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My boyfriend is facing jail for £65m Ponzi scheme but he looks good in prison uniform, says Made in Chelsea’s Victoria
MADE In Chelsea's Victoria Baker-Harber has vowed to stay with her jailed ex-fiance after joking he "looks good in prison uniform".
The reality TV star's ex-fiancé Inigo Philbrick was locked away for a multi-million pound art scam, and could now face 20 years behind bars.
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Victoria, 34, shocked fans when she returned to the popular E4 series with a newborn - baby girl Gaia Grace - in tow.
She had given birth to her first child after her ex Inigo, 34, had been locked up - revealing their baby had never met her father.
Inigo is currently facing 20 years in prison for his involvement in a £65million Ponzi scheme, scamming art collectors and investors.
The former Made In Chelsea star, dubbed in court as a "serial swindler", fled to a private island before he was caught by the FBI.
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A New York court hearing in November last year saw Inigo claim he carried out the scam after being swept up by drink and drugs.
Nonetheless, it hasn't shaken Victoria's feelings for her former beau, as she was heard explaining she would "wait" for him on MIC.
Sitting down with pal Tabitha Willett, the mother-of-one revealed that her relationship status with Inigo was "complicated".
"I don't think I'm really single - it's complicated," Victoria said. "He's incarcerated right now, like we're awaiting sentencing.
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"It's financial, white collar stuff. But unfortunately he's been held in a place where it's like maximum security."
Asked whether her daughter Gaia-Grace had "met her dad", Victoria added: "No. I've only seen him once since all of this happened and he was shackled. I don't really cry about it any more.
"He's Gaia's father and I owe it to her to, I don't know - to do my best. He is the kindest person I've ever know.
"He was always so willing to do anything for me, he would never fight with me and I'd be desperate for a fight. He brought out the best in me.
"He was so loyal, really funny. I just have to get through to the next part and I just am like, I can't wait for the day when I can finally have my little family together again."
Later in the episode, Victoria sat down with pal Mark Francis as she joked that her ex-fiance managed to look good in his prison uniform.
"I got there for the court case, which was quite daunting, then I went to see him properly two weeks later," she said of her visit to see Inigo.
"[Orange] is really not his colour, he was in a sort of khaki jumpsuit. It has a collar at least," she concluded.
£65million Ponzi scheme
Inigo was arrested by FBI agents on the pacific island of Vanautu after fleeing from authorities following allegations of a Ponzi scheme.
It has been claimed that even Baker-Harber, who gave birth to daughter Gaia-Grace in November 2020, did not know where he was hiding.
He was alleged to have sold the same artworks to multiple different investors, sometimes at inflated prices, to get money to buy others.
Documents shown in court suggested that Inigo had been abusing substances - which got worse as he worked within London's art scheme.
The Times reported how the art dealer had a reputation for "hard drinking", and would "often use illegal drugs".
Philbrick - who was born and raised in the US, moved to Britain to study at Goldsmiths at the University of London.
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The son of Harry Philbrick, a former museum director, and Jane - a Harvard-educted writer and artist - he began working at the White Cube gallery in London before making his own deals.
He opened Inigo Philbrick Gallery in Mayfair and a second branch in Miami before his fraudulent activities were uncovered in 2019.
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