Michael Clarke has reportedly severed ties with famous accountant Anthony Bell.
Sources close to the former cricket captain confirmed last week that their financial partnership had ended last year, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
The deterioration of their relationship follows a highly publicized altercation in Noosa, where Clarke’s then-girlfriend Jade Yarbrough confronted Clarke in a park after a drunken dinner attended by Bell and Karl Stefanovic.
The incident is believed to have tested the friendship and by May 2023 it was evident that the Clarke-Bell bond was strained.
By October, Clarke had transferred his financial affairs to a new accountant, Stuart Waugh, a former partner of Bell.
Michael Clarke has reportedly severed ties with famous accountant Anthony Bell. Pictured together in 2015
In October last year, Clarke had handed over his financial affairs to new accountant Stuart Waugh, (pictured), a former partner at Bell’s.
Waugh, now a director and shareholder of Altus Financial, replaced Bell, who owed much of his reputation as Sydney’s “celebrity accountant” to his association with Clarke.
Clarke had often supported Bell’s ventures, from yacht regattas in Sydney and Hobart to charity events.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Michael Clarke and Anthony Bell for comment.
The viral video of the Noosa incident shows Yarbrough accusing Clarke of sleeping with his ex-girlfriend Pip Edwards on December 17 and sending her a message to tell her she is the “love of his life”.
His furious girlfriend shouted and slapped Clarke while other members of the group, including Stefanovic and Bell, tried to calm the fight.
The deterioration of their relationship follows a highly publicized altercation in Noosa, where Clarke’s then-girlfriend Jade Yarbrough confronted Clarke in a park after a drunken dinner attended by Bell and Karl Stefanovic.
‘I’m wrong? I’m fucking wrong! You are a fucking liar. Ican see everything. You called her,’ she shouts, apparently referring to the messages between Clarke and Edwards.
At one point, Stefanovic’s wife Jasmine finally intervenes, grabbing her distraught sister by the arm and dragging her away.
Jasmine can be heard saying: “Get your way, Karl, get your way.”
As she is taken away, Yarbrough can be heard crying as she turns to Clarke and howls, “I hate you.”
Clarke then attempts to follow Yarbrough before he unleashes a wave of fury at Stefanovic, apparently because he is leaving with the two sisters.
The ugly altercation unfolded in front of nearby small children, according to stunned witnesses. (Pictured is Jade, left, supporting Karl and Jasmine at their debut appearance as a couple in May 2017)
‘Karlos, now I can tell you, damn it, don’t go. “She can, she can hit me, but you, idiot,” Clarke says.
This comment provokes the fury of Yarbrough, who defends his brother-in-law before slapping Clarke repeatedly.
Stefanovic and Bell can be heard telling the pair to stop, which falls on deaf ears.
The ugly altercation unfolded in front of nearby small children, according to stunned witnesses.
Since then, a remorseful Clarke has taken full responsibility for what happened.
Karl and his wife Jasmine were forced to intervene during the ugly altercation between Clarke and his girlfriend.