Michael Clarke has reportedly cut ties with famed accountant Anthony Bell.
Sources close to the ex-cricket captain confirmed last week that their financial association had closed last year The Sunday Telegraph.
The deterioration of their relationship follows a highly publicized altercation in Noosa, where Clarke’s then girlfriend Jade Yarbrough confronted Clarke in a park after a boozy dinner attended by Bell and Karl Stefanovic.
The incident is believed to have tested the friendship, and by May 2023 it was clear that the bond between Clarke and Bell was strained.
By October, Clarke had moved his financial affairs to a new accountant, Stuart Waugh, a former Bell partner.
Michael Clarke has reportedly cut ties with famed accountant Anthony Bell. Pictured together in 2015
By October last year, Clarke had moved his financial affairs to new accountant, Stuart Waugh, (pictured), a former partner of Bell’s
Waugh, now a director and shareholder of Altus Financial, has taken over from Bell, who owed much of his reputation as Sydney’s ‘celebrity accountant’ to his partnership with Clarke.
Clarke had often supported Bell’s ventures, from yacht racing in Sydney to Hobart to charity events.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Michael Clarke and Anthony Bell for comment.
The viral video of the Noosa incident shows Yarbrough accusing Clarke of sleeping with his ex-girlfriend Pip Edwards on December 17, and messaging her to say she is the ‘love of his life’ .
Clarke was shouted at and punched by his irate girlfriend as others in the group, including Stefanovic and Bell, tried to defuse the row.
The deterioration of their relationship follows a highly publicized altercation in Noosa, where Clarke’s then girlfriend Jade Yarbrough confronted Clarke in a park after a boozy dinner attended by Bell and Karl Stefanovic.
‘I am wrong? I’m fucking wrong! You are a liar. I can see everything. You called her,” she shouts, apparently referring to messages between Clarke and Edwards.
At one point, Stefanovic’s wife Jasmine finally intervenes, grabbing her distressed sister by the arm and dragging her away.
Jasmine is heard saying, “Go away with Karl, go away with Karl.”
As she is led away, Yarbrough can be heard crying as she turns to Clarke and shouts, “I hate you.”
Clarke then tries to follow Yarbrough before unleashing a wave of anger on Stefanovic, seemingly for running away with the two sisters.
According to stunned witnesses, the ugly altercation took place in front of young children nearby. (Jade pictured left supporting Karl and Jasmine during their debut as a couple in May 2017)
‘Karlos, I can tell you now, c**t, don’t run away. She can, she can hit me, but you, you bastard,” Clarke says.
This comment angers Yarbrough, who defends her brother-in-law before repeatedly punching Clarke in the face.
Stefanovic and Bell can be heard telling the pair to stop, but it falls on deaf ears.
According to stunned witnesses, the ugly altercation took place in front of young children nearby.
A remorseful Clarke has since taken full responsibility for what happened.
Karl and his wife Jasmine were forced to intervene during the ugly altercation between Clarke and his girlfriend