‘I have $1.95 in my bank account’: Melissa Caddick’s hairdresser and DJ husband reveals he has been left BROKE after she disappeared from their $6 million mansion after being accused of swindling investors
- Melissa Caddick’s husband reveals her disappearance has left him broke
- In court document, Anthony Koletti reveals he had just $1.95 in the bank
- Fears he may not be able to pay for basics and for his step-son’s schooling
Melissa Caddick (pictured) vanished from her family home on November 12 and hasn’t been seen for more than a month
Missing Melissa Caddick’s husband Anthony Koletti has revealed he was left with just $1.95 in his bank account following his wife’s disappearance, court documents said.
In an affidavit tendered to the Federal Court and obtained by Daily Mail Australia, Mr Koletti reveals Ms Caddick going missing has left him in dire financial straits.
Lawyers for Ms Caddick’s brother, Adam Grimley, have argued that a court must let Mr Koletti and his son to access Ms Caddick’s funds so they can pay for their living expenses.
Up until this point they have been allowed $800-per-week under the terms of a court order freezing Ms Caddick’s assets – but distressed investors have opposed moves for Ms Caddick’s family to use more money.
Mr Koletti, a hairdresser and music producer, provided the court with a screenshot of his bank balance as of December 4, showing the $1.95 in his bank account three weeks after Ms Caddick vanished.
Mr Koletti provided this screenshot to the Federal Court
‘I was last employed on a part time basis as a hairdresser until the Covid-19 lockdown commenced in or about late March 2020,’ Mr Koletti told the court.
He stopped working at Joh Bailey’s Bondi Junction salon to reduce the coronavirus risk to the family but, as Ms Caddick was the breadwinner, he now has no income.
Ms Caddick vanished from the family’s $6million Dover Heights home on November 12 and has not been seen since.
She was under investigation by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission for misappropriating up to $40million of investors’ funds.
Mr Koletti told the Federal Court he was concerned that if he wasn’t paid living expenses, basic utilities may be cut off and ‘food and health requirements jeopardised’.
His teenage step-son’s schooling could be affected too, the court was told.
Mr Koletti said he had only one Commonwealth Bank account and provided a further statement, from December 6, backing up his claims.
Ms Caddick’s brother-in-law Adam Grimley has argued Mr Koletti and his step-son’s expensive were significantly beyond $800 a week.
The clan were granted a new interim allowance during a Federal Court hearing on Thursday, but the amount was not disclosed in court.
ASIC’s lawyers has previously described as ‘staggering’ a $4,880 figure requested by Mr Grimley, but a court heard that included mortgage expenses for Ms Caddick’s parents.
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