Holly Valance's tumultuous love life revealed following split from Nick Candy: Neighbours star's ex was jailed for drug trafficking after he saw she moved on with actor in magazine
Holly Valance is single again following her split from her billionaire property tycoon husband, Nick Candy, after 13 years of marriage.
The former Neighbours actress, 42, who has reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand, married the Reform Party treasurer, 52, in 2012, and they are parents to daughters Luka, 11, and Nova, seven.
Before Holly met Nick in 2010 and the couple tied the knot in a lavish $6 million fairytale wedding, she enjoyed two long relationships - including a six-year romance with Peter Ververis, a car customiser in Melbour ne.
The couple's split in 2006 resulted in scandal, as two months later Ververis was arrested during a raid on his Cheltenham home.
In 2009, Ververis pleaded guilty to trafficking methylamphetamine after the raid on the property he shared with his brother.
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Police had found him smoking a pipe filled with the drug 'ice' and in possession of nearly 418 grams of methylamphetamine.
They also found $11,000 cash, a money counter, sealed bags, and electronic scales during the 2006 raid.
Ververis claimed at the time that being dumped by the actress led to him using drugs to cope with his pain, and he went on to sell methylamphetamine to support his addiction.
He had reportedly planned to marry Holly before she ended their relationship.
'I was cut up. It was a messy break-up. I read it in a magazine. I saw a photo of her and her new boyfriend in a magazine,' he said in court documents.
That new man is thought to be dashing Aussie actor Alex O'Loughlin.
Holly dated the Hawaii Five-0 star for several years until the pair broke up in 2009.
She eventually moved on with Nick, and they wed in 2012 in a lavish Los Angeles ceremony with guests including Elton John, Simon Cowell, as well as Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
Holly also dated Hawaii Five-0 star Alex O'Loughlin (pictured) for several years until the pair broke up in 2009
The couple's shock split was reported over the weekend.
Friends say the pair's priority has always been their daughters and will continue to be so during this very 'difficult period'.
A source told MailOnline: 'They have been living separate lives for a long time, he's travelling a lot.
'Nick has businesses in Dubai and London, The Reform Party.'
The estranged couple were last pictured together in March, with Holly dressed in $21,000 (£10,000) of designer clothing as they enjoyed a swanky lunch together in London.
A family friend told The Sun - who first reported the couple's split: 'The joint parenting of their two amazing daughters remains their top priority.
'They've had to juggle a demanding lifestyle. Between family, public life, and Nick's intense work commitments, it's been a tough balance.'
Together they have enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and previously lived in a two-storey Hyde Park penthouse worth $367 million (£175 million), making it Britain's most expensive flat.
Nick and Holly have since downsized to a $21 million (£10 million) countryside mansion in the Cotswolds, which they have been renovating.
In 2020, Nick gifted Holly a $55 million (£26 million) superyacht, despite the mother-of-two famously suffering from seasickness.
Holly launched her acting career in 1999 after winning the role of Felicity Scully in Neighbours, which she played until 2002.
The Melbourne-born actress later moved to America and starred in several popular US movies and TV shows, including Taken, Entourage and Prison Break.
She semi-retired from the industry in 2015, although she made a brief cameo on Neighbours in 2022.
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