David Walliams and ex-wife Lara Stone are still embroiled in High Court fight over money more than a year after their marriage ended 

  • Pair's five-year marriage closed by a family court more than a year ago
  • Now High Court judge is analysing arguments about division of assets 
  • David Walliams last year blamed his model wife's 'unreasonable behaviour'
  • They had married in 2010 at a ceremony at Claridge's hotel in London 

By Charlie Moore For Mailonline

Published: 14:45 EST, 7 November 2016 | Updated: 02:35 EST, 8 November 2016

Comedian David Walliams and his ex-wife Lara Stone are still embroiled in a High Court fight over money.

The pair's five-year marriage was drawn to a close by a family court judge more than a year ago.

Now a High Court judge is analysing arguments about the division of assets.

Comedian David Walliams and his ex-wife Lara Stone are still embroiled in a High Court fight over money 

Mr Justice MacDonald began considering evidence at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London on Monday.

He said the media could name Walliams and Stone - who were both in court - and report that a trial was taking place.

But he said no detail of evidence aired at the hearing - which is due to continue on Tuesday - could be revealed.

Walliams, 45, is best known for his comedy partnership with Matt Lucas.

Model Stone, 32, who was born in the Netherlands, recently played herself in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.

Judge Heather MacGregor drew the marriage to a close in September 2015 - when she granted a decree nisi at a hearing in the Central Family Court in London.

Walliams had launched divorce proceedings and paperwork showed that he had complained about Stone's 'unreasonable behaviour'.

They had married in 2010 at a ceremony at Claridge's hotel in London.

Walliams made a name for himself alongside Lucas in the BBC One comedy sketch show Little Britain.

He went on to become a judge on the ITV show Britain's Got Talent and has released a number of children's books.

The website models.com says Stone was discovered aged 12 and participated in the Elite Model Look competition when 15.

A website biography says she became the 'primary choice for editorials and advertising campaigns' after signing with the IMG agency a decade ago. 

Justin Bieber posed in a series of compromising positions with Miss Stone for the Calvin Klein campaign in 2015

David Walliams last year blamed his model wife's 'unreasonable behaviour' for the breakdown of their five-year marriage.

The comedian, 44, finalised his divorce in September 2015 in a court hearing lasting just 60 seconds.

The couple, who reportedly have a combined wealth of almost £19million, separated six months prior, shortly after Miss Stone appeared half-naked in a risque photo shoot alongside singer Justin Bieber, 22.

Bieber, who posed in a series of compromising positions with Miss Stone for the Calvin Klein campaign, was widely reported to have asked the mother-of-one out on a date during the making of the adverts – apparently not realising she was married – and to have been turned down by her.

Another set of pictures published around the same time saw the model in an equally raunchy encounter with Fifty Shades of Grey actor Jamie Dornan.

After Miss Stone and Walliams began a trial separation in March, sources said Britain's Got Talent judge Walliams was 'devastated' by his wife's decision to leave their family home.   

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