Close friends have insisted high-flying love triangle couple Hollie Nasser and Charlie Aitken are still together despite vicious rumours claiming the pair have split.
Just two months after the couple first went public with their affair – which ended two marriages – Sydney society gossips have claimed their romance is on the rocks.
Ms Nasser, 36, was spotted alone with her two young children as they bought ice cream at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Friday, just days after Mr Aitken had also taken a solo stroll by the water’s edge.
Hollie Nasser (pictured) cut a slim figure in a pink one-piece bikini and designer sunglasses at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Ms Nasser, 36, was spotted alone with her two young children as they bought ice cream at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
Wealthy fund manager Charlie Aitken, 48 (pictured), took a solo stroll on Sydney’s Bondi Beach shirtless at Christmas
The socialite directed her children along the sand for a summer’s day treat of ice cream at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
The Newcastle-bred former medical research associate and qualified psychologist cut a slim figure in a pink one-piece bikini and designer sunglasses as she directed her kids along the sand for a summer’s day treat.
Sydney’s glitterati social set claim Mr Aitken is single again after he was spotted ‘beaming like a Cheshire Cat’ at Royal Sydney Golf Club in Rose Bay last weekend.
However sources close to the couple have dismissed the rumour and insist they are still together.
It’s the latest tumultuous moment in the rollercoaster romance that rocked Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.
The Newcastle-bred former medical research associate and qualified psychologist is seen with her Children at Bondi Beach holding an ice cream
Ms Nasser stops to chat with a local at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as she looks to keep a low profile following her high-profile marriage break down
Mr Aitken, 48, and Ms Nasser (pictured with her child) are now living together in a serviced apartment in Bondi Junction
Fallout from the high society relationship bust up turned even more sour when Ms Nasser (pictured with her children) took out a restraining order against her former partner
The Nassers and the Aitkens had been best friends on the Sydney social scene after Ms Nasser married wealthy investor and publican Christopher Nasser at a glittering ceremony in Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral.
Mr Nasser was a key investor and director of the Aitken’s wealth management company, until he resigned in early November when the illicit romance was revealed.
Mr Nasser also pulled about $7.5million in capital from the fund on his way out the door.
After leaving his wife Ellie – who had previously called Ms Nasser her best friend who she was ‘so lucky to have in my life’ – Mr Aitken, 48, and Ms Nasser moved in together at a serviced apartment in Bondi Junction late last year.
Fallout from the high society relationship bust up turned even more sour when Ms Nasser took out a restraining order against her former partner.
Mr Nasser’s high-powered lawyers is now in the process of trying to get the interim apprehended violence order thrown out with legal proceedings set to drag out for months.
It’s understood the grounds for the order are allegations of ‘general intimidation behaviour’ during the relationship.
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Mr Aitken and his wife Ellie (Pictured together on the right) had been long-time friends of the Nassers (pictured together on the left), and Mr Nasser was a director of the Aitken’s wealth management company
It’s understood she’s struggling with the sudden intense spotlight on her personal life.
‘Hollie just wants to move on with her life… Her priority is of course taking care of her two children,’ a friend of the family said.
‘She just wants to go back to being a mum to her two girls.’
Word of her relationship with Mr Aitken spread quickly through their tightknit circles on the eastern suburbs, ‘horrifying’ some who had been friends with both couples for years.
Police sought an AVO against Mr Nasser for his estranged wife Hollie (pictured together), who is now dating investment banker, Charlie Aitken
Mr Aitken issued a public statement confirming he’d separated from his wife and was now dating Ms Nasser.
Since confirming their romance, the couple have reportedly been trying to lay low for the sake of their former partners and children.
‘They’re very happy,’ a friend of the couple said.
‘They’d known each other and been friends a long time before this.’
Ellie Aitken, 42, and Charlie Aitken, 48, (pictured together) announced their split in November