An ex-choir girl who became the UK’s first OnlyFans millionaire has settled a court fight with her ex-fiance over their £1.5m property portfolio.
Glamour model Dannii Harwood, 41, was locked in a legal fight with her ex-partner, Paul Thornton, 48, over their £1.2m mansion in Dorset and a £350,000 flat in Surrey.
Paul said he was due a share of their four-bed mansion home, which was in her name, while she claimed a half share of a basement flat they bought in his name.
The case was set for a week-long fight at Central London County Court, but has now been settled after a last-minute agreement between the former couple.
In a court order, the pair agreed to sell the flat and split the proceeds of sale, with Dannii giving her ex £35,000 to drop any claim over her home in Bournemouth.
Dannii Harwood (pictured), 41, who became the UK’s first ‘Only Fans’ millionaire, has settled a court fight with her ex-fiance over their £1m-plus property portfolio
The glamour model was locked in a legal fight with her ex-partner, Paul Thornton, 48, over their £1.2m mansion in Dorset and a £350,000 flat in Surrey (pictured)
Paul said he was due a share of their four-bed mansion home (pictured), which was in her name, while she claimed a half share of a basement flat they bought in his name
Mum-of-one Dannii, who is currently engaged to her partner, Chris May, bought a home in Sutton, Surrey, as well as the basement flat beneath it as an investment with ex-partner Paul in 2006.
After the birth of their daughter, the couple sold the house in 2012 and bought a mansion in Bournemouth, for £710,000 that same year.
The four-bed detached house, which boasts a substantial driveway and backs onto Bournemouth’s Queen’s Park, is now valued online at £1.2 million.
They kept the £350,000 basement flat which had been put into Paul’s name alone, as they were concerned Dannii was too young to get a buy-to-let mortgage.
Their relationship was troubled, with two separations over the years, before they parted ways entirely in 2019, court documents reveal. The breakup resulted in a row over the basement flat and the Bournemouth house in her name.
Dannii demanded sale of the flat on the basis that, despite it legally being in her ex’s name, it was in fact jointly owned.
‘The parties’ common intention was that they would own the beneficial interest in the basement flat equally, just as they held the ownership of the upstairs house,’ said her barrister Greg Williams in court papers.
She said she had put up the £15,000 deposit and carried out renovations at the flat, including tiling, installing a kitchen and bathroom, and decking in the courtyard.
In his solicitors’ response to her suggestion, Paul agreed to the split, but said the sale proceeds should be withheld, as he had his own claim to a share of their house in Bournemouth.
He also said he had obtained the mortgage on the flat personally, put money up himself for the down-payment and had personally done renovation works on the flat.
He said he planned to issue a claim for a share of the Bournemouth house.
Mum-of-one Dannii, who is currently engaged to her partner, Chris May, bought a home in Sutton, Surrey, as well as the basement flat beneath it as an investment with ex-partner Paul in 2006
After the birth of their daughter, the couple sold the house in 2012 and bought a mansion in Bournemouth, for £710,000 that same year
They kept the £350,000 basement flat which had been put into Paul’s name alone, as they were concerned Dannii was too young to get a buy-to-let mortgage
The dispute over the flat sale was set to go before Judge Nigel Gerald last week, but after an agreement outside of court the former couple decided to settle their differences without a trial.
The judge said the flat would be sold and the proceeds shared 50-50, with Dannii then giving Paul £35,000 from her share in ‘full and final satisfaction of any actual or prospective claims’ against her home.
Dannii claimed to have made herself a millionaire in 2020 around 18 months after beginning her career on the ‘Only Fans’ website.
The site is a subscription platform for content creators, mainly adult industry stars, with more than 170 million registered users subscribing to watch uploaded videos.
She grew up in Neath, south Wales, as the daughter of a forklift driving dad and sang in the same church choir as Welsh opera star Katherine Jenkins.
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