ben cohen's mother in law is due in court after allegedly harassing the former rugby player following his split from her daughter felicity bassouls, 67, was outspoken in her criticism of cohen   labelling him a 'disrespectful bully'   after he broke up with abby late last year amid rumours of an affair with his strictly come dancing partner kristina rihanoff the athlete and activist, who was part of england's 2003 world cup winning squad, had been married to abby for 11 years and the couple have twin daughters scroll down for video  due in court: felicity bassouls (left), 67, labelled cohen (right) a 'disrespectful bully' when he split with her daughter abby late last year  rumour: rihanoff (pictured) and cohen both vehemently deny that any sort of romantic relationship took place  mrs bassouls is due in court this month accused of bombarding cohen with calls and emails, the sun reports a northampton police spokesperson told the paper: 'a 67 year old woman has been summonsed to appear before northampton magistrates court on wednesday, march 18, to face allegations of harassment' it was in september that mrs bassouls branded cohen a 'bully' and called his behaviour 'disrespectful' at the time, the daily express reported she said: 'i cannot believe what ben cohen has written   i am afraid to say, when you are a celebrity and in the limelight, you have to treat people with the same respect that you expect from the public marriage ended: ben cohen and his abby (pictured together in 2003) announced their split in september last year after 11 years of marriage  cohen, pictured with his and abby's twin daughters harriette and isabelle, on tv show big star's little star  'i have experienced a great deal of bullying from you myself your behaviour has been so disrespectful and very intimidating not just to myself but my husband also' news of the couple's split was linked to rumours between cohen and his strictly come dancing partner kristina rihanoff   fuelled by the pair's on screen chemistry and steamy routines on the 2013 show both have vehemently denied that any sort of romantic relationship took place cohen met his wife in 1995, at the age of 17, and the couple married in 2003 before having their daughters in 2008 the couple's public statement in september read: 'ben and abby cohen have agreed to take time apart to deal with some marital issues but remain fully committed to the welfare of their children 'there is no third party involved, and ben and abby now ask that their privacy and that of their family be respected at this difficult time' partnership: ben cohen and kristina rihanoff perform the rumba on strictly come dancing in october 2013  their split is the latest in a long list of post strictly break ups susanna reid split from the father of her three children following her appearance on the hit show, and rachel riley   made her split from her husband known in november   when they called time on their relationship, post dancing appearance cohen's on screen chemistry with kristina rihanoff, sometimes known as ‘the siberian siren', was widely noted in the 2013 show she is extremely fond of the rugby star, calling him ‘the sweetest guy in the world’ soon after they met rihanoff became romantically involved with joe calzaghe after the pair were partnered together in 2009 the boxer dumped his model girlfriend for rihanoff and the two entered a relationship, eventually splitting in 2013 steamy routines: cohen's on screen chemistry with kristina rihanoff, sometimes known as ‘the siberian siren', was widely noted in the 2013 show  rihanoff became romantically involved with joe calzaghe after the pair were partnered together in 2009  leading the boxer dumped his model girlfriend  sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
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felicity bassouls to appear in court this month charged with harassment  she is alleged to have bombarded cohen with calls and emails last year  in september, her daughter abby's marriage to the rugby star ended  he denied rumours split was linked to strictly co star kristina rihanoff 