BBC Strictly Come Dancing star resorts to selling topless photos amid money woes

A BBC Strictly Come Dancing star has resorted to flogging topless photos online. Ben Cohen is flogging topless photos online after the 46-year-old former England rugby union international opened up about his money troubles, according to reports.

Ben has been promoting his new 2025 calendar on social media. He posed for 12 topless snaps and has personally signed by each one and is selling the calendars through a website link on his social media channels and Instagram page, at £32.95 a pop.

In September Ben told a court he is "fighting to save his home and relationship" with ex-Strictly Come Dancing star fiancée Kristina Rihanoff. The BBC pro and Russian ballroom dancer, 46, was caught driving her Audi Q3 without insurance in Horsemarket, Northampton, on April 4.

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The former England rugby player gave an emotional account of how he was ‘overdrawn’ and ‘fighting not to lose everything’ at Northampton Crown Court. Mr Cohen alluded to difficulties in their relationship telling the court: "I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything – to lose my cars and my house and my relationship."

Rihanoff, 46, who appeared under the name Kristina Pchenitchnykh, was caught driving her 72-plate Audi Q3 in Horsemarket, Northampton, on April 4 this year. She subsequently pleaded guilty at a magistrates’ court hearing in June and was given six points on her licence.

Because she already had six points, she would have faced disqualification. Rihanoff’s barrister Michael Mulkerrins said: “Did the fact there were some issues between you personally effect the day to day finances?”

"We’re still living together,” replied Mr Cohen. "We’re in it financially. We’re in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is just another problem for me to deal with.

"I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything – to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn. I’ve got credit cards that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a business debt because of Covid.

"It’s just another problem.”