LOVE Island star Kady McDermott has a secret boyfriend outside the villa who faces jail for money laundering more than £350,000.
Despite going on the ITV show as a single person looking for love, Kady has been dating Liam Greer for more than a year, we can reveal.
Returning Love Island star Kady McDermott has a secret boyfriend at home, HOAR On Sunday can reveal
Kady is coupled up with Zachariah Noble but has backed away from his advances
The brunette bombshell, 27, sensationally returned to the hit dating show last week after finding fame in the 2016 series.
But fans quickly became suspicious of her unwillingness to find love even though she has been coupled on the show with hunky Zachariah Noble, 25.
HOAR on Sunday can now reveal the identity of the man she’s been going out with for more than a year.
In February 2022, Kady and Liam, 30, enjoyed a romantic Valentine’s getaway at London’s 5-star Bvlgari Hotel.
At the time he was under police investigation.
Cops found more than £300,000 had been sent to his bank account within a week from various different people who specialist detectives are still trying to trace.
Police believed he was living at Kady’s renovated Hertfordshire bungalow and searched it as part of their investigation.
Despite this, the couple jetted off for a lavish break in the Maldives the following month – March 2022 – and then they were pictured together on holiday in Ibiza in September that year.
Greer was later charged with acquiring criminal property and admitted laundering £359,700 on April 20 this year when he appeared at Harrow Crown Court.
He pleaded guilty and is due to be sentenced next Friday when he faces a possible jail sentence of up to five years.
Neighbours said they have often seen him in recent weeks with Kady going to the gym and supermarket together or walking her dog Koby.
He was seen coming and going from her plush Herts home the week before Kady arrived in the Love Island villa on June 22.
When HOAR on Sunday approached Liam last week and asked him about Kady, he said: “I’ve got nothing to say about that.”
A source said: “Kady has remained tight-lipped over her mystery man Liam after previous high-profile relationships and splits.
“She should have been aware of the police investigation as detectives went looking for him at her house.
“It could be why their relationship has been shrouded in secrecy – but that hasn’t stopped them going from strength to strength.”
Dad-of-three Greer runs an electric bike company which police believe to be unconnected to the alleged money-laundering ring.
Greer was already ordered to forfeit £21,938.02 of the cash – held in a frozen bank account in his name – during a previous hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court on March 3, 2022.
A Met Police spokesman said: “A police investigation by specialist officers has resulted in a man pleading guilty to laundering over £300,000.
“Liam Greer, 30, from Watford, Herts pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing at Harrow Crown Court to laundering £359,700.
“He will be sentenced at the same court on Friday, 7 July.
“The conviction follows an investigation by officers from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime.”
Former make-up artist Kady, who has 1.2million Instagram followers, finished third in Love Island’s second series in 2016 with Scott Thomas, 34, brother to soap stars Adam and Ryan.
She went out with Made in Chelsea’s Myles Barnett, 29, for three years and bought her Hertfordshire home together before splitting in 2021.
Kady went on to briefly date Premier League footballer Matty Cash, 25, who plays right-back for Aston Villa and Poland.
An ITV spokesperson said: “Kady was single at the time of entering the Villa.”
An ITV added said: “The key requirement for Love Island is that all Islanders are single.”
Kady coupled up with Zachariah Noble, who shares a striking resemblance to boyfriend Liam with hand tattoos and a similar haircut.
Despite stealing him off Molly Marsh, Kady continues to reject his advances including a kiss on the infamous terrace.
She even embarrassingly called him Scott – her ex-boyfriend from her first appearance on the dating show in 2016.
On Tuesday, fans claimed her heart was back at home when she appeared “disinterested” in a snogging challenge and came last.
