Cheryl Cole`s former bodyguard claims she owes him $113,000
The `Promise This` hitmaker hired Craig Balkam for three months when she moved to the US to work on `The X Factor` but the burly American claims he hasn`t been paid for any of his time.
And Craig`s claims come shortly after it was revealed Cheryl is suing `X Factor` bosses over her sacking from the show - with her lawsuit including a request for "reimbursement" for the cost of her personal security.
Craig, 43, is said to have told a friend: "She`s got a lot of nerve - she`s ignored all my requests for payment. She has around $45 million in the bank and could pay me tomorrow with a click of her fingers, but is refusing to."
His pal added to The Sun newspaper: "Craig would have taken a bullet for that girl. He can`t believe what`s happened."
Craig is believed to be consulting a lawyer over the possibility of taking legal action against the 29-year-old beauty.
In her legal application last week, Cheryl - who was axed from the show just days into the first auditions last year - said she signed a `Pay or Play` contract with production company Blue Orbit, who run the show, in April 2011 and was assured that she would receive $2 million for the second season of the show - even if she wasn`t to appear on the judging panel again.
Cheryl also states in her 11-page lawsuit that she is owed further expenses, such as a $100,000 wardrobe allowance, a stylist at $25,000 and $15,000-per-month for every hotel she stayed at in Los Angeles, California, during the filming of the show.
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