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If their son can’t pay up they decide to knock on daddy’s door

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knock on daddy’s door. He’s sure to pay up to save his l ad getting i n even worse bother than hee already is.” Smith said: “Th Thesehese people aren’t like the ni niceice mmen men in suits at Barclays – th thei theiri it interest t rates come from La L La Land and non-payment is notno an option. If the lender can can’t pay, it can get very, very serious and we’re notno talking county c court here, more lik like A&E.” SmithSm has turnedturn his back on crime after spending time in jail and says he is now “more of a mediator, a as opposed to an enfor enforcer.” He works as a legal debt colle collector and describes himself as “cheaper than a solicitor and quicker t han a c ounty c ourt ju judgement.”

He is now about to star in a ne new Channel 4 documentar­y The Bare Knuckle Fight Club and has signedi d th the rightsih to his life story to a top US screenwrit­er, who wants to turn his life into a Hollywood movie.

Smith met the football manager, a popular household name, and agreed to sort out the problem. He told Smith he had cut off his son’s allowance after he had cost him £1million over five years.

He said he had turned to loan sharks in a bid to fund a new business venture, which had gone wrong.

Smith said: “He’s probably f***** up a thousand times in his life, but this time he excelled himself.

“Like a f****** idiot, he hooked up with some bad men in Manchester and borrowed £100,000 to get his plans up and running – 12 months in and, sure enough, he was in the s***. He had money coming in, but the interest on the loan is a f****** disaster – he handed over £200,000 already and now they

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