I'm a Celeb star & England rugby legend James Haskell's debt hits £1.5MILLION amid legal row over failed gym
The ex-rugby pro opened first announced his plans to open a F45 site in 2017.
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James Haskell and his gym F45 which has landed him in debt
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Haskell first tried F45 in the US when he was over there on holiday
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His gym enterprise struggled to get off the ground
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But the
Plans to expand the fitness enterprise to London and Manchester struggled to get off the ground.
Hask 45 (Manchester) Ltd was shut down in 2021 and Hask 45 (Richmond) Ltd closed in 2022.
The ex-England international was said to be worth around £1.1million in 2022, but his company has now racked up nearly £1million in debt..
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The studio in Bath offered 45-minute high-intensity, circuit training workouts using functional equipment.
But Hask 45 (Bath) Ltd's accounts on Companies House reveal it is in an ongoing legal dispute with its landlord.
The accounts say this is "in respect of rent, and other services including repair of the damage site and equipment".
The firm is now £927,738 in the red - but £437,000 of that figure is to another of his companies,
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Another of his firms, Hask 45 Ltd, is £456,367 in debt, while James Haskell
Health
& Fitness has losses of £58,318 and Rugby Connections UK is £68,855 in debt.
This totals to a whopping £1,511,278.
'I tried F45 in the US when I was over there on holiday," Haskell said when he first announced his plans for a fitness empire.
"I found the circuit based training really engaging and fun.
"It's all the kind of stuff I would use to get fit for rugby, and for the majority of people, regular F45 sessions are everything they need to maintain and achieve good levels of fitness.
"I think people are crying out for an accessible, group-based fitness programme that isn't intimidating, and most importantly delivers amazing results.
"That is what F45 is all about and why I am so delighted to be involved.
'I have always loved Bath as a city, it's rich in rugby
history
and has a young, fitness-focused demographic, which
suits
our
target
audience and ambition'.
Last month,
He's now admitted that his
contributed to the end of the relationship, describing their final year together as a "difficult period".
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England player James Haskell is tackled by Australian Wallabies defender David Pocock
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Chloe Madeley and James Haskell attend the British Book Awards 2018
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