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FormerloverFadiFawazis accusedoftrashingthesinger’sLondonhome
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down on George Michael’s Australian
ex-boyfriend, Fadi Fawaz, who was
dramatically arrested for trashing the late
singer’s London mansion. Police swooped on
Michael’s lavish $9 million pad overlooking
Regent’s Park on July 23 after neighbours
reportedly spied a topless Fawaz, 46,
standing on the roof.
The hairdresser, who grew up in Brisbane,
had been ‘squatting ’ at Michael’s home since
the Wham! singer’s death in December 2016,
refusing to leave – much to the chagrin of
Michael’s family. He has vowed he will only
leave the home “in a box”.
Police told The Sun the inside of the home
had “extensive damage”. “Due to the damage
inside the property, the London Fire Brigade
attended,” a spokesman for the Metropolitan
Police said. Fawaz was arrested on suspicion
of aggravated criminal damage.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” a source
told The Sun of the alleged damage to the home.“Everyfixtureandfitting,everydoorand
window, everything George left in there – it’s
all completely destroyed. Even the toilets and
sinks have been smashed.
“There’s major damage to the walls and
even the ceilings. This can’t have happened in
just one night.” The home was, for all intents
and purposes, uninhabitable, according to
the source.
Previously, Fawaz was photographed on the
balcony of the house smoking a cigarette. A
broken window, he said, was due to renovations
he was undertaking on the house. But there is
clearly more to the story.
Earlier this year, it was revealed Fawaz had
been left out of Michael’s $172 million will.
Michael’s sisters, Melanie and Yioda
Panayiotou, will get an equal share of all the
singer’s major assets. This includes his two
London homes.
Michael, who was 53 when he passed away,
and Fawaz were on-off lovers for several years
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Fawaz is alleged
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