The then deputy mayor of Auburn, a Western Sydney suburb with a strong Middle Eastern flavour, was not the type of elected official most were used to.

His wedding, an opulent display of sports cars, bejewelled outfits and white doves, caught the attention of Sydney — and the authorities, who wanted to know how he had managed to close off a public street.

Mehajer, who arrived at his Lidcombe home by helicopter and was escorted to the ceremony by bikers, was unapologetic, perhaps even confused not everyone shared his enthusiasm for the event.

A video of his and wife Aysha’s meeting, replete with a scene of the councillor pointing a gun at the camera, caused more controversy, but to the young property developer, again, it all seemed just a case of the haters hating.

Oh, what a difference three years makes. Today Mehajer is languishing in a jail cell on charges relating to allegations of staging a fake car crash. He’s been accused of election rigging, which he denies, and his deputy mayoral role rescinded. He has been twice convicted of assault and ordered to anger management classes. His marriage to the pale-skinned university sweetheart he transformed into a copy of one of his sisters, has broken down.

And now he is on the brink of bankruptcy, with a judge deciding as early as today whether his flashy house and supercars he's bragged of owning can be pursued by creditors. 

The multi-millionaire, one of eight children born to Lebanese immigrants, has seen his carefully constructed world disintegrate.

A source close to Mehajer said: “With each of his life disasters Salim lost more of his grip on reality but ... every mess up gave him another excuse to play to the gallery.

“There was an instance where journalists had gathered outside his house, when videos of him ranting and swearing at his wife had found their way into the hands of A Current Affair, and he leaned over the balcony and shouted to the pack ‘I’ll be down in a minute’.

“Four hours later, he emerged immaculate in a crisp suit, jumped into a silver sports car and sped off. He plays cat and mouse with the media and anyone who lets him.

“Everything in Salim’s life is geared around Salim.”

Mehajer’s August 2015 wedding reportedly cost $1.4 million and included four helicopters, a $50 million fleet of luxury cars, 50 Harley Davidsons, a battalion of drummers, a red carpet and a cake taller than some guests.

Frances Street, Lidcombe, was shut down for a few hours until his father Mohamed, fresh from a 3½-year jail term for conspiring to cheat and defraud the National Australia Bank of more than $3 million, arrived to witness his flashy son wed petite blonde beautician Aysha, formerly known as April Learmonth.

But in no time police were probing the bikies who formed the Mehajer motorcade, as his Auburn council peers pushed harder to get him sacked.

The Salim show rolled on, with a video shoot in his home with Snoop Dogg’s rapper pal Bow Wow and a phalanx of buxom women, including Aysha, writhing against the illuminated staircase of his glass-fronted home.

But his marriage collapsed 11 months later, resulting in two counts of breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO). A video of a different nature obtained by Channel 9’s A Current Affair emerged after Aysha moved out of their Lidcombe mansion, showing the property developer ranting insanely into the camera.

“Aysha you’ve got five minutes to give me a call,” Mehajer says, his voice cracking with exertion. “I’m going to rape your mum. Your mum and your f...... dad.”

Gone was the cavalier swagger. Mehajer, visibly disturbed, was banned from seeing or contacting his wife.

Despite Aysha’s insistence the two are no longer together (“there’s no confusion”) and her mother telling The Daily Telegraph last year they were filing for divorce, Mehajer insists they are still an item.

Relations between the couple have since thawed with Aysha, who has reverted to her maiden name, living a low-key existence in Warrawong on the South Coast.

He says he has no regrets over his marriage but blames media scrutiny for its collapse.

“I’m not somebody to point fingers or blame anyone else ... but the media is responsible for my breakdown,” he said.

“What they try to do is simply ensure that no female likes me — they all turn on me — no investor to invest with me and, of course, to paint this picture in front of judges and magistrates that my credibility is appalling.

“It’s not right because I’m not this human that they’re painting me to be.”

Since then his council has been dismissed and he has been criticised for misusing his position with the council for financial gain and more career crashes have followed.

The property he bought a decade ago for $565,000 and rebuilt into a four-storey show home with six bedrooms, 13-car basement garage, pool, spa and a marble staircase, is now up for rent.

He now shares a view of Diamond Bay off Vaucluse’s clifftops with his new in-laws, John Ibrahim and his troubled brother Fadi, currently under house arrest after paying a $2 million bail over charges he funded an international crime syndicate.

Earlier this year Mehajer was seen padding around the balcony of his new home, swathed in a white towelled robe, before leaving — in the same robe — to drive to Rose Bay Police Station, where he reported three times a week as part of his bail terms.

At the police station he appeared to suffer a change of heart and drove home, changing into a suit before returning to the police station.

He then returned home again to change the number plates on his white Range Rover before heading back to Rose Bay Police Station, to finally report for bail.

Rose Bay police were alerted to the changing number plates.

Mehajer’s move to Vaucluse comes as creditors pursue two companies he heads through the Supreme Court for almost $100 million despite the businesses having only $32,000 in the bank.

On October 16, while driving to Sydney’s Downing Central Local Court to face charges of assaulting a taxi driver, his white Mercedes AMG wagon was involved in a prang with a Land Cruiser and another vehicle, causing his court case to be postponed.

Mehajer was fitted with a neck brace and stretchered out, and his lawyer told the court he had been involved in a “serious” accident. He has been charged with perverting the course of justice by conspiring with five others to stage the crash to avoid court.

A judge refused him bail.

Mehajer copped his second criminal conviction in a week yesterday after being sentenced for assaulting a taxi driver and smashing a woman’s mobile phone outside The Star casino on April 2 last year.

And if he is declared bankrupt Trustees will have power to investigate and pursue all of his assets, including his flashy house and supercars, leaving him with nothing.