Michael Clarke and Jade Yarbrough are slapped with ‘public nuisance’ fines over wild park brawl
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Michael Clarke and Jade Yarbrough have received fines for “public nuisance” after engaging in a violent shouting match in a public park, as it was revealed the couple had been making efforts to repair their relationship.
Queensland Police confirmed that a 41-year-old NSW man and a 30-year-old Queensland woman had received notices of a disorderly conduct offence.
The fines related to an alleged incident between the couple pictured at Lions Park on Gympie Terrace in Noosaville earlier this month, police said.
“No other crimes were detected during the investigation,” a statement said.
“No further information is available and the investigation has ended.”
It comes after sources said Clarke was swearing ‘black and blue’ that he had been spending time apart from Jade when he allegedly hooked up with his ex-girlfriend.
A source close to the couple said they had been on a break when Clarke is alleged to have spent time with fashion designer Pip Edwards on December 17.
However, Edwards was reportedly shocked when he saw photos of Clarke and Jade, the younger sister of Jasmine Yarbrough, the wife of TV star Karl Stefanovic, on a reunion holiday in the popular Queensland city just weeks later. .
On January 7th, Michael Clarke and Jade Yarbrough went to the beach and seemed happy and relaxed as they exchanged pleasantries and made fun of each other at the water’s edge.
The location of the couples dinner at the classic Noosa Waterfront Italian restaurant and then the fight that broke out in the adjacent Lions Park barbecue area.
Instead of the fiery screaming match, Yarbrough is said to be “distraught and ashamed” as she lies hidden in Brisbane while Clarke is “devastated”.
A source close to the cricket star says he is concerned about “the way Jade is being portrayed” after images of the melee circulated on social media.
“He’s devastated that he put her in this position,” the source said.
The couple had been staying with Anthony Bell, a billionaire accountant, at his $10 million mansion in Noosaville located just a stone’s throw from the ocean.
On January 7, the couple went to the beach and seemed happy and relaxed as they exchanged banter and teased each other at the water’s edge.
It is understood that Yarbrough may have texted or talked to Edwards after seeing a text on her boyfriend’s phone.
Michael Clarke, (second right front in black shirt) with New Year’s Day revelers at Bondi Icebergs, which he was expected to attend with Yarbrough, who was instead in Aspen.
Jade Yarbrough and Michael Clarke (above last November in a Louis Vuitton launch) had been working on their relationship in Noosa before tensions escalated over a fight in a public park.
On January 8, the cracks began to show with the couple pictured looking tense as they sat in armchairs at Bell’s mansion, with Clarke holding his girlfriend’s hand.
Tensions seemed high when a clearly upset Yarbrough pushed the cricketer and commentator as he followed her out of the spacious pool area.
Tensions peaked on January 10, when the couple joined Jasmine, Stefanovic and their host Bell at Noosa Waterfront Restaurant & Bar.
Sources say the night intensified after the group had enjoyed a round of drinks.
‘Everyone had only had a glass of wine, so this talk of a wild night is not true. They had just arrived at the restaurant and sat down when it happened,” a source said.
At about 9:30 p.m., the fight broke out, allegedly over recent text messages between Clarke and Edwards, and the allegation that she had cheated on Yarbrough with the fashion designer less than a month ago.
The dramatic footage shows a shirtless Clarke being yelled at and slapped by his hysterical girlfriend as others in the group try to defuse the fight.
Clarke is seen limping in a park surrounded by a group trying to defuse the situation, while a furious Yarbrough yells at him, then slaps him.
Michael Clarke and Pip Edwards (pictured) had an on-off romance for two years before he moved on to Jade Yarbrough.
Jade and Michael stayed at celebrity accountant Anthony Bell’s $10 million mansion (above) in Noosaville, which has a private sandy beach, 150-foot frontage and solar-heated infinity pool.
The former cricketer, who reportedly injured a hamstring during the incident, can be seen struggling to keep up with Yarbrough as she angrily walks away.
‘I’m wrong? I’m fucking wrong! You are a fucking liar. Ican see everything. You called her,” Yarbrough yells.
Trying to reassure his girlfriend that he didn’t cheat on her, Clarke swears on her young daughter’s life that she was with Bell the night in question last month.
“Baby you’re wrong, you’re wrong,” he 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.
But Yarbrough does not believe her protests and claims that she spoke to Pip.
‘You’re lying to me. You are a piece of shit. I just talked to her. What’s wrong?’ she screams.
He replies: ‘It’s not true, it’s not true.’
Edwards (pictured with Clarke) has distanced himself from the sage, saying ‘it’s not my circus’
Jasmine finally steps in, grabbing her distraught sister by the arm and leading her away as Clarke turns her attention to Stefanovic.
‘Karlos, I can tell you now shit, don’t go. She can, she can hit me, but you idiot,” says Clarke.
In a statement shared with the Daily Telegraph, Clarke said he was “absolutely devastated, I have put people I hold in the highest regard in this role.”
“My actions in the lead up to this altercation were nothing short of shameful and regrettable,” he continued.
“I am devastated that by my actions I have brought women of class and integrity, and my peers, into this situation.
‘I own this completely and I am the only one to blame.’
Edwards has distanced himself from the saga by saying ‘it’s not my circus’.
MICHAEL CLARKE’S SHIRTLESS FUSION – LINE BY LINE
Former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke was involved in a public row with his girlfriend Jade Yarbrough and their friend TV presenter Karl Stefanovic, who is married to Jade’s sister Jasmine, after a night out with famous accountant Anthony Bell in Noosa on January 10.
This is how the dispute unfolded:
Clarke: Baby…
Jade: I’m wrong? Am I fucking wrong? Damn liar. I saw everything, you called her
Clarke: I swear on my life. Baby, baby, belly [Anthony Bell] I was in my house. Do it to me, do it to me. Belly was in the house. Belly was in my house
Clarke: I swear on my life, I swear on my life. You can do it to me, you can do it to me
Jade: You told him… You keep lying to me
Clarke: No, in my daughter’s life, in my daughter’s life
Jade: You keep lying. you are a piece of shit
Jade: I just talked to her. What’s wrong?
Clarke: No, I did not do it. Honey, you know what? You can hit me, you can hit me
Jade: You fucked her on December 17
Clarke: That is not true. That is not true.
Jasmine: Go out with Karl, go with Karl
Jade: hate you
Clarke: Jade, it’s not fucking true
Clarke: Charles [Stefanovic], I can tell you now shit, don’t go. She can hit me but you idiot
Jade: Piece of shit
Clarke: Come on hit me hit me
Bell: Stop, stop.
Clarke: Do it again, do it again. you’re wrong, you’re fucking wrong
Jade: Oh am I fucking wrong? you fucked her [Clarke’s ex Pip Edwards] December 17
Clarke: no, I did not do it
Jade: you fucked up You fucked her, you fucking dog. I’m about to get every fucking message you’ve ever sent him.
Jade: Do you want to send it to India? Do you want to send her to India with you?
Jade: [Quoting a message] “You are the love of my life Pip, come to India
Clarke: don’t talk to me again
Jasmine: Stop Jade, stop
Bell: let it go I gasped