Friday, 30 January 2015
I fear my ex-husband WAS murdered - and I'll be next: He was the tycoon who mysteriously fell to his death on railings below his penthouse. Now the wife who fought him for his millions gives her first chilling interview
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Terrified: Michelle Young (pictured) fears assassins may want her dead
Michelle
Young had just finished decorating the Christmas tree in her small
London flat when she received the 10pm phone call that would take her
family 'to hell and back'.
Her
ex-husband, disgraced multi-millionaire tycoon Scot Young, 52, was
believed to have died in the most horrific of circumstances: impaled on
railings after falling 60ft from the fourth-floor window of a luxury £3
million penthouse in Montagu Square, central London.
Michelle
was shaken to the core by the late-night call from a journalist — her
first desperate thoughts turning to their daughters Scarlet, 22, and
Sacha, 20, who were out for the evening.
'I
was shocked and horrified but didn't know if it was true because the
police hadn't informed us,' says Michelle, 50, who received the call
more than 24 hours after Scot's death.
'It
was so late and I didn't know what to think. I was in a terrible state,
completely bewildered and confused. I just felt heartbroken for my
girls. I couldn't understand why we hadn't heard from the police if it
had really happened.
'The
whole thing was a nightmare. I didn't sleep at all that night. I didn't
know what I was going to tell the girls and felt scared because of the
horrible nature of Scot's death. What can you say when you don't know
anything? It was all so horrific and inexplicable.
'Since
then, it has been traumatic. Christmas just passed by in a blur of
tears. I'm trying to stay strong for the girls and stay positive, but
it's so difficult. I just feel this complete emptiness, my mind filled
with the worry 'What happens now?' '
Today,
almost eight weeks after Scot's apparent suicide, one look at
Michelle's gaunt features indicates that this journey to hell is far
from over. If anything, it may be just beginning.
Bone-thin and initially jittery, she looks nervous and scared.
In
this, her first interview since Scot's death, she bears little
resemblance to the steely, glamorous blonde campaigner who for eight
years relentlessly pursued her ex-husband through the law courts in the
most high-profile, acrimonious and expensive divorce battle this country
has seen.
Missing millions: Scot Young, pictured with his girlfriend Noelle Reno, an American former model
At
the height of hostilities Scot Young called her a 'greedy cow' whose
dogged pursuit of the millions which evaporated following their 2006
divorce had left him broken.
Michelle,
however, rejects any suggestion that he was a pitiful, penniless
bankrupt brought to his knees by a bitter ex-wife and hounded to death.
She believes that much darker forces were at work.
'His
death has nothing to do with me,' she insists. 'I certainly didn't
hound him to his death. I don't feel guilty and I don't have any
regrets. For me it was never about greed or money, it was about justice
and doing my best to protect my girls.
'Scot
tried to cheat me out of my rightful share of assets built up during
our marriage. It wasn't his fortune, it was our fortune. He left me and
the girls destitute and with the help of third parties hid our assets in
offshore accounts.'
The
story she now relates could have leapt straight from the pages of a
John Grisham conspiracy thriller, had Scot's death not been so
horrifyingly real.
Michelle rejects any suggestion that
he was a pitiful, penniless bankrupt brought to his knees by a bitter
ex-wife and hounded to death
Certainly,
reports of the last hours of his mysterious and secretive life paint a
picture of a man stricken by mental illness, drink and cocaine
addiction, whose world was unravelling before his gruesome end on
December 8.
He
had recently split from his fiancee Noelle Reno, an American former
model and socialite who starred in the reality TV show Ladies of London —
in which he featured, looking a pale shadow of his former self.
On
the morning of his death, Scot walked out of an emergency mental health
facility and turned up unexpectedly at the £8,000-a-month apartment he
rented with Noelle.
Sources
claimed he was 'manic' and 'crazy', possibly high on drugs. Neighbours,
it was said, heard arguing. Noelle fled the apartment and reportedly
dialled 999, asking officers to remove Scot from the property after he
threatened to harm himself.
Before police could arrive, Scot fell to his death. Friends said he had been 'heartbroken' over losing Noelle.
But
in a startling series of revelations, Michelle says she is not
convinced Scot killed himself or had a horrible accident. She believes
he may have been the victim of foul play; his death linked to his
secretive web of business deals.
Dramatic
as it may seem, Michelle fears Scot could have been murdered; silenced
by 'third parties' who wanted the secrets of his complex business
dealings and whereabouts of his wealth to die with him.
Certainly,
after his death there was talk of Scot Young the 'fixer' of shady
deals, allegations of money laundering, possible links to the notorious
London gangland Adams family and of money owed to the Russian and
Turkish mafia.
Sources
spoke of Scot being dangled from a balcony at the Dorchester hotel two
years ago as a warning, leading to fevered speculation about his last
moments: did he jump or was he pushed?
Whatever
happened, Michelle is now worried enough about her own safety to have
asked the Metropolitan Police to install a panic alarm in her home —
they refused, saying there was no serious risk.
She said: 'His death has nothing to do
with me. I certainly didn't hound him to his death. I don't feel guilty
and I don't have any regrets'
She
disagrees, claiming that in the weeks before Scot's death she was
informed by her team of private investigators — tasked with finding his
hidden fortune — that she was being followed. She has consequently
lodged documents with trusted associates in case anything untoward
happens to her.
'I
could never imagine him committing suicide, not the Scot I knew,' says
Michelle. 'He had a terrible phobia of heights. When we were married,
whenever we stayed in a hotel he'd never look over the balcony because
it petrified him.
'Scot
would never have even leant out of a window, so I can't imagine it
could have been an accident, either. I don't know what happened but it
all seems so highly suspicious.
'Scott
had been diagnosed with bipolar and I was aware that he had developed a
problem with drugs and was drinking heavily. But he never indicated to
me or anyone else, as far as I know, that he was suicidal.
'What
I do believe is that he was very frightened; that if my team continued
to unravel his offshore accounts, then he might be facing criminal fraud
charges and the names of very powerful people and their links to him
would be exposed.'
Scotland
Yard has dismissed claims of foul play. But Michelle insists: 'I fear
there are people involved in this who could be capable of murder, based
on the number of worrying deaths of other people linked to Scot, his
connections and because the stakes are so high.'
Michelle
is referring to reports of the so-called 'Ring of Death'. Scot is the
fifth member of a group of close friends and business associates who all
died in similar circumstances over the past four years.
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