Joey Barton Faces Financial Collapse, Legal Battles

0:00On March 21st, former Premier League midfielder Joey Barton is staring down financial collapse after racking up legal bills around 1 million pounds. From a series of lost court battles, he's currently locked up on remand after a judge denied him bail yesterday over an alleged golf club fight that has him charged with grievous bodily harm. Adding to his troubles, Barton just got hit with a $339,000-pound damages order this month for nasty online comments. Comparing soccer-pundit Annie Aluco to a notorious criminal, he also owes hefty legal costs from broadcast of Jeremy Vines' successful defamation suit over similar social media tax. The fallout has crushed his business ventures with his promotions company down 76,000 pounds and his energy firm saddled with 1.8 million pounds in unpaid loans. Past tax dodges through failed film investments have left him owing the government even more. Now his team is pushing appeals on the Vine and Aluco rulings, plus a separate suspended

1:02sentence for assaulting his wife. His co-definite in the golf club case, a 50-year-old man, made bail while Barton stays behind bars. As these legal fights drag on, Barton's once lucrative career looks set for a rough road ahead, with debts piling up and freedom on hold.