GARETH Bale’s fiancee has snubbed her dad as he faces ten years in jail over a £2.2 million scam.
Wag Emma Rhys-Jones, 25, who got engaged to Welsh footie ace Bale last month, declined to speak up for fraudster Martin, 52, before his sentencing in New York next week.
Relatives said she found it “extremely hard” that he was abroad so much as she grew up.
Martin admitted money laundering as part of a fiddle in which worthless stocks were sold to 250 victims in Canada, America and the UK.
His father Robert, mother Grace, daughter Charlotte, son Robert Jr and cousin Brian Adams have all written to the judge asking for leniency, US court papers show.
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Martin has been ordered to hand back £2.2 million to his victims after a plea deal with US prosecutors which could see his jail time reduced.
In an emotional appeal to the judge, Martin said that while in prison he has missed the birth of three of his grandchildren and will almost certainly miss a fourth, who is due in September.
He said he was “very much looking forward to meeting these new family members”, including Alba Violet and Emma’s other child with Real Madrid star Bale, Nava Valentina, five months.
In a letter he wrote: “I was responsible for convincing many individuals to invest using high pressure sales tactics…my main focus was on securing sales at whatever cost and for that I am truly sorry.
“I was living life at high speed and if I’d only stopped to consider the damage I was doing on so many levels I would never have gotten involved with the business in the first place.”
Rhys-Jones disputes the claims by prosecutors that he has squirrelled away the £2.2 million he made from the scam.
He claims that his profit was only £385,000 and that he lost half of that in a failed restaurant.
He claims that before his arrest he was “struggling to make ends meet” and had to pawn his £2,300 watch which was his last remaining asset.
He added: “I deeply regret my past decisions that caused other so much pain and loss.”
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