BEN Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff have sold their family home for £1.75million following their split amid money troubles.
The couple, who have been together for the past 12 years, were living in a plush five-bedroom pad in Sywell, Northamptonshire, with their eight-year-old daughter Mila, with the house’s huge garden coming complete with a zipline.
The property, which was bought by the couple for £950,000 in 2016, was put up for sale last September after the pair admitted they were having trouble financially.
Just six months later, they’ve decided to call time on their relationship as they continue to sell some of their shared assets.
According to DailyMail, the pair have now successfully found a buyer for their home.
It’s believed the pair are over £1million in debt in their businesses, with Kristina previously explaining the pair had “invested everything we’ve ever had”; into their company Soo Yoga Group.
The couple, who met on the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing when Ben was still married to his wife Abby, had turned their wellness and fitness passions into companies.
However, their businesses have not filed their finances for the past four years.
The extent of their financial woes became public knowledge last September, when Kristina was hauled into court for driving without insurance.
During the appearance, Ben took to the stand and blamed her lack of insurance as human error on his part – and admitted they were both crippled with debts from their multiple businesses.
Paperwork later revealed Soo Yoga Group ran up debts of £488,470 and another of their fitness firms – Yoga Wellbeing Limited – had debts of £63,000.
Soo Greens Limited also racked up £54,000 of debts and fitness company Beyond Wellbeing was dissolved in 2022 with debts of £22,000.
Ben also quit as a company director of struggling web firm Silicon Networks in 2020 and the company is now in liquidation with debts of £275,000, including a £98,000 tax bill owed to HMRC.
Speaking in court last year, Ben became emotional as he spoke about the realities of their financial crisis, saying: “I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything – to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn.”;
Kristina was spared a driving ban in court due to “exceptional hardship”;, and shortly after the pair put their Northamptonshire home up for sale.
“There is only so much one couple can take,”; a friend explained.
“The financial problems Kristina and Ben were facing pushed them to the brink and it has been incredibly stressful for them.
“This was what properly broke them and ended the relationship.
“But their union hasn’t always been a bed of roses because of how they got together.
“With the amount of public jibes sent in their direction, their friends have commented that they think it’s amazing their relationship lasted for as long as it did.”;
