Michael Clarke, Jade Yarbrough and Pip Edwards: Inside drama-filled days ... trends now
New Year's Day, 2023, dawned bright and beautiful in Sydney, but inside the seven-month romance between former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and girlfriend Jade Yarbrough trouble was already brewing.
Officially they were still a couple - although Jade was away in Aspen with her sister, Jasmine, and her husband, Karl Stefanovic.
On January 1, Michael was meant to be attending the customary star-laden event for Sydneysiders - the Bondi Icebergs party - with Jade, but instead turned up dateless.
Michael's previous girlfriend, Pip Edwards, was at the party, although the pair studiously avoided one another and didn't speak.
Jade Yarbrough and Michael Clarke (above last November at a Louis Vuitton launch) appeared to blossom as a couple, but it all began to unravel after the new year, culminating in a violent bust-up in a family park
How the drama unfolded when Jade Yarbrough, her sister and brother-in-law Jasmine and Karl Stefanovic and ex-cricketer Michael Clarke's Noosa getaway ended up in an ugly brawl captured on video in a local park
Michael Clarke and Pip Edwards (left) had an on-again off-again romance for two years before he moved on to Jade Yarbrough, pictured (right) jetting off with the ex-cricketer on romantic holiday together in July last year after just week of dating
However, their dual attendance didn't go unnoticed and Michael and Jade's separate plans over Christmas and New Year sparked rumours the pair's short-lived romance was over, or at least in trouble.
He was famously in an on-and-off relationship with P.E Nation founder Pip for almost two years after he ended his seven-year marriage to Kyly Clarke in 2019.
Pip Edwards (left) and Jade Yarbrough (right) appear relaxed alongside one another at TV presenter Darren McMullen's 40th birthday in Rose Bay in February last year
Rumours began to swirl after Jade Yarbrough spent the holiday season in Aspen with sister Jasmine (above, together in early January) instead of being by new beau Michael Clarke's side
Michael and Pip dated until December 2021, and despite both appearing at former TV presenter Darren McMullen's 40th birthday in February 2022 - where Jade was also a guest - the affair seemed finally to have run its course.
Pip and Jade were pictured looking calm and happy at the Rose Bay bash, and appeared to be getting on well.
In July 2022, Michael sparked up a romance with Jade and a close friendship grew between the couple, Jasmine and Karl.
The group went to Noosa for a summer getaway, and in photographs taken at the beach on January 7, it looked like the perfect holiday.
But it would only be days until a violent brawl broke out between Michael and Jade in a park after the group had dined at a local restaurant.
Here is the countdown to that now-infamous moment:
JANUARY 1
Ex-lovers Pip Edwards and Michael Clarke attend same New Year's Day party, 'actively avoiding' each other at Icebergs in Bondi Beach (above, Pip at Icebergs on January 1)
Michael Clarke, (second right at the front in black shirt) with New Year's Day revellers at Bondi Icebergs which he had been expected to attend with Jade Yarbrough, who was instead in Aspen
Ex-lovers Michael and Pip attend the annual New Year's Day party at Icebergs as rumours swirl about Jade's absence.
JANUARY 2-5
Karl and Jasmine return to Australia after breaks in Fiji, Los Angeles and Aspen with her mother, Cheryl.
The couple and their toddler daughter, Harper, Jade, Michael and his young daughter Kelsey Lee then travel up to Noosa.
Jade and Michael stayed at the $10m mansion of celebrity accountant Anthony Bell (above) in Noosaville, which has a private sandy beach, 45m frontage and solar-heated infinity pool
Jasmine and Karl Stefanovic own the Villa Isbella (above) at Sunshine Beach, a blissful 'piece of paradise' leased as a luxury rental
Jade and Michael are the guests of multi-millionaire accountant Anthony Bell at his $10m Noosaville mansion.
It is unclear whether Jasmine and Karl are staying at Bell's six-bedroom, six bathroom house or at their own Sunshine Beach home, Villa Isabella, which is often leased as a luxury rental.
JANUARY 7
Karl and Jasmine are pictured enjoying a swim at Noosa Main Beach with their daughter Harper alongside Jade, Michael and Kelsey Lee.
Jade and Michael look relaxed, with her laughing as they slap sunscreen on each other's backs and exchange jokes and poke fun at each other.
At one point, Jade shakes her finger naughtily at Michael, and the couple later walk casually along Noosa's Hastings Street with Kelsey in tow.
Jade Yarbrough looks relaxed and happy with Michael Clarke on Noosa's Main Beach as they holiday with Jasmine and Karl Stefanovic
The couple rub sunscreen into one another's backs on Noosa beach where they are staying at multi-millionaire accountant Anthony Bell's luxury mansion
It is not known if sometime later this day, Jade will exchange text messages or speak with Pip after seeing a text on Michael's phone.
In the text, Michael allegedly invited Pip to accompany him when he travels to India in February and March as a commentator on the Australian test cricket team's tour.
Jade will later throw the allegation at Michael during their fight, saying he messaged Pip 'You're the love of my life, come to India'.
Pip will later respond that
