Michelle Mone's ex-husband to become dad again with woman blamed for wrecking marriage

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Michelle Mone’s ­former husband is to become a father again – with the woman the bra boss blamed for wrecking their marriage.

Businessman Michael Mone, 55, and wife Samantha, 40, are expecting their first child together on August 1 and said they are overjoyed. ­Samantha posted a photo on social media, showing off her bump.

Michael, who has three grown-up children with the controversial Tory peer ­confirmed Samantha was expecting, adding: “We are absolutely delighted, as you can imagine.”One of his friends said: “Michael has taken a lot of flak over the years and he deserves to be happy.”Michael and Michelle, now 50, were married for 20 years, ­founding the Ultimo ­lingerie firm in 1997, which became a global brand ­and was valued at £50million in 2010.But she accused Michael of starting a relationship with Samantha, the ­company’s then designer, while they were still together.

The couple denied her claims.In her autobiography after they divorced, Michelle told how she spiked Michael’s coffee with laxatives and trashed his Porsche.Michelle later took control of Ultimo and their parent firm MGM International but sold the business in 2014.Michael, now a funeral firm managing director, wed Samantha in Aberdeenshire in 2015, with his eldest son Declan as best man.The same year Michelle was made a ­Baroness and appointed as an adviser to David ­Cameron’s Tories on ­business start-ups in ­disadvantaged ­communities.She wed Scots ­billionaire ­Doug ­Barrowman in 2020.But she has recently been embroiled in a police ­investigation into multi­million-pound ­Government contracts to ­supply surgical gowns and masks to the NHS.Isle of Man-based PPE Medpro – set up by Mone associate Anthony Page – was given two controversial