Ben Cohen has broken his cover following his split from wife and Strictly Come Dancing star, Kristina Rihanoff.
After twelve years of marriage with Kristina, it has been widely reported that the former professional rugby player, 46, has parted way from his wife after the couple faced money problems in recent years. On Saturday, Kristina, 47, looked deep in thought as she was seen for the first time since their break-up.
Just one day later, Ben has now been seen for the first time. The sports star looked in high spirits as he shared clips of himself enjoying a Sunday afternoon at The Cabbage Patch Pub in Twickenham. Ahead of England vs Italy Six Nations match, Ben was seen gearing up the pub-goers before the long-awaited game. He seemed relaxed as he stood with a microphone in one hand while he kept his other hand in his jeans pockets.
The sighting comes days after it was revealed Kristina and Ben, 46, have split after their companies racked up debts of £1million. The split news was labelled the “curse in reverse” as a source claimed to The Sun that the “past six months has been hell” for the couple which has “torn the love they had apart”.
They added: “For the sake of their family, they have chosen to go forward as separate individuals. Those close to them who know them as a couple had hoped they would be able to work things out but for now it’s over and it looks like there’s no going back”.
Kristina was pictured looking weary as she broke cover for the first time following the news of her split from Ben on Saturday. The former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer looked deep in thought as she sported a black furry coat, black jogging bottoms and trousers.
She accessorised her look with heart shaped drop earrings and dark sunglasses, which she wore on her head. Kristina clutched onto an iPad which had a pink cover on and had a bag hanging from the same arm.
Kristina stared straight ahead of her as she wore fluttering eyelashes for the outing, which marks the first time she’s been photographed since the news of her break-up from Ben emerged. She appeared to have minimal makeup on as she walked alongside her daughter, Milena Rihanoff-Cohen, who she shares with her husband Ben, who was born in 2016.
Milena wore a pink floral patterned top with a pair of washed denim jeans, pink trainers and a grey coat. The little girl appeared deep in conversation with her mum as her long mousey brown locks tumbled down.
It has been claimed their love life suffered after their health company Soo Yoga Group ran up debts of £488, 470. Cohen resigned from their firm last year and it is a year late with posting accounts. Another of their fitness firms – Yoga Wellbeing Limited – has debts of £63, 000. The firm has failed to file accounts for three years and Cohen resigned in September 2022.
Cohen quit Soo Greens Limited three years ago and the business has racked up £54, 000 debts. While fitness company Beyond Wellbeing was dissolved in 2022 with debts of £22, 000. Cohen also quit as a company director of struggling web firm Silicon Networks in 2020 – the company is in liquidation with debts of £275, 000, including a £98, 000 tax bill owed to HMRC. His anti-bullying charity the Ben Cohen Standup Foundation was dissolved last year.
The couple first met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013 while Ben was married to Abby Cohen. They welcomed their daughter in 2016 and confirmed their engagement in 2022. A few months before their split, the pair appeared in court where they said they were so in debt they are “fighting not to lose their relationship and their home”. They were in court after Kristina was caught driving her Audi Q3 without insurance. The court slapped her with six points on her licence but faced a ban for totting up 12 penalty points.
She had been to court to appeal the conviction for driving without insurance with her husband appearing as her witness. During the hearing, Ben said he had ignored a text from his insurance company. Ben said in court: “I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn… We’re still living together. We’re in it financially.
” We’re in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is just another problem for me to deal with. I’ve got credit cards that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a business debt because of Covid. It’s just another problem. “
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