By Ashley Young-
A Russian billionaire’s son embroiled in his parents’ £450 million divorce fight has told a judge how his m-other and father had affairs when he was young.
Temur Akhmedov, 27, told Mrs Justice Gwynneth Knowles about the extramarital affairs of his parents , and the several woes that emerged out of their complex marriage.
He told the court that his father, Farkhad Akhmedov, had a relationship with a woman who he is now married to. and whom his mother once referred to as a “whore” who wanted to “take everything away from us”.
Ms Akhmedova herself had a relationship with the brother of one of his friends and with an art dealer, he told the court. The dramatic case which tells the story of a family broken and divided despite the availability of wealth, also brings with it infidelity and greed, in the end exposing the dysfunctional family.
Ms Akhmedova, 48, is fighting for around £450 million which she claims to be owed by Mr Akhmedov, 65, following the breakdown of their 20-year marriage. She has taken legal action in Britain and abroad in a bid to trace assets she says her ex-husband has tried to put beyond her reach.
Ms Akhmedova is also suing Temur,(pictured) their eldest son, a London trader. She alleged he has helped his father hide assets and owes her nearly £70 million. Temur Akhmedov denies the allegations against him and is asking for his mother’s claim to be dismissed.
Under the cross examination of his mother’s lawyer, he told his mother on Wednesday that his father had put in place a structure to ensure that an award made by a judge was not paid. But he said: “I was not the lieutenant or the orchestrator of these schemes.”
Mrs Justice Knowles is considering evidence in the dispute between the mother and son at a trial in the Family Division of the High Court in London.
Temur Akhmedov said the “present situation” had been “in many ways quite frightening”.
“For some time, my relationship with my mother has sadly been, for reasons that are quite painful to me to describe, very difficult,” he said, in a written witness statement.
“But even against that history I could never have imagined that our relationship would break down to the extent that she would bring litigation against me, particularly on the scale that is currently taking place.”
Hate
He added: “I feel that she must hate me and, after everything I have already experienced in my childhood, this causes me an immense amount of pain and distress.”
Ms Akhmedova told the judge that she loves her son and hopes their relationship can be rebuilt.
Difficult
She said suing him had been an “incredibly difficult” decision.
Ms Akhmedova was awarded a 41.5% share of her ex-husband’s £1 billion-plus fortune by a London judge in late-2016.
Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said she should receive £453 million, the biggest pay out of its kind.
The court heard that she had so far only received about £5 million and Mr Akhmedov has not voluntarily paid anything.
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