GondorHasNoPants
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Another article here adds some more information.
The sentence appears to have been imposed as punishment for flouting all court orders surrounding the divorce settlement a judge awarded to his wife. He has refused to pay, and moved to Portugal to escape arrest and asset seizure.
It does seem like a hefty sentence, but I am no legal expert ?
Interestingly, when he attended Ascot in 2016, as a guest in the Royal Enclosure, he wore a name badge that identified him as 'Sir', but was later warned by Buckingham Palace not to do this, because his knighthood had been awarded in Antigua by a Catholic order, and was therefore not recognized in Britain. He apparently refused to comply, and continued to use the title.
Reading his Wikipedia article, he does not come across as an honourable man.
The sentence appears to have been imposed as punishment for flouting all court orders surrounding the divorce settlement a judge awarded to his wife. He has refused to pay, and moved to Portugal to escape arrest and asset seizure.
It does seem like a hefty sentence, but I am no legal expert ?
Interestingly, when he attended Ascot in 2016, as a guest in the Royal Enclosure, he wore a name badge that identified him as 'Sir', but was later warned by Buckingham Palace not to do this, because his knighthood had been awarded in Antigua by a Catholic order, and was therefore not recognized in Britain. He apparently refused to comply, and continued to use the title.
Reading his Wikipedia article, he does not come across as an honourable man.
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