Who’s Motsi Mabuse’s ex-husband Timo Kulczak and why is the Strictly decide ‘being threatened with jail time’?

Motsi Mabuse has been an everyday on TV screens for years from her rise to fame on the German present Lets Dance to her position on Strictly Come Dancing‘s judging panel. 

This week it was reported that the skilled dancer has been ‘threatened with jail’ by her ex-husband Timo Culczak, 46. 

Motsi, 42, who divorced Timo in 2014, is being sued by her former husband for £70,000 and has refused to settle the settlement, that means that the case will go to court docket.

However who’s Timo and why is he suing his ex-wife? Right here, MailOnline takes a take a look at their relationship historical past. 

That is the whole lot you might want to find out about Motsi Mabuse’s ex-husband Timo Kulczak…

Motsi Mabuse, 42, has been an everyday on TV screens for years however this week it was reported that the skilled dancer has been ‘threatened with jail’ by her ex-husband Timo Culczak, 46, (pictured collectively in 2013)

However who’s Timo and why is he suing his ex-wife? Right here, MailOnline takes a take a look at their relationship historical past. That is the whole lot you might want to know…

Who’s Timo Kulczak and the way did he meet Motsi? 

Timo was born in Aschaffenburg in Germany in 1977. 

The previous couple met in 1999 on the British Open Championships in Blackpool. Motsi then moved from South Africa to Germany on the age of 18 to be with him. 

She married her past love when she was simply 22 years outdated. 

Nonetheless, their relationship fell aside after they stopped dancing collectively, regardless of the couple beforehand successful two German championships collectively.

Motsi broke off their 11-year marriage in 2014, when she informed him she was ‘leaving’ throughout a vacation to Thailand. 

Why is Motsi been threatened with jail time?

Strictly decide Motsi has reportedly been threatened with jail by her ex-husband Timo over claims she made in her autobiography that he was controlling throughout their 11-year marriage.

It was reported in April this 12 months that the German dancer was suing his former wife for £70,000 after she informed how Timo restricted her entry to cash and even dictated what she ate in her memoir, Discovering My Personal Rhythm, which was launched in September 2022.

Motsi has since refused to settle the settlement, that means that the case will go to court docket.

Timo is allegedly asking the court docket to jail the TV decide for as much as six months or superb her £250,000 if she had been to repeat her beforehand made claims, the Sun reported.

Timo’s lawyer Samy Hammad stated: ‘Ms Mabuse is refusing to pay, and so the court docket now has to determine.

‘All we simply need her to do is to retract the untruths printed about him, and to compensate him accordingly.

‘My consumer’s status has repeatedly been trashed.

‘You need to threaten a penalty saying in case you do it once more, that is what I would like when it comes to cash, or when it comes to the jail sentence,’ he informed the publication.

Again in April it was reported that the writ said Motsi should cease ‘implying that the plaintiff made the defendant endure throughout their marriage’.

Whereas it additionally instructions that she states ‘publicly the statements printed within the guide and cited press stories are unfaithful’.

It’s stated that the lawsuit has been filed at Offenburg Regional Courtroom in Germany and as a German citizen, Motsi was not allowed to ignore it.

A spokesperson for Motsi stated: ‘No such written court docket order exists – it’s categorically unfaithful that our consumer faces imprisonment almost about her former husband’s civil lawsuit, or {that a} superb, which might solely be payable if our consumer culpably violates a court docket order, can be greater than a nominal quantity. 

‘There is no such thing as a authorized foundation for this lawsuit. To reiterate, our consumer reserves all rights on this matter.’ 

In November, Timo hit again at Motsi’s claims, accusing her of fabricating the story with a purpose to ‘push guide gross sales’, whereas claiming they’ve even been in pleasant contact since their divorce. 

He informed The Sun: ‘She did one thing dangerous to me and my household and I am unable to settle for that. Now I’ve reached a degree whereby I can’t simply let issues stand as they’re when one thing is put on the market in public and it’s merely not true.

‘I’m deeply disillusioned and damage. Wanting again, I keep in mind an excellent and optimistic and comfortable time that merely can’t be in comparison with a number of the claims about me which have now come to mild.

‘I used to be a loving and caring husband who was at all times by her facet at any time, when she wanted assist. I do not really feel I used to be controlling, I see all of what I did as organising and being useful to her.’

Ex: The previous couple met in 1999 on the British Open Championships in Blackpool. Motsi then moved from South Africa to Germany on the age of 18 to be with him (pictured in 2001)

Claims: In her guide, Motsi claimed her tough relationship with Timo held her again professionally. He’s suing her for £70,000 for ‘trashing his status’ 

What did she say about him in her guide? 

In her guide, Motsi claimed her tough relationship with Timo held her again professionally as he refused to let her open a dance college.

The TV character stated Timo took cost of her funds, paying her an allowance from what she earned from her TV appearances and dance lessons. 

She claimed Timo selected what they ate and refused to separate up from her when she spoke to him about it.

Motsi wrote in her guide: ‘Timo and I went to Thailand, and I informed him, as soon as and for all, that I used to be leaving. We fought on daily basis, however I refused to again down this time.’

Their relationship fell aside after they stopped dancing collectively, regardless of the couple beforehand successful two German championships collectively.

Timo additionally declined her requests to have a child and open a dance college collectively, in keeping with Motsi.

Motsi moved to Germany to be with Timo on the age of 18 however realised she was not in love with him on the time: ‘I wasn’t in love with Timo any extra — and I hadn’t been for some time.’

The couple finally divorced in 2014 and Motsi went on to marry her Ukrainian husband Evgenij Voznyuk in 2017.