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HAIRSTYLIST to the stars Kim Robinson yesterday claimed the deal which promised to turn his now-defunct business into a worldwide name has left him broke.

 'I don't have any money,' Mr Robinson, 40, told the Sunday Morning Post, adding that his bank had 'called in the loan' on his business and Shek O home.

 The celebrity stylist closed the hairdressing school and chain of four exclusive salons of Le Salon Orient Hong Kong on Friday, citing irreversible damage caused by the court battle over ownership shares and an injunction that barred him from the premises.

 The injunction was lifted last week after 22 days. The court battle over ownership resumes next month.

 'I've got friends who are helping me out,' said Mr Robinson, who has groomed the late Princess Diana, supermodel Naomi Campbell, actress Isabella Rossellini and Canto-pop star Anita Mui Yim-fong.

 He said he was now facing a string of heavy bills. 'I owe a lot of people a lot of money,' he said.

 Since his troubles flared, Mr Robinson said he had received commiseration letters, cards and phone calls from around the world.

 'It's as if I died,' he said. He has vowed to stay in Hong Kong to pick up the pieces.

 'I'm not planning on running away,' he said.

 Mr Robinson's business problems blew up in late March when lawyers entered his salon in Duddell Street, Central, to serve an injunction barring him from the premises.

 The injunction was taken out by businessman Edwin Hitti's Asia Wide Hotels and Resorts which says the hairdresser sold his shares in Le Salon Orient to Asia Wide last year.

 Mr Robinson, who denies selling his shares, said he was in the middle of styling former executive councillor Baroness (Lydia) Dunn's hair when he was served the court papers amid a media frenzy. 'It looked like the Gestapo coming. It was a nightmare.'  Mr Robinson said it was difficult to deal with the business and legal situation for 'someone like me who's not an aggressive businessman and is into making women look beautiful, feel beautiful'.

 Asia Wide could not be contacted for comment.



I'm broke: star stylist