They splashed out more than $500,000 on a lavish wedding but after just four-and-a-half years of married life together, Jessica Ingham and Alex Macris have reportedly separated.
Friends of the couple told the Sydney Morning Herald the pair have quietly parted ways following the wedding and Great Gatsby-style reception in 2013.
Chicken heiress Ingham, who wore a strapless white gown with a floor-length veil, is the granddaughter of the late Jack Ingham, brother of billionaire chicken farmer Bob.
Macris is the brother of nightclub owner John Macris – a rival of the Ibrahim family.
Friends of the couple reportedly said that the pair have quietly parted ways
Jessica Ingham and Alex Macris have split after four-and-a-half years of marriage (pictured is their wedding in November 2013)
Guests dined on fish and chicken while drinking fine champagne from within a fortified marquee decorated with 45 crystal chandeliers
Beautiful bunches of pink, yellow, lilac and white roses and peonies were draped from the ceiling and tables
Their wedding day was packed with glam and luxury and impressed Sydney’s high society.
Guests dined on fish and chicken while drinking fine champagne from within a fortified marquee decorated with 45 crystal chandeliers on Bennelong Lawn, near the Opera House, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Flowers covered a four-tiered chocolate butter cream wedding cake from Adoremos Cakes of Five Dock and beautiful bunches of pink, yellow, lilac and white roses and peonies were draped from the ceiling and tables.
There was a New Year’s Eve-style fireworks display over the harbour and the bridal party travelled in a converted Rolls-Royce from the church service to the reception.
At the time, PR maven Roxy Jacenko, who was in attendance, billed the affair ‘by far one of Sydney’s best weddings by far!’
In 2014 Macris confessed in court to using his father Stelios, 75, as an unsuspecting drug mule to transport $13 million or 50 kilograms of methamphetamine oil in the back of a Ford Falcon station wagon, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald reported in May 2014.
Their wedding day was packed with glam and luxury, impressing Sydney’s high society
Ingham (pictured right) wore a strapless white gown with a floor-length veil
He admitted on the stand it was a ‘low, dog act’ to get his father involved, but never thought police would have pulled the elderly man over.
Macris’ family also have a long-running rivalry with the Ibrahim clan.
Macris brother John had been falsely linked to the drive-by shooting of Fadi Ibrahim in 2009.
Fadi Ibrahim, a Kings Cross identity and nightclub owner, was shot five times outside his luxury Castle Cove home, while seated in his Lamborghini.
Roxy has been a longtime friend of the Macris family, having dated Alex’s brother John, before becoming close with Ingham.
The Sydney publicist is regularly seen attending events with Ingham, in photos shared to Instagram.