Michael Clarke’s new girlfriend Jade Yarbrough has accused him of cheating on her with his ex Pip Edwards.
In video from The Daily Telegraph, a shirtless Clarke is yelled at and hit by Yarbrough while her friends, including Today presenter Karl Stefanovic, try to defuse the commotion.
But this isn’t the first time the former Australia cricket captain, 41, has been embroiled in a love scandal.
His tumultuous engagement to Lara Bingle made headlines in 2010 when rumors surfaced that her $200,000 diamond ring had ended up in the toilet.
Michael Clarke’s recent love scandal has sparked renewed interest in his failed engagement to Lara Bingle in 2010, during which the model’s $200,000 diamond ring was allegedly flushed down the toilet. (Pictured: Clarke and Bingle in Melbourne on February 15, 2010)
Clarke and Bingle began dating in 2007 after meeting on the set of Channel Nine’s now-defunct reality TV show Torvill and Dean’s Dancing on Ice.
In March of the following year, the glamor couple got engaged during a romantic trip to New York.
After returning to Australia, the lovebirds celebrated their engagement with 300 of their closest friends and family at an events center in Sydney’s Luna Park.
During their relationship, the sports enthusiast tattooed Bingle’s initials on her shoulder and treated her to gifts like a $300,000 Aston Martin.
During their relationship, the sports enthusiast tattooed Bingle’s initials on her shoulder and treated her to gifts like a $300,000 Aston Martin. But in 2010, he confirmed their two-year engagement was over
In March 2010, Clarke famously left his teammates halfway through a New Zealand tour to return to Australia for “personal reasons”.
In a late night press conference two days later, he confirmed that his two-year engagement to the former Tourism Australia spokesperson model was over.
Their split came just months after a photo of Bingle in the shower – taken years earlier by AFL star Brendan Fevola during their brief relationship – was leaked publicly and went viral.
After their split, there were rumors that Bingle’s $200,000 engagement ring was flushed down the toilet in her $6 million Bondi beach pad
After their split, there were rumors that Bingle’s $200,000 engagement ring was flushed down the toilet in her $6 million Bondi beach pad.
Even plumbers showed up at the complex, but it’s unclear if they were just trying to hijack a cheeky media story with a sly marketing stunt.
Clarke finally addressed the rumors six years later in an interview with 60 Minutes, describing them as “completely fabricated 100 percent cops**t.”
“I want to say that I am a very stupid man. But I’m not that stupid. I don’t throw a diamond ring down a toilet,” he said in 2016.
Dramatic footage from the Daily Telegraph shows Clarke being yelled at and hit by his angry girlfriend Jade Yarbrough (right) as she accuses him of cheating on her
Dramatic footage made available to the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday shows Clarke being yelled at and hit by his angry girlfriend Jade Yarbrough as she accuses him of cheating on her.
During the heated exchange, Yarbrough accused Clarke of sleeping with his ex-girlfriend Pip Edwards on December 17 and telling her she was the “love of his life”.
The video, filmed in Noosa on January 10, begins with Yarbrough yelling at Clarke then slapping him in the face and pushing him away after insisting he never cheated on her.
‘Am I wrong? I’m damn wrong! You are a fucking liar. i can see everything You called her,” Yarbrough yells, apparently referring to messages between Clarke and Edwards.
Clarke then tries to assure Yarbrough that he did not sleep with Edwards on December 17, saying that he was with his accountant friend Anthony Bell that night.
“Baby, you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” Clarke insists. ‘Baby, baby, Belly was in the house. I swear on my life, I swear on my life… That’s not true, that’s not true.’
He then swears on his daughter Kelsey Lee’s life that he didn’t cheat on her.
During the angry exchange, Yarbrough accused Clarke of sleeping with his ex-girlfriend Pip Edwards (pictured) on December 17 and telling her she was the “love of his life”.
But Yarbrough doesn’t believe his desperate protests and claims she spoke to Edwards.
“You’re damn king to lie to me. You are a piece of shit. I just spoke to her. What’s wrong with you?’ she howls.
Clarke again denied sleeping with Edwards, replying: “No, I didn’t. you can hit me That’s not true, that’s not true.’
Clarke appeared to have injured his hamstring in the melee after being knocked to the ground by Yarbrough when he was seen limping through the public park.
Yarbrough’s sister Jasmine, who was accompanied by her husband Karl Stefanovic, intervenes, grabbing her distraught younger sister’s arm and pulling her away.
You can hear Jasmin say: “Go away with Karl, go away with Karl.”
As she is led away, Yarbrough is heard crying as she turns to Clarke and yells, “I f**king hate you!”
Clarke then tries to follow his girlfriend before unleashing a wave of anger on Stefanovic, presumably for walking away with the two sisters.
“Karlos, I can tell you now, shit, don’t go the fuck away. She can, she can hit me, but you, you shit,” says Clarke.
Karl Stefanovic and his wife Jasmine had to intervene in the ugly altercation between Jade and Michael
This comment incites anger in Jade, who defends her brother-in-law before punching Clarke in the face.
“You piece of shit, don’t fucking talk to him,” she yells.
Bell is heard telling the couple to stop, which falls on deaf ears.
“Go hit me, hit me… do it again, you’re wrong, you’re bloody wrong,” Clarke tells his girlfriend.
Jade yells, “Oh, am I wrong? you fucked her [Edwards] December 17th you fucked her…you’re a fucking dog…I’ll show her every fucking message you’ve ever fucking sent me.
She then refers to a text she saw on Clarke’s phone inviting Edwards to come to India with him.
“Oh yes, ‘You’re the love of my life, Pip, come to India,’ Jade growls.
Clarke replies, ‘Never speak to me again.’
Finally, Karl Stefanovic’s wife Jasmine steps in, grabs her distraught sister’s arm and pulls Jade away. You can hear Jasmin say: “Go away with Karl, go away with Karl”
The two-minute clip ends with Jasmine and Bell breaking up the feuding couple.
“Stop, Jade, stop it,” Jasmine pleads, to which Bell adds, “Let it go, Jade.”
According to witnesses, the ugly altercation happened in front of small children nearby.
A remorseful Clarke has taken full responsibility for what happened.
“I am absolutely disappointed that I have brought into this position people I value most in this position. My actions leading up to this altercation were downright shameful and regrettable,” he said on Wednesday evening.
“I’m devastated that my actions have drawn women of class and integrity and my buddies into this situation.”
His former partner Edwards distanced herself from the “debacle” as she delivered a brutal punch to Clarke.
“It’s not my circus. Once again, Michael in his true nature took no responsibility for his actions and I was blatantly lied to,” Edwards said in a statement.