Ralph Fiennes

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NY POST..PAGE 6 RALPH Fiennes must have broken up with his partner of 10 years, Francesca Annis. The actor was seen Friday night in the clutches of another woman - Gina Gershon. The two caught sexy rocker Maggie Kim's show at Crash Mansion on the Bowery at Spring Street, according to our spywitness: "They made out in a booth and then cuddled the rest of the night." A rep for Fiennes didn't return calls.

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Wasn't Annis like 15-20 years older than him? interesting new couple.

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She is sixty something.

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I read that he's planning to sue the NY post for printing this article. He's 42, she's 61 btw

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(OUT.COM)The Butler Doesn’t Do ItDon’t get too excited: The Harry Potter franchise may be getting all PG on us, but there isn’t any same-sex lovemaking in the offing. However, Ralph Fiennes, who makes a spectacular entrance as Lord Voldermort in the latest screen installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, is going queer. He’s in New York right now to shoot the movie Doris and Bernard, based on the real-life story of the late billionairess Doris Duke and her relationship with the gay Irish butler to whom she left control of her estate when she died. (Susan Sarandon plays Ms. Duke.) Don’t expect Ralph to get naked or anything in that one, though. The other night, the actor told an Out.com spy that there’s not exactly a lot of gay sex in the picture. “This isn’t Brokeback Mountain,” he laughed. “Not by a long way.”Our hearts are crushed.

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(IMDB.COM)Fiennes Considers Legal Action After "Younger Model" SlurBritish actor Ralph Fiennes is considering suing a US publication that falsely reported he'd ditched his 61-year-old lover Francesca Annis for a younger model. The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire star, 42, is furious at an article in the New York Post which alleged he was seen flirting and canoodling with 43-year-old actress Gina Gershon. It read: "They made out in a booth and then cuddled the rest of the night." After protesting his innocence, Fiennes refused to make any further comment on the press slur, but a close friend insists, "He'll fight this all the way." The source adds, "There is no truth in any of these suggestions. It's pure personal conjecture."

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News of the World (UK)

 

Another Fiennes mess!

 

By Holly Jarvis, Neville Thurlbeck & Neil McLeod

 

HOLLYWOOD actor Ralph Fiennes' ten-year relationship with actress

Francesca Annis was heading off the rails last night-after the News

of the World tracked down his secret mistress on a train to Scotland.

 

We can reveal the English Patient star has been cheating on loyal

Francesca, 61, for TWO YEARS with a Hungarian musician 30 years her

junior.

 

Our investigators interviewed busty Cornelia Crisan as she sat in First

Class on the 10.30 Flying Scotsman from King's Cross to

Edinburgh-fleeing London before the scandal of her affair with

Fiennes, 43, was about to break.

 

She is believed to have taped a phone call to the Hollywood star a week

last Thursday proving the relationship so she could sell the story.

 

Cornelia-who lives in a seedy flat in Roehampton, south-west

London-drew puzzled looks from fellow passengers as she tried to

shield her face under a woolly scarf, a large hat and a bag. One

passenger said: "Is that lady trying to hide from someone? I hadn't

noticed her until she put on that incredible disguise."

 

But Cornelia emerged from beneath her piles of wool to reveal she

expected Fiennes to deny her claims to protect 61-year-old Francesca.

 

She whispered: "I want to get away from all this for a while." When we

asked her if she had taped a romantic call to Fiennes, she said: "Yes."

And when we asked her to confirm her affair with the idol-who plays

Lord Voldemort in the latest Harry Potter-she also replied: "Yes".

 

The pair met in 2004 at London's Dorchester Hotel. A friend of Cornelia

said last night: "Ralph is besotted. At first she thought it was just a

bit of fun, but now they're very close. They try to meet whenever he is

in London."

 

The couple are said to have been sending saucy texts to each other.

 

The news will devastate Francesca. Despite an 18-year age gap, she has

had one of the most enduring relationships in showbiz with Ralph.

 

But cracks first appeared in 2002 when Fiennes was pictured canoodling

with Jennifer Lopez.

 

Posh Ralph-nominated for a Best Actor BAFTA for The Constant

Gardener-is in a play in Dublin. When we asked him about the affair

he refused to comment. Francesca told us: "Not now".

 

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Wow, never knew much about him personally.

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NY Daily NewsAnother Fiennes messRalph Fiennes' 11-year romance with Francesca Annis could be on the critical list now that a Romanian beauty has claimed she's been secretly tending to "The English Patient."Singer Cornelia Crisan, 31, claims that, two years ago at a party, the 43-year-old actor persuaded her to come up to his hotel suite in London."First, he slid off my dress," she told Britain's Sunday Mirror. "The only items he didn't remove were my diamante high heels. He said, 'Keep them on, they are nice,' so I did."After that, she alleges, they hooked up more than 30 times. (Once, she says, they reenacted his sex scenes from "The End of the Affair.") As recently as Jan. 24, she says, he told her, "I want some physical contact."But by then, she suspected she wasn't his only diversion from Francesca."He was a cheat," she says. "As time went on, I started to see more clearly, to realize that I didn't want him at all."Fiennes left his wife of 12 years, actress Alex Kingston, after co-starring with Annis, 61, in a 1995 production of "Hamlet." (Annis played his mother, Gertrude.)A rep for Fiennes, who is onstage in Dublin, didn't return calls yesterday.

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I can't fulfil all Ralph's needs, admits actress

by NICOLE LAMPERT, Daily Mail

 

 

08:15am 7th February 2006

 

 

Francesca Annis has forgiven boyfriend Ralph Fiennes for having a two-year

affair with a woman half her age, it was revealed yesterday.

The 62-year-old actress has told friends that she knows that she cannot

"fulfil all his sexual needs".

 

 

Miss Annis is planning to stand by Fiennes, whose career has been revived by

the success of A Constant Gardener, despite Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan

reveaing details of their affair.

 

 

Miss Annis has told friends that the thing she is most upset about is that

her 11-year relationship with Fiennes - who is 19 years her junior - will

now be raked over in a 'vulgar' way.

 

 

"Francesca did not know about the affair but she is not surprised that he

has been seeing another woman for sex,' said a friend last night. "They have

often discussed his need for sex which she knows she can't satisfy.

 

 

"They have a complex relationship and they both have very different needs.

He needs far more sex and thrills than she does.

 

 

"She needs to work, she looks after her very old mother, and has

responsibilities as a mother herself. She can't give Ralph all the energy

and excitement he needs.

 

 

"But Francesca also knows that she is his rock and that he always comes

back. They spend a lot of time apart but they both relish what they have

together when they are together."

 

 

'Under strain'

 

 

The friend added that the pair had been under more strain in the last two

years.

 

 

"When she reached 60 she felt she was hurtling towards old age and she

realised how big the age gap is between her and Ralph," said the friend.

 

 

"They have been having problems since then but this is not going to be the

thing that breaks them up.

 

 

"The thing she hates most about this is that she really can't stand being in

the public eye for a vulgar reason. She only likes her work to be in the

public domain."

 

 

Miss Crisan claimed her affair with Fiennes - who has denied any

misbehaviour, despite being previously linked to a string of women - began

after they met at a party at the Dorchester Hotel.

 

 

He persuaded the 31-year-old singer to go up to his bedroom where he seduced

her.

 

 

She claimed that over the next two years she met up with Fiennes for sex 30

more times at her house and in a bolthole he has near Spitalfields Market in

the East End.

 

 

Yesterday Miss Annis refused to answer calls at the home she shares with

Fiennes in Hammersmith, West London. Her family said her 93-year-old mother

Marquita had not been told about the affair because she was so frail.

 

 

Fiennes is in Dublin where he is performing in The Faith Healer and friends

say Miss Annis may go to see him in the show this week. They met when she

played Hamlet's mother Gertrude and he played Hamlet in a production of the

tragedy at the Hackney Empire in 1995.

 

 

His wife, ER star Alex Kingston was devastated by the affair, as was her

long-time boyfriend, photographer Patrick Wiseman, who is the father of her

three children.

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She should go have drinks with Sienna.

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Fiennes and Annis to split

 

 

07/02/2006 - 18:49:45

 

 

The actor Ralph Fiennes and his partner Francesca Annis are to separate

after 11 years, lawyers for the actress said tonight.

 

 

The split comes after reports that The English Patient star Fiennes, 43, had

an affair with a young singer.

 

 

"Ms Annis confirms today that she and Ralph Fiennes are to separate," said a

statement from her solicitors.

 

 

The 61-year-old actress also announced she has begun legal proceedings

against the Daily Mail for defamation and invasion of privacy over a story

which claimed she had forgiven him over the alleged affair.

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Ralph Fiennes Splits from Longtime Partner

Wednesday Feb 08, 2006 8:00am EST

By Stephen M. Silverman

people.com

 

Francesca Annis and Ralph Fiennes

CREDIT: DAVE M. BENETT / GETTY

 

Constant Gardener star Ralph Fiennes and his partner of nearly 11 years, actress Francesca Annis, have split up, her lawyers in London say.

 

"Ms. Annis confirms today that she and Ralph Fiennes are to separate," said the statement issued Tuesday by her law firm, Schillings.

 

The announcement followed a Mail on Sunday newspaper report claiming that Fiennes had had an affair with a Romanian singer.

 

Fiennes, 43, and the 61-year-old Annis met while starring in a 1995 production of Hamlet, in which Fiennes played the title role and Annis his mother. At the time, Fiennes was married to ER star Alex Kingston, while Annis had three children with photographer Patrick Wiseman.

 

Schillings also said that Annis had begun legal action against The Daily Mail newspaper for defamation and invasion of privacy over a story claiming she had forgiven Fiennes for his affair.

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She should go have drinks with Sienna. 

LMAO!!

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Wow, Francesca is really cute (never thought I'd call a woman in her 60's "cute", but she is) and he's morphing into Christian Slater!

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She is very attractive for her age. I feel bad for her..dealing with a long term breakup and an elderly parent.

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I saw them in that production of Hamlet and was shocked to find out they were dating later...especially since she played his mother! I always thought she was pretty rad for getting a hot, much younger guy (before Demi made it cool)!

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popbitch.com >> Celebrity chat-ups << Ralph makes a tit of himselfceltiagirl writes: "Ralph Fiennes is an unlikely heartbreaker. His technique of trying to woo a publicist was to wait until he heard her running a bath in the hotel room next door, then knock on the door and make small talk while she was in her bathrobe, as he stared at her tits. She turned him down."

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NY Daily News...Fiennes, who left his wife, "ER" actress Alex Kingston, for the married Annis, had no comment yesterday....Wow, I didn't know that.

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I remember it was pretty shocking when the news broke. Fiennes was on top of his game and Kingston had just done the BBC production of "Moll Flanders" ...one of those perfect couples...then he leaves her for a much older woman. I believe right after the split is when she came to the states and got hired for ER. Maybe one our UK posters can help out if I have it wrong.

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3 am girls

20 February 2006

 

FRY IN HOT WATER

Hooker jibe at Fiennes

Kiki King, Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley

BAFTAS host Stephen Fry had Ralph Fiennes fuming at last night's awards with a dig about his hooker girlfriend.

 

The actor's Romanian lover Cornelia Crisan, 31, had earlier been exposed as a £250-an-hour vice girl.

 

And Stephen jibed: "Everybody looks like they're having a great time and are very relaxed... but Ralph Fiennes looks a little anxious, I have to say."

 

His attempts at humour didn't go down at all well as Ralph - who split with long-term par tner Francesca Annis, 61, over his 18-month fling - sat stony-faced.

 

To make matters worse, he also missed out on a Best Actor award for The Constant Gardener.

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Fiennes steps out with new love he wooed with naked yoga

by RICHARD SIMPSON Last updated at 23:52pm on 8th October 2006

New love: Ralph Fiennes with Sirin Lewendon

 

 

His 11-year relationship with Francesca Annis ended in acrimony in February amid claims he had a two-year affair with a Romanian singer.

 

But Ralph Fiennes's new girlfriend has taken steps to make sure she isn't treated so disrespectfully.

 

Every day for eight weeks, the actor 'begged and pleaded' new love Sirin Lewendon to come to his bedroom - and every day she told him to wait because she didn't want to become 'just another notch on a Hollywood actor's bedpost'.

 

But after employing such bizarre techniques as putting on shows of naked yoga at her Dublin apartment, Fiennes has finally got his way with the statuesque interior designer.

 

The pair have been dating for three months after meeting through mutual friends in Dublin where Fiennes had been on stage this summer performing Brian Friel's Faith Healer.

 

Fiennes, 43, a two-times Oscar nominated actor, fell for the exotic-looking six-footer for her 'ballsy attitude towards life' and her apparent complete ignorance of his celebrity status. Fiennes - who has always had something of a penchant for older women - is also said to enjoy being 'mothered' by Belfast-born Miss Lewendon.

 

The pair were pictured for the first time in London at the weekend.

 

Fiennes has had to have his head shaved to play Lord Voldermort in the new Harry Potter movie, Order Of The Phoenix.

 

So on Friday afternoon after he finished filming at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, Sirin, 40, met him at James Lock Hatters in St James's where after half an hour, he emerged with a grey woolly hat pulled down over his chilly head.

 

The pair went on for afternoon tea at The Wolseley restaurant in Piccadilly - something they have been doing on a regular basis in recent days.

 

Sirin, who is of Thai decent and is wealthy in her own right, has been staying at Claridges in London for the past week and every night, Fiennes has been returning there to spend the night.

 

A friend said: 'He was chasing her for two months - they went on dates but she wouldn't give in to him. They have only been sharing a bed for the past month. She knew he was an actor and she was really wary of getting involved. He really has done all the chasing. Put it this way, after what happened with his last relationship, Sirin didn't want to become just another notch on a Hollywood actor's bedpost.

 

'She loves his sense of humour, in particular the rather unique way he won her over - with a display of naked yoga at her Dublin flat.

 

'He's met a few of her friends now - she has a lot of friends in the media, the art world and design - so it's definitely serious. They are really into each other.

 

'Sirin's grandmother is Thai, her name means 'sacred' in Indian and she has a very broad Belfast accent - so you can see she's quite an unusual woman. She has a very dry sense of humour and a real no-s*** attitude towards life. She doesn't suffer fools gladly, she's ballsy and independent which is probably why Ralph likes her so much.

 

'She's straight talking, swears like a docker and smokes like a chimney. She also calls Ralph "my man" so it's pretty obvious who's wearing the trousers in this relationship.'

 

The friend went on: 'Sirin doesn't really get the whole fame thing - she finds it all a bit rubbish and Ralph likes that about her as well. She obviously knows he's a famous actor but she doesn't treat him like some kind of god - which only makes him want her even more.

 

'He has been going home to her after each day of filming of Harry Potter. Most days when he gets back on time, they have been having afternoon tea at The Wolseley - Ralph likes to have a routine.'

 

The friend concluded: 'Sirin didn't know much about Ralph's ex-partner. Incredibly it's not a topic which has been spoken about. How can I put this? It's a very physical relationship.'

 

Fiennes's 11-year love affair with Francesca Annis ended in February amid claims that he had been having a two-year affair with a younger woman. Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan, 31, said she had enjoyed a passionate affair with the actor.

 

Fiennes and Annis met when Fiennes played Hamlet at the Hackney Empire in 1995 and Annis, 61, played his mother, Gertrude. Fiennes subsequently left his wife, ER star Alex Kingston, to be with Annis.

 

Fiennes won an Oscar nomination for his role in The English Patient, as well as for his work in Schindler's List.

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I saw them in that production of Hamlet and was shocked to find out they were dating later...especially since she played his mother!

 

I always thought she was pretty rad for getting a hot, much younger guy (before Demi made it cool)!

yeah i saw his grunge production of hamlet. hamlet as kurt cobain. interesting but not what id callan enduring verision.

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he's such a friggin dog.

 

 

Hostess and Ralph Fiennes in mile high sex claim

February 11, 2007 12:00am

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A QANTAS flight attendant faces the sack after being accused of having sex with British actor Ralph Fiennes in an aircraft toilet while flying from Australia to India.

 

Sydney-based Lisa Robertson, 38, met the star of The English Patient while working in the business-class cabin on flight QF 123 from Darwin to Mumbai on January 24.

 

In a confidential report to Qantas management obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, Ms Robertson is accused of chatting to Fiennes during the flight and being seen exiting the same toilet moments apart.

 

She claims Fiennes, 44, became "amorous" towards her in the toilet.

 

Ms Robertson declined to comment when contacted by The Sunday Telegraph.

 

Qantas staff who were aware of the incident said last night the couple were caught after crew members waited outside the toilet.

 

In a statement lodged with her employer, Ms Robertson denied the allegations.

 

The statement was presented at a meeting on Thursday between Ms Robertson, the Flight Attendants' Association, Qantas and airline services contractor Morris Alexander Management.

 

At the meeting Qantas representatives accused Ms Robertson of having sex with Fiennes.

 

Ms Robertson has been suspended without pay.

 

Fiennes had been in Australia to perform at the Sydney Festival before travelling to India

 

Details of Ms Robertson's alleged encounter with Fiennes are contained in her statement to Qantas management.

 

It shows she has been accused of two breaches of the company's corporate and cabin-crew policies.

 

The first breach relates to Fiennes allegedly sitting in a crew jump seat while chatting to Ms Robertson during her rest break.

 

The second relates to Ms Robertson and the actor being seen leaving the same toilet.

 

They were allegedly spotted by two crew members, who told the flight's customer-services manager.

 

"While conversing with Mr Fiennes during my break, I expressed a need to go to the toilet," Ms Robertson said in her statement.

 

"I went to the nearby toilet and entered it, he followed me and entered the same toilet.

 

"I explained to him that this was inappropriate and asked him to leave. Mr Fiennes became amorous towards me and, after a short period of time, I convinced him to leave the toilet, which he did.

 

"I left the toilet a short time later. At no time did any crew member come to my assistance.

 

"At no time were any other customers aware of this incident. At no time did I put the Qantas name or reputation in jeopardy."

 

In her statement, Ms Robertson admitted that Fiennes had visited her in the crew rest area during her break to chat.

 

She also admitted having several conversations with the actor throughout the flight, but said she was simply doing her job.

 

"This is common practice on long flights to build a rapport with passengers and converse with them during the flight," Ms Robertson said in her statement.

 

According to her statement, Ms Robertson was a police officer for 14 years before joining Qantas in September, 2004.

 

She said she had been repeatedly commended for her service as a flight attendant.

 

The Flight Attendants' Association of Australia did not return calls.

 

A Qantas spokesman said: "All we can do is confirm that a flight attendant was stood down following an onboard incident."

 

He refused to comment on whether this incident involved Fiennes, citing passenger privacy.

 

A copy of the flight manifest obtained by The Sunday Telegraph confirmed Fiennes was on board the flight on January 24. He occupied seat 2K in business class.

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'How I led Ralph Fiennes astray at 35,000ft'

 

The Qantas stewardess who claimed she rejected an amorous Ralph Fiennes on a flight to India has admitted having sex with him in an aircraft lavatory.

 

Lisa Robertson told friends she was a big fan of the British actor and found herself luring him to the cubicle.

 

But they apparently shared more than a 15-minute fling at 35,000ft.

 

Miss Robertson claims they went on to share a passionate night in a Mumbai hotel - at the star's invitation.

 

The Australian stewardess has told friends she recognised Fiennes, 44, as he soon as he settled into his business class seat, 2K, for the nine-hour flight from Darwin.

 

'I've always fancied him and to see him on my flight was a real thrill,' she told them.

 

Later she allowed him to break aircraft rules by sitting beside her on the crew jump seat, which is used during their break.

 

After chatting together, there was, she has admitted, a lot of 'body language' between them and even the odd kiss or two.

 

She gave him her phone number. Finally she decided to take matters into her own hands.

 

'I just stood up, reached down for his hand and told him to follow me,' she told friends.

 

'We went into the toilet and locked the door and off came much of our clothes.'

 

She said they then had passionate and apparently unprotected sex.

 

Other crew members, more than a little suspicious, waited outside the door and later reported her to airline bosses.

 

Miss Robertson, 38, told friends she was so overwhelmed with the moment that she did not care who was listening, what they saw or what they assumed had been going on.

 

That is in stark contrast to what she told her bosses at Qantas.

 

In a statement, she portrayed Fiennes as the villain, claiming he had followed her into the lavatory where he made his intentions clear.

 

She said that she had told him it was inappropriate to follow her there and, after a short time, convinced him to leave.

 

She told her bosses she had been so alarmed at being followed that she expected one of the other crew to help her.

 

'At no time did any crew member come to my assistance,' she complained.

 

She also insisted that at no time were any other passengers aware of the incident.

 

It is hard to believe that they didn't notice staff gathered outside a lavatory for so long. Or the fact that two people eventually emerged, one an Oscar-nominated actor.

 

After the plane landed in Mumbai shortly after 7pm local time Miss Robertson travelled to the Grand Hyatt, a 20-minute drive from the city's international airport.

 

Staff at the hotel confirmed to the Daily Mail that the Qantas crew had been booked in as usual that night.

 

But Miss Robertson apparently did not use her room.

 

She has told friends that not long after arriving in Mumbai her mobile phone rang.

 

It was Fiennes. He wanted to see her again.

 

They met at a hotel and spent a passionate night together, this time practising safe sex.

 

'Lisa was completely smitten by him,' said a friend. 'She just hoped that the relationship could continue on from there but perhaps she was hoping for too much.'

 

It is understood she has not heard from Fiennes since their encounter.

 

According to the actor's schedule, he had to set off the next morning for engagements in Indian villages, which included 'preaching' about the dangers of Aids and the need to engage in safe sex.

 

Days before the incident last month, Fiennes's girlfriend Sirin Lewenden is said to have ended their relationship because of his 'wandering eye' and constant demands for sex.

 

It emerged that the liaison with Fiennes could prove rather profitable for Miss Robertson, who was declared bankrupt three years ago.

 

She is said to have spent this week negotiating media deals to tell the story of her fling on flight QF123 and has gone into hiding.

 

A former undercover drug-squad officer for New South Wales police, her marriage to a police officer ended in divorce apparently due to the demands of their jobs.

 

Police sources said that she had suffered 'burn out' due to the pressure of her job posing as a drug addict to catch criminals.

 

She left the force in 2003 after two years of long-term sick leave.

 

Police sources said her condition was serious enough to leave her with a pension of 80 per cent of her wages for the rest of her life.

 

However, she later fell heavily into debt.

 

Sydney newspapers reported that she went bankrupt three years ago with debts of £200,000, and still has several months to wait before she is discharged.

 

Since the story emerged at the weekend Fiennes has chosen not to comment.