His ex-wife, Nicola Johnson, is British-born.[1][2] She has accused him of tax evasion in France.[3] Takieddine owns Warwick House in London's Holland Park district via a company in the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands.[7] In 2013 Takieddine was denied entry to the United Kingdom following an "allegation of fraud" and was forced by British police to return to France.[8]