TOWIE star Jake Hall was battling crippling debts of nearly £1.5million before his tragic death in Majorca last week.
The 35-year-old reality TV personality was found dead in an Airbnb after accidentally running through a single-glazed glass door.
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Jake Hall was found dead in Majorca last week Credit: Shutterstock
Hall was reportedly struggling with high levels of debt prior to his death Credit: James Shaw
It has now emerged the artist had been struggling financially after his fashion company collapsed, according to the Daily Mail.
Companies House shows his business, Prevu London Limited, went into liquidation in 2025 owing around £1.49million.
The company reportedly owed £181,581 to HMRC, as well as a £1.1million loan to an Essex-based property business.
Prevu London also racked up hundreds of thousands of pounds in debts to other unnamed creditors.
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Hall remained the sole director of the company until his death.
One close friend claimed Jake “wanted to live like Cristiano Ronaldo but had the budget of a Towie star”.
“There was a point when Jake was on the show when he had the world at his feet,” the friend said.
“He suddenly had loads of money and his business went well but that had not been the case more recently.
“He would put up a big front but the money wasn’t there any more.”
In the wake of the tragedy, Jake’s devastated family travelled to the Spanish island and visited a sculpture he unveiled there last month.
His father Greg shared a photograph of himself standing beneath the artwork alongside Jake’s mother and younger brother.
“Thank you so so much for all your love. Visited our Son’s sculpture yesterday,” he wrote.
Hall also owed £1.1million to a property business in Essex Credit: Can Nguyen
An autopsy is now ongoing to determine if drugs or alcohol played a role in his death Credit: Jake Hall/Cover Images
Close friend David Gomez said the former ITV star had recently returned to Majorca to focus on his artwork.
Jake arrived at the villa in Santa Margalida, in the north of the island, on Tuesday morning.
It is believed he later went out in Palma before returning to the property with two men and three women, all thought to be in their twenties.
The group reportedly continued partying and playing music until around 7.15am, when neighbours heard a loud crash.
Jake is believed to have mistaken the closed patio door for an open exit to the pool area and accidentally ran straight into the glass.
The single-glazed door, fitted with wooden frames, shattered instantly on impact.
Suffering severe head injuries and deep cuts from shards of glass lodged in his neck and chest, Jake collapsed immediately as friends desperately screamed for help.
Neighbour Rafael, 70, rushed to the villa after hearing the commotion.
“His friends were in the street shouting ‘help, help’ and that their friend had an accident,” he told the Daily Mail.
“He was badly cut all over his body, especially on his arms. He was topless but someone had placed a t-shirt over his body.
“He also had glass shards lodged in his neck and chest. There was a big red mark on his head.
“It looked like he ran through the glass patio door thinking it was open but in reality it was closed.
“I tried to see if there was anything I could do to help save him but there was sadly no sign of life. He was not breathing and I could feel no pulse.”
Emergency services – including Guardia Civil – arrived by 7.30am but were unable to save him.
Police later confirmed there was no sign of “criminal activity” and said the death appeared to be a tragic accident.
An autopsy is now underway to determine whether drugs or alcohol may have played a role in the incident.
Footballer and model Jake leaves behind the mother of his child Misse Beqiri who he had an on-off relationship with since 2016.
The couple share a daughter, River, who was born in November 2017.
