming the £45,000 worth of clothing, which includes a “made to measure fur vest” and horse riding outfits as well as the contested silk pyjamas, were given to him as gifts.
He also said the Ferrari was a gift and accuses Ms Wurm of hanging on to his four Rolexes worth £125,000.
London’s High Court heard that Ms Wurm and Mr Amini lived at her £4million home in Belgravia, central London, and enjoyed a luxury
lifestyle, attending Royal Ascot and splashing hundreds of thousands of pounds on expensive goods and treatments.
Ms Wurm’s barrister Andrew Butler KC claimed Mr Amini – a former pro basketball player – was continually strapped for cash during the relationship, suggesting that he used his ex-partner’s funds to clear debts.
The barrister highlighted a newspaper interview from August 2022, in which Mr Amini spoke of using the “power of meditation” to clear a £1million cash black hole. The case will return to court at a later date.
