by Dame Natalie Massenet has accused her ex-partner of using drugs, prostitutes and several affairs.
The founder of the Luxury Fashion website Net-A-Porter is suing Erik Torstensson because of the collapse of her 14-year relationship in May.
Lady Natalie, 60, claimed in court files in California, Mr. Torstensson had confessed to being “liar, drug addict, alcoholic and sexual addict.”
She is looking for compensation for emotional burdens, contractual breaches and fraud on claims that he has used her relationship to “collect investment and capital positions worth hundreds of millions of dollars”.
“As soon as he had spent masset money, he went,” was the papers.
Mr. Torstensson, founder of Denim Brand Frame, did not answer the claims.
The couple, who has a son together, started his relationship in 2009, but divided itself at the beginning of this year.
The couple has a son together – David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images
“Secret life”
It is said that Lady Natalie became suspicious of Mr. Torstensson last year and in May discovered news on his phone, as he showed that he had led a “secret life” for many years.
The file contains screenshots of text messages that are said to be shown to him in conversation with drug dealers, prostitutes and other women.
The papers claim that when Natalie Mr. Torstensson confronted Natalie, he admitted that he was a “liar, an alcoholic, a drug addict, a sexual addict and that it had continued for seven years”.
Her lawyers have now accused him of entering the relationship as a “way towards power, influence and a better life”.
Christopher Kane, Erik Torstensson, Natalie Massenet, Victoria Beckham and Erdem Moralioglu at a Vogue party 2016 in London – Jab Promotions/WWD/Penske Media about Getty Images
According to the newspapers, the couple had agreed that lady Natalie would cover the costs of their glamorous life together, invest in his business and take part in the returns.
But Mr. Torstensson is accused of renting these returns to “rental private aircraft and art to impress his colleagues” and lady Natalie “out of any potential income from their considerable investments in Torstsson in the past almost 15 years” than the relationship ended.
The court files claim that Lady Natalie had “spent more than 95 million US dollars in kind in terms of paying back to expensive real estate, lifestyle costs, holidays and more based on Torstensons.”
It is said that she has remained “announced with his child”, now the relationship is over.
“While Massenet is emotionally destroyed on the ground and caused by Torstenson’s outrageous behavior, this is a case of a return on capital in a man who took over mass and brand to build up prosperity,” said the newspapers.
“Massenet now demands what every investor would be – a fair, fair return for the investments he made, value that she created and the costs that she was borne.”
Mr. Torstensson is also accused of using Natalie’s connections to his own advantage.
Court applications contain a screenshot of a message that he allegedly sent to Victoria Beckham in which he was asked whether he could send her free products from his brand, husband David and son Brookly.
The former Spice Girl read the message, replied, but did not answer the submissions suggest.
Mr. Torstensson was contacted for a comment.
