As the press awaits a statement from cricketer Michael Clarke about his relationship with model Lara Bingle, it has emerged that she probably knew that AFL’s Brendan Fevola was already married before she started seeing him in 2006. The revelation has been made by former footy star Dermott Brereton. He claims that whilst enjoying a night out Bingle came to him and asked his opinion on a man she had just met. It turned out that the man was Fevola. When Bingle asked if he had a girlfriend Brereton claims that he said no, but the woman standing beside him is his wife.

Clarke’s and Bingle’s troubles started after Fevola released a photograph he had taken of Bingle in the nude. Bingle has since exacerbated things by giving an interview with a popular woman’s magazine, a move that is said to have angered the cricketer. Although meeting up to talk on Tuesday, the couple are now separate. Clarke is staying in the couple’s Bondi Beach apartment and Bingle is staying with a friend, Hermione Underwood.

Clarke has apparently been consulting lawyers about what will happen to his fortune if the couple separate. Because the pair have been engaged for two years the relationship will be treated as a marriage. However Bingle will have to prove that she contributed significantly if she expects to get her hands on a portion of Clarke’s assets. If it does all fall apart at least she will walk away with a very large engagement ring and the Aston Martin Clarke bought her.