NW Magazine — Issue 29 2017

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J & Stavros

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Jess and Stavros

(pictured here in 2015)

haven’t been

photographed

together since

February last year

IS OF F!

The Aussie model’s

left Hart-broken as

her long-time love

gets cold feet...

D

espite reportedly

getting engaged

in 2014, Jess Hart

admitted at the

time that her

wedding to billionaire beau

Stavros Niarchos III wouldn’t

be happening “any time soon”.

But now it seems it will never

happen at all, with an insider

telling NW that the Aussie

model has all but been dumped

at the altar. Our hearts!

Indeed, we’re told that the

nuptials have not only been

nixed, but that Jess – who’s

been spied countless times

without her engagement ring

over the past three

months – and Stav are

done for good. Oh no!

“You’ve got to feel

sorry for poor Jess,”

says the insider,

adding that the

Sydney-born babe

is crushed and

feeling “absolutely

humiliated” by

the break-up.

“She’d mapped

out her entire

future around Stavros and

now she feels like he totally

led her on. She genuinely

loves that man... she wanted

to have babies with him and

he made out that he was on

the same page. Why else

would he propose to her?”

Now, we hear Jess –

who’s been with Stav since

2010, happily shacking up

with him in New York – is

convinced that the reason

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cold on her is that he met

someone else.

“It’s the only logical

explanation,” explains the

insider. “Jess knew he had

a womanising past when they

got together, but she thought

it was actually a bonus that

he’d already sown his wild

oats. He certainly said he’d

got it all out of his system

and wanted a family now.”

No doubt that was a big plus

for Jess, 31, who’s admitted

she’d love to “have a big happy

family” one day.

But according to the insider,

Jess suspected her fairytale

was slowly coming apart at the

seams after Stavros, 32, started

stalling on setting a wedding

date and leaving her to

organise all the details.

“She’s had most of the

wedding planned for over

six months – she was just

waiting for him to agree on

a date, but there was always

an excuse,” says our insider

“She’s furious she’s wasted

so many years on him, whe

in the end he was nothing

more than a playboy who

refused to change.”

Well, as they say, a leopar

can’t change its spots! And

before he settled down with

Jess, the Greek shipping

heir boasted numerous

celeb notches on his belt,

including Paris Hilton,

Lindsay Lohan and

Mary-Kate Olsen.

And while insiders say

Stavros’s family were

starting to wonder

whether Jess might be

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him, it turns out he’s just

not the marrying kind.

“His parents put

pressure on him to settle

down, but it’s just not for

him,” says the insider.

However, a second

source seems to believe

that Jess was partly to blame

for the relationship falling

apart. Way to kick a girl

when she’s down!

“I think once they got

engaged, Jess changed in

a way that really turned Stav

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take much for him to walk,”

spills the pal. “He’s not the

type to be told what to do –

about anything.” ■

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Jess was sans

ring at the polo

in New Jersey

last month