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News.com.au
2 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
New signing Jaiden Kucharski and captain Ben Garuccio unable to play for Western United due to FIFA registration ban
Western United could lose recent signing Jaiden Kucharski before he plays a competitive game for the club due to a registration ban that will prevent him and club captain Ben Garuccio from playing in an Australia Cup round-of-32 clash against Sydney FC on Tuesday night. United announced the signing of ex-Sky Blues attacker Kucharski earlier this month despite knowing that he could not be registered due to an ongoing FIFA ban stemming from a unresolved financial dispute involving the club's former striker Aleksandar Prijovic. The ban also applies to left-back Garuccio, as he didn't re-sign with United until after he had become a free agent, meaning he needs to be re-registered. As a result, the pair can't play against the Sydneysiders at Ironbark Fields, and Football Australia is also investigating whether United breached the ban by fielding Kucharski in a friendly game last week against NPL Victoria club Oakleigh Cannons. It continues the turmoil that the financially embattled United finds itself in. The club's proposed new ownership structure, which was announced in May and involves KAM Melbourne, a subsidiary of American company KAM Sports buying a $100m controlling stake in the club and its parent company Western Melbourne Group, is yet to be approved by the Australian Professional Leagues, which runs the A-League. The lengthy delay for approval is understood to be because the APL is yet to receive KAM Melbourne's completed ownership proposal. The ongoing uncertainty about United's future, as well as its inability to play, has 23-year-old Kucharski and his representatives assessing his immediate future. Other A-League clubs are interested in the services of the former Australian under-17 international, and there are suggestions he might seek to be released from his two-year contract unless the registration ban is resolved, and that could be dependent on KAM Melbourne's majority ownership of United being approved. United's financial problems meant players and staff were paid late for three successive months until this month's wages arrived on time. Superannuation payments were due on Monday. United will face a Sydney side that won't include Brazilian star Douglas Costa, who is yet to arrive back in Australia following an extended off-season break. Sydney's bid to sign former Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller has failed, with the German veteran electing to continue his career in America's Major League Soccer competition, most likely with Canada-based club Vancouver Whitecaps. In other Australia Cup round-of-32 games on Tuesday night, Gold Coast Knights host Auckland FC, Southern Districts Raiders meet Macarthur FC, and Olympic Kingsway take on Melbourne Victory. In Sunday's all A-League battle, Wellington Phoenix knocked Perth Glory out of the Cup, winning a penalty shootout 8-7 after scores were locked at 1-1 at the end of normal time and extra time.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Justin Bieber coughs up millions to Scooter Braun after financial dispute — but the singer still scored a win: report
Justin Bieber has settled his financial dispute with Scooter Braun and the result is costing the singer a pretty penny. The 'Sorry' singer and his former manager reached a settlement agreement on Thursday that calls for Bieber to cough up millions in owed funds to Braun's Hybe company, per TMZ. Reps for Bieber and Braun did not immediately respond to Page Six's requests for comment. As we previously reported in May, an independent audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) revealed that Bieber owed Braun more than $8,806,000. At the time, a source exclusively told us the money owed came from a loan Braun made to Bieber over debt accrued due to his canceled 2022 'Justice' tour. 'He stepped in to help him,' the insider shared. Bieber's last minute cancellation of his tour reportedly hurt his pockets. After he accepted a $40 million advance from AEG (the company backing the tour) and backed out, the company asked him to repay them $26 million of the money that was already loaned to him. That's when Braun stepped in and paid Bieber's $26 million debt to AEG through his Hybe company. According to the terms of their settlement agreement reported by TMZ, Bieber was asked to pay back the $26 million owed. Braun will also be repaid half of the $11 million that he alleged Bieber owed for various unpaid commissions over the years. Bieber's growing debt seems to have coincided with recent reports of him experiencing a list of financial woes. Bieber — who has an estimated net worth of $300 million — sold his music catalog for $200 million in 2022. In May, it was reported in a TMZ Investigates documentary 'What Happened to Justin Bieber?' that the singer was forced to sell his catalogue because he was on the verge of 'financial collapse.' 'Justin said, 'I gotta sell it now.' And he sold it in December. That's how broke he was,' said TMZ executive producer Harvey Levin in the documentary. It also appears likely that the debt played a role in his distant relationship with Braun — who, at one point, shared a close relationship working with the singer for 15 years. Last month, Braun revealed his relationship with Bieber, 31, is currently not 'the same as it was.' 'I think there comes a point where I understand he probably wants to go on and show that he can do it,' the 43-year-old said. 'I think you get to a point as a man where you want to show the world you can do it on your own,' Braun continued. 'And I completely respect that. 'I think at this point, that's what he's doing,' he added. 'Myself and everyone from the old team is rooting for him.' This story was featured on a recent episode of , a daily morning show serving up the hottest celebrity headlines, exclusives, and behind-the-scenes buzz. Catch Danny, Evan and Ian chat with celebrity guests every weekday on SiriusXM from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET on Stars Ch. 109. SiriusXM service required. See Offer Details.
BBC News
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The Salt Path: 'Trusting Raynor Winn was our biggest mistake'
A family who claim The Salt Path author Raynor Winn stole tens of thousands of pounds from their business say trusting her was their "biggest mistake".Ros Hemmings and her daughter Debbie, from Pwllheli in Gwynedd, allege Ms Winn - who worked for their property business in the early 2000s - stole around £64, comes after an investigation by The Observer contained claims Ms Winn gave misleading information about her life story in her book The Salt Path, which has been made into a film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Winn has called The Observer report "highly misleading" and disputed many of its claims. The 2018 book The Salt Path, and its recent film adaptation, tells the story of a couple who decide to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path after their home was repossessed following a bad business The Observer claimed Ms Winn - whose legal name is Sally Walker - and her husband, Moth Winn, had lost their home after she took out a loan to repay money she had been accused of stealing from her previous employer, Martin a statement issued earlier in July, Ms Winn stood by the book's description of how they came to lose their house saying the dispute with the Hemmings did not result in her and her husband losing their home. Martin Hemmings, who died in 2012, was an estate agent and property surveyor from north Wales, and husband to Ros Hemmings, 74, became friends with Mr Winn when they worked at the same National Trust site in the 1990s."I got on extremely well with him," said Mrs Hemmings. "He seemed a really nice person."Then in 2001, Mr Winn mentioned his wife had lost her job at a hotel as a bookkeeper."It coincided with my husband's bookkeeper retiring so I suggested her to my husband," said Mrs Hemmings."She came for an interview, and she was the one. She seemed very efficient, we liked her."But she said after that her husband noticed a change in the business."Within a year or so we weren't making any money," said Mrs Hemmings. Initially they did not suspect anything."I did not think there was any reason for this aside from the fact that Martin was rubbish at sending out bills," said Mrs their daughter Debbie, who was aged around 29 at the time, became emotional as she remembered receiving a distressed call from her father as the financial pressure built over a number of years."He said: 'I just don't know what's gone wrong, I'm working every hour God gives me and there's no money,'" said Debbie Adams, now aged 46."About five days after that first call he rings up and goes, she [Winn] has been nicking money. I was like, 'dad come on now, no. Surely there's something gone wrong?' He said 'no, we've had a look and there's money missing'."They claimed a meeting between Mr Hemmings and the bank manager showed £6,000 to £9,000 was missing. They said Mr Hemmings then went straight to the police and a local solicitor. They said shortly afterwards, Ms Winn visited them at their home."She was crying," said Mrs Hemmings. "She had brought a cheque I think it was for £9,000. She said this is all the money I have, I've had to sell some of my mother's things to do this, can we call it quits?"Mrs Hemmings said her husband took the money on the advice of the police who said: "It may be all you get."But they also advised the couple to start going back through the accounts to check if anything else was said they went back through years of the business's financial paperwork."It was a very upsetting thing to do and it took us weeks and weeks," said Mrs Hemmings. "But we found she had taken about £64,000."Mrs Hemmings said a few weeks later they received a letter from a solicitor in London offering to pay the money back and legal fees which came to around £90, included an agreement not to pursue criminal charges which Mr Hemmings Hemmings said: "He was keen to do it in a way, we had no money and had nearly been basically bankrupt. She also had young children, and to have a mother in prison or facing a criminal charge, he didn't want that to happen." In a statement released in July after the Observer article, which included allegations from Mrs Hemmings, Ms Winn acknowledged making "mistakes" earlier in her said it had been a pressured time, and although she was questioned by police, she was not charged."Any mistakes I made during the years in that office, I deeply regret, and I am truly sorry," she Winn said the case had been settled between her and her ex-employer on a "non-admissions basis", because she "did not have the evidence required to support what happened".She said: "Mr Hemmings was as keen to reach a private resolution as I was."BBC Wales put Ms Winn's statement to Mrs responded: "I think she's just trying to put the best spin on the question."The mistake was that we ever employed her, and the biggest mistake my husband made, because obviously I'd recommended her in a way, was that he trusted her."The Salt Path has sold more than two million copies since its publication, and Ms Winn has written two sequels, The Wild Silence and Landlines, which also focus on themes of nature, wild camping, homelessness and Hemmings said she had not read The Salt Path because she did not feel it would reflect her view on why the couple did the added: "I'd have stamped on the book I think. Just to gloss over why they ran out of money to me was shocking."Her daughter Debbie said: "I don't wish ill of them. I just wish that they would tell the truth, and the truth needs to be told." In her statement in July, Ms Winn said: "The Salt Path is about what happened to Moth and me, after we lost our home and found ourselves homeless on the headlands of the south west."It's not about every event or moment in our lives, but rather about a capsule of time when our lives moved from a place of complete despair to a place of hope."Ros and Debbie said they had no paperwork or contract from the time to back up their claims - although others, like their solicitor involved in the case, Michael Strain, have corroborated their claims as part of The Observer's Hemmings said she was speaking out now to give "a voice" to her late husband."I can't forgive her for sort of destroying my husband's confidence in people, because it did," she said."And I think that's partly why we didn't talk about it. He was so embarrassed that this had happened to his business."North Wales Police said they were unable to confirm or deny any details regarding Ms approached for comment, Ms Winn's spokesman referred BBC News to the statement Ms Winn made on 9 added: "She is very grateful for all the kind messages of support she has received from readers."
Daily Mail
17-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Hailey Bieber responds to rumors husband Justin will use her Rhode millions to pay Scooter Braun
Hailey Bieber will not be paying off her husband Justin's multimillion-dollar debt to Scooter Braun's former company, Hybe, following the sale of her company Rhode. On Thursday, a rep for the 28-year-old model debunked the rumor that the pop star, 31, was holding off on settling his financial dispute with his former manager until Hailey's Rhode deal was closed and fully funded. 'The historic sale of Rhode is a huge accomplishment for Hailey and is completely separate from her husband and his business affairs,' Hailey's rep revealed to The clarification comes after TMZ reported that Justin would not have 'the cash to repay' his loan to Hybe or the millions in back commissions to Braun until Hailey's Rhode money came in. After Bieber cancelled his Justice tour in 2022, Braun's company HYBE America helped the singer pay back $26million of the original $40million advance he received from AEG. Last week, TMZ reported that Bieber had allegedly agreed to pay back the money over a 10-year period but allegedly stopped making payments to HYBE after the first installment. Braun also previously claimed that Bieber — who announced a new album on Thursday — owed him several million dollars in unpaid commissions. After years of back-and-forth, insiders told TMZ that Bieber will finally make good on his debts as the pair's settlement terms call for him to pay back the entire $26million. In a win for Bieber, the Grammy-winner will only have to pay Braun half of the $11million in unpaid commissions he allegedly owes him. has reached out to representatives for both Bieber and Braun for comment. The settlement news comes less than a month after TMZ claimed that Bieber was in the midst of negotiating the terms of a settlement with Braun and that the details would likely be fully hashed out within a matter of weeks. Back in May, the outlet revealed the alleged results of an independent audit performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that was commissioned by Braun's entertainment company, Hybe America. The investigation, which lasted for six months, culminated in April with the determination that Bieber allegedly owed Braun $8,806,000. Although Bieber's team didn't publicly dispute the results of the PwC audit, they announced that they had conducted their own audit of his business dealings with Braun. However, they didn't share how its results compared to the independent audit. Despite the determination of Bieber's alleged debts from a third party, Braun was reportedly willing to forgive the $8 million entirely. However, TMZ's sources claimed there were still two major stumbling blocks in the way of an agreement between the two. Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) had given Bieber an impressive $40 million advance for his Justice World Tour, which commenced in February 2022, after it was twice postponed — from 2020, and then 2021 — due to the coronavirus pandemic. After it finally got under way, Bieber ending up cancelling 14 concerts scheduled for June and July 2022 when he suffered temporary facial paralysis as a result of Ramsay Hunt syndrome. He resumed touring for a short stint from late April 2022 through early September 2022 in Europe, the Nordic countries and Brazil, before canceling the remainder of the tour. Bieber announced to fans that he was 'exhausted' and had to 'make [his] health the priority' at the recommendation of his doctors. In response to the cancellation, AEG reportedly tried to claw back $24 million of Bieber's original advance, but Braun's company Hybe agreed to step in and front the money for the repayment. In response, Bieber was allegedly required to pay back Hybe in installments spread out over 10 years, but he allegedly stopped paying after just a single installment. Sources claimed that the advance repayment was a major sticking point for Braun, and they alleged that Bieber has finally agreed to repay the amount. According to them, after his wife Hailey's profit from the $1billion sale of her cosmetics company Rhode, Justin was finally willing to settle up. Ironically, Hailey's loved ones previously told that they feared that Justin would 'take advantage of her kindness' and use the payout to cover his massive debts. However, a prominent LA-based divorce attorney recently explained to how Justin could end up walking away with half of Hailey's Rhode money if they should divorce, as they reportedly never signed a prenuptial agreement. Another reported requirement from Braun is that Bieber pay back $11 million he allegedly owes from commissions that were never paid, which was outside the scope of the PwC audit. However, TMZ's sources say Braun is willing to settle the debt for 'pennies on the dollar,' which could be a major break for Bieber.
Daily Mail
14-07-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE My father was defrauded out of £64k by The Salt Path author Raynor Winn, it destroyed him and he never fully recovered from the heartbreaking loss
The family of the businessman who Salt Path writer Raynor Winn allegedly stole £64,000 from have reacted furiously to her claim that it was just a mistake. Scandal-hit Winn has admitted she has 'deep regret' over mistakes made that led to allegations of the embezzlement from Martin Hemmings' business and her arrest. Mr Hemmings died before details of the missing money ever became public - and today friends of his widow said that the episode had 'destroyed him' while his daughter claimed he felt 'ripped off' and 'let down' by the best-selling author. Winn claimed she was working during a 'pressured time' when errors were being made across Mr Hemmings' estate agency business. She has denied allegations the financial dispute with ex-boss Mr Hemmings, who has since died, had any relation to the story told in The Salt Path. It follows days of backlash against Winn's 2018 memoir - which has been accused of not being as 'unflinchingly honest' as initially billed. Speaking from her remote Welsh cottage, Mr Hemmings' daughter Debbie said: 'He felt he was ripped off by her, which he was. 'My mum is still angry and frustrated by it as my dad was upset about it. 'He felt really let down by it all. 'But I don't feel angry any more as I have parked it. 'But I'm not sure my mum has.' A close friend of her mother Ros Hemmings told MailOnline that she and her late husband were 'saddened and very frustrated' that Winn - real name Sally Walker - had escaped any punishment for her alleged theft. 'On the other hand, at least they got the money back, said the friend. 'If things had gone differently, and Walker had not been able to come up with the money then she may have been prosecuted, probably would not have gone to jail and ended up doing community service. 'Then she'd have been repaying their money at some paltry rate such as £5 a week for the rest of her life. 'So although it wasn't a perfect solution, it was probably better than the alternative.' Winn has been accused of omitting key elements of her story in her account of losing her home before embarking on a 630-mile trek of the South West Coast Path. In the book, Winn said she and her husband Moth lost a fortune - and their 17th century farmhouse in Pwllheli, Wales - due to a bad investment in a friend's business. But an investigation carried out by The Observer uncovered allegations she had in fact embezzled £64,000 from Mr Hemmings' estate agents and was allegedly later arrested. A loan was then allegedly taken out to avoid prosecution and when this was not paid their home was sold, it has been claimed. Mr Hemmings' wife Ros told The Observer that the alleged embezzlement devastated her late husband. She said: 'It absolutely destroyed him because he was a very trusting, kind person.' Winn herself said in a statement: 'The dispute with Martin Hemmings, referred to in the Observer by his wife, is not the court case in The Salt Path. 'Nor did it result in us losing our home. Mr Hemmings is not Cooper. Mrs Hemmings is not in the book, nor is she a relative of someone who is. 'I worked for Martin Hemmings in the years before the economic crash of 2008. For me it was a pressured time. 'It was also a time when mistakes were being made in the business. Any mistakes I made during the years in that office, I deeply regret, and I am truly sorry.' The author also said she had been left 'devastated' by accusations her husband's illness was fabricated. The Salt Path tells the story of how Moth was diagnosed with the terminal condition corticobasal degeneration (CBD), just after they had been made homeless. Questions have also been raised about Moth's debilitating illness - a rare neurological condition in the same family as Parkinson's disease, which is central to the book. The life expectancy for sufferers after diagnosis is around six to eight years, according to the NHS - however Moth has been living with the condition for 18 years with no apparent visible symptoms. Following an investigation into their backgrounds, The Observer said that Winn and Moth, previously went by their less flamboyant legal names, Sally and Tim Walker. And rather than being forced out of their home in rural Wales when an investment in a childhood friend's business went awry, as the book suggested, it is alleged that the property was repossessed after Winn stole tens of thousands of pounds from Mr Hemmings. When the couple failed to repay a loan taken out with a relative to repay the stolen money - agreed on terms that the police would not be further involved - they lost their home, it is claimed. Released in 2018, The Salt Path details the Winns' decision to embark on the South West Coast Path when they lose their home after investing a 'substantial sum' into a friend's business which ultimately failed. In the book, Winn writes: 'We lost. Lost the case. Lost the house.' The memoir then describes their subsequent walk to salvation, wild camping en route and living on around £40 per week, and is described as a 'life-affirming true story of coming to terms with grief and the healing power of the natural world.' It prompted two sequels and the film adaptation, which was released in May, starring The X Files' Anderson and Isaacs, who recently starred in HBO's The White Lotus. The Winns posed for photographs alongside the actors on the red carpet in London at the film's premiere.
