A £19million mansion which was once home to Charles Dickens is at the centre of a bitter court battle between a multimillionaire divorcee and her bank.
Deborah Fiorentino, 63, the former wife of both Italian aristocrat Giovanni Fiorentino and celebrity British divorce lawyer Raymond 'Jaws' Tooth, could lose her Regent's Park mansion after being sued for not paying her mortgage.
The high-flying estate agent took out a £17.85million loan against the Grade I listed mansion, a separate mews house and a third property in Hampstead before running up massive arrears, a court heard.
She has now been dragged to court by her lender, Luxembourg-based private bank Banque Havilland, who accuse her of owing them more than £10million.
Lawyers for the bank are suing for possession of the house and a judgment for the £10.2million sum, claiming that she has shown that, despite 'supposedly a high net worth individual,' she is simply unable to cover the cost of the mortgage.
