Phil Collins’ ex-wife Orianne Cevey has instructed of her ‘catastrophic’ yr and vowed: ‘the venom of my enemies won’t make me hand over.’
Orianne, 49, a jewellery designer, who now lives in Bay Harbour, Florida, has posted a somber reflection on New Yr’s Eve by which she says that her solely companions this yr have been her two canine Billy and Tony.
She provides that her third husband, musician Thomas Bates was solely ever along with her for the cash and way of life. ‘He was solely there out of self curiosity and determined to offer me a tough time. What trials and betrayals!’ she exclaims.
She divorced Bates, 34, this yr after a rare romance that kicked off throughout the pandemic, however claimed it was principally fueled by the ‘pressures’ of COVID.
Orianne Cevey, Phil Collins’ ex-wife, referred to as 2022 a ‘catastrophic’ yr the place her canine are her solely mates and that she wouldn’t lose to the ‘venom’ of her foes
She wrapped up her bitter New Years Eve message on Instagram (above)
Cevey claims she solely married Thomas Bates (proper) in 2020, who she met by way of an escort service, because of the ‘pressures’ of the COVID pandemic
Cevey and Phil Collins (proper) finalized their divorce in 2008 in what was the biggest in UK showbiz historical past at $30 million. The 2 are pictured posing collectively in 2018 following a short reunion, however the couple cut up, once more, in 2020
They met – in keeping with him – by way of an escort service in 2020 and had been secretly married in Las Vegas earlier than settling in the home in Miami which Phil Collins had purchased for himself and Orianne.
She misplaced a authorized battle to maintain the home and the romance with Bates led to December final yr.
Orianne gave an announcement in authorized papers the place she advised that she had launched into the romance due to the pressures of the pandemic. ‘I consider the emotional stress of the COVID quarantine prompted me to behave in methods to do issues that had been out of character,’ she stated.
Through the spring of this yr she additionally misplaced custody of her son by her second husband, Charles Mejjati.
The boy just isn’t talked about in a prolonged Instagram submit by which she provides a ‘large thanks to my sons Nic and Matt’. These are her sons with drummer Phil Collins, and she or he spent Christmas with them in Switzerland the place Collins now lives.
Her son, then aged ten, was taken into non permanent emergency custody in April after she allegedly hit him over the pinnacle as a result of he wouldn’t give her the code to his cell phone.
Based on authorized papers filed on the time after a bodily confrontation with the boy ‘ then did vodka pictures till she handed out.
The complete message was posted in French. Orianne, who’s Swiss, met Phil Collins when she was employed as a translator on his tour and the couple had been married from 1999 to 2006.
Their divorce settlement was the biggest in UK showbiz historical past at £25 million, or $30 million.
In wrapping up a ‘catastrophic’ 2022, Cevey says her solely mates are her canine. She is pictured with considered one of them at a jewellery showcase final yr
After a surprising announcement that they had been collectively once more, Cevey and Collins purchased a $6million property in Miami in 2016
The luxurious property grew to become a part of the property battle between Cevey and Bates, along with her ex finally gained it in December 2021
She and Phil, 71, astonished the world once they introduced that they’d discovered love as soon as once more in 2016 and arrange dwelling in Miami, Florida – however they cut up once more in 2020.
Her submit runs: ‘We lastly come to the tip of this catastrophic yr. Positively one of many worst for me. Alone with my two trustworthy companions Billy and Tony. No husband for a very long time. He was there solely out of self-interest and determined to offer me a tough time. What trials and betrayals.
‘However the venom of my enemies won’t make me hand over. I’ll rise stronger and extra serene from my ashes. By no means once more will I be fooled and tricked! I perceive all of it too effectively.
‘I salute my pricey mates who supported me in these tough occasions, and gave me the will to dwell once more, to battle and to like myself for actual.
‘I’m so grateful and I really like you very a lot and once more a giant thanks to my sons Nic and Matt, my mom, to Francois and Loulou, to Olivier, Karen, Gilles, Lis, Valeria, Isabella, Claudio, Stacy, Kevin, Natalia, Sergio, Sophia, Massimo, Maria, Anthea and to all of you. I want you a really Joyful New Yr 2023! My half century classic!
‘To all our new moments of happiness and well being. To our iron friendship which endures towards every thing. I want you 365 unforgettable days. I really like you sincerely and with all tenderness I embrace you. By no means hand over!’
Cevey has been {accused} of home violence towards the son of her second-husband, Charles Mejjati (proper). The 2 are pictured collectively in 2014
In late April, Orianne was {accused} of battering her youngest son in an emergency safety order filed by his father, businessman Charles Mejjati.
Information filed by Mejjati on behalf of the kid stated that circumstances together with his mom had been ‘poisonous’ and he was granted a brief injunction for ‘safety towards home violence’ .
Paperwork claimed that Collins: ‘has dedicated acts of home violence towards the minor baby together with, however not restricted to, punching the kid at the back of the pinnacle and inflicting the kid to fall thus giving the kid a concussion and hematoma.’
After one confrontation ‘the Mom [then] received drunk on vodka pictures and handed out on the couch.’
This festive season, Orianne has been in Switzerland spending time along with her mom, Orawan, and a detailed buddy, inside designer Kevin Aron Saxon, who lately divorced his husband.
She proudly posted photos of herself with Nick and Matt, her sons by Collins. Nick, 21, is a drummer and performed on the current, closing Genesis tour as Phil Collins is unable to carry a drumstick resulting from spinal points and nerve injury. Matt, 18, attends a soccer academy in Switzerland.
