Actress Martine McCutcheon has reportedly been declared bankrupt, facing a fresh blow less than a year after her husband Jack McManus called it quits on their marriage.
The former EastEnders actress announced her split from Jack last August. At the time, she shared a statement, saying: “After much thought and consideration, Jack has decided it’s best for us to separate after 18 years together and I accept his decision.”
Martine, 49, and her ex-husband share a son, Rafferty, nine.
After the split, the couple put their marital home on the market for £1.5m. Before Christmas, the price was dropped to £1.25 million amid claims the couple were “pushing” to sell it. The house is said to have eventually sold for £1.35m in May.
Now, Martine has been hit with a further cash blow, with reports today (July 19) that she has been declared bankrupt.
According to the Mail, documents show that Martine filed a petition for her insolvency over a debt to a finance company.
The bankruptcy was issued in March at the County Court in Guildford, Surrey, following a petition filed by a company called LDF Finance, to whom she owed an unspecified sum of money.
In addition to this, her company Raven Music Ltd was also wound up last month at the request of HMRC due to unpaid tax bills, it’s claimed.
The most recent accounts for the company reveal that it owed more than £175,000 to the taxman, payable within the 12-month period after February 2022.
This is the second time the actress has been declared bankrupt, with the first instance occurring in 2013.
It’s now thought that Martine – who described her marriage break-up as “brutal” – has downsized and lives in a three-bedroom rented Victorian terraced home in Surrey.
The actress has not yet commented on the reports. Her last Instagram post was four weeks ago.
Back in June, she shared that she’d enjoyed a day out with Rafferty on the river at Hampton Court, captioning it: “Wow… I needed this more than even I thought!”
The popular star’s money troubles only add to her heartache. As well as her break-up, the star also lost her brother suddenly in 2022 and was recently diagnosed with ADHD. She also suffers from the chronic illness ME.
