";s:4:"text";s:3761:"Over the last two years, his brother has made him a series of valuable gifts – a penthouse overlooking Hyde Park worth £160m, a £95m Chelsea townhouse and £10m in cash. He is less financially successful. The former Monaco tax exiles are known as the “brothers bling” for their high-rolling lifestyles: the silk carpeted private jet, the Candyscape yachts and the Swiss watch collection. Candy & Candy design clients include pop star Kylie Monigue, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and Indian steel tycoons the Mittals. It is Holyoake’s case that over the course of the following two years, the Candys used threats and a series of 44 separate loan agreements to pressure him into repaying £37m on a £12m borrowing, that they tried to “steal” the development from him in lieu of repayment, and that they forced him to forgo profits. One account relates to an attack on Steven Smith, an accountant and key Candy adviser in his role as head of corporate finance at CPC.Smith walks with a stick, having suffered serious injuries when armed men broke into his property. Based in Fort Lauderdale Florida, the yachting capital of the world with access to state of the art marinas as well as the latest products. Lyons net worth is US$ 600 million. “It said if we called the police or called any private investigators, members of – ourselves or my family - would have injuries.” Police officers were assigned to trail him, check his cars, and simulate a secure drop. He is a London based property investor, now residing in the Bahamas.
Billionaires have denied allegations of threats and extortion that emerged in case brought by former friend Mark HolyoakeThere is a saying in the property world: “You only deal with Candy & Candy once”. More.