Jermaine Jenas has put his family home up for sale, 18 months after being dismissed from his £190,000-a-year BBC role for sending inappropriate texts to female colleagues. The six-bedroom property near Barnet, North London, is listed at £4.95 million and features an indoor swimming pool, sauna, steam room, gym, cinema room, and playroom.
Jenas, 43, bought the house for £2.8 million in 2006 and lived there with his wife Ellie, 37, and their children. However, the couple split after his cheating scandal emerged in August 2024. Jenas has since registered his new company Coldline Ltd at a £3 million terraced house in Hampstead, though he is not believed to be living there.
Following the scandal, Jenas admitted sending suggestive messages to two female colleagues on The One Show and apologised. He said his wife was 'absolutely raging' and kicked him out of the bedroom. He also confessed to lying to her during a family holiday in Marbella, where he secretly took a Zoom call with BBC bosses about the messages.
In March last year, Ellie announced their marriage was over in an Instagram post, saying they would remain friends and co-parent their four children. Jenas also has an older daughter from a previous relationship. At the time, his father said Jenas was 'battling to save his marriage' and knew he had hurt his family.
Jenas had been considered a rising star at the BBC and was touted by Gary Lineker as a future Match of the Day host. However, his fall from grace left his TV career 'wiped out'. Ellie later launched her own business, Preppy Skin, and described the scandal as 'incredibly difficult', adding that her focus was on their children.
