Gareth Bale buys £250,000 house for future sister-in-law

Bale and fiance Emma Rhys-Jones vowed to help after sister Katie left penniless
Her partner, Alex Williams, committed suicide when social services were called
Officials had concerns over their two children after they moved into a caravan

By Stewart Paterson For Mailonline

Published: 15:14 GMT, 19 February 2018 | Updated: 15:15 GMT, 19 February 2018

Soccer star Gareth Bale has bought a £250,000 house for his future sister-in-law after her partner killed himself.

Bale, 28, and his bride-to-be Emma Rhys-Jones have vowed to help after her sister Katie, 24, was left penniless by the tragedy.

Katie’s partner Alex Williams, 29, committed suicide after social services were called in over concerns about their two children.

A family friend said: ‘Gareth and Emma are deeply upset by what’s happened and determined to help Katie get back on her feet.

Katie’s partner Alex Williams (left, with Kate), 29, committed suicide after social services were called in over concerns about their two children

‘Gareth got on well with Alex – he couldn’t believe it when he died so tragically, he had everything to live for.’

Car salesman Alex left heartbreaking suicide notes on the back of photographs of his toddler daughter and baby son.

The inquest heard he was under tremendous stress while social services investigated health issues on both children.

Real Madrid superstar Bale, 28, once the World’s most expensive player, has dipped into his millions to help Katie and her two children.

Alexander Williams (pictured) was to become Gareth Bale’s brother-in-law in the summer

Although the couple were close to Gareth Bale and his fiancee Emma they rejected their materialistic lifestyle

A family source said: ‘They only ate organic food and put faith in things like crystals

The young family was living in a caravan at Bridgend, South Wales, when Alex took his own life last November.

Real Madrid superstar Bale, 28, once the World’s most expensive player, has dipped into his millions to help Katie and her two children.

The family friend added: ‘Gareth has bought her a lovely place in Cardiff and a nice Vauxhall Mocha to go with it.

‘He has two small children himself so the losing Alex so tragically has hit him hard.’

Father of Gareth Bale’s fiancée is jailed for six years in the US over shares scam and ordered to pay back £2.2m he stole from dozens of victims

It comes after the father of Gareth Bale’s fiancée was jailed for six years over a shares scam by a judge who said he was ‘motivated by greed and self-interest’.

Martin Rhys-Jones, the father of Emma Rhys-Jones, was told by US District Judge Elizabeth Wolford that he engaged in ‘fraud plain and simple’ during the three year Boiler Room operation.

Rhys-Jones was also ordered to pay back all £2.2million he made from his dozens of British victims.

During the hearing it emerged for the first time that one of the victims was a man from the UK with Alzheimer’s who was conned out of £300,000.

Rhys-Jones had pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering over the scam in which he and his associates sold worthless stocks at grossly inflated prices for three years.

Salesmen working for Rhys-Jones in Barcelona used high pressure tactics to tell customers they were buying regular shares – but they were actually restricted and worth practically nothing.

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