Michael Burn charged with intimidating Gabriel Jakob

A former high profile male escort has been charged with intimidating his entrepreneur fiancee’s reclusive millionaire ex – who lives in the ritzy eastern suburbs mansion next door.

Alexandra Jakob and partner Michael Burn.

A former high profile male escort has been charged with intimidating his fiancee’s ex-husband – who is also their next door neighbour on Sydney’s richest street.

In happier times, Gabriel and Alexandra Jakob bought three neighbouring properties worth more than $100m on Point Piper’s Wolseley Rd, with lofty plans to combine the lots and build a millionaires’ compound.

Since their divorce, the childcare entrepreneurs have instead become uneasy neighbours, with Alexandra’s fiancee Michael Burn now charged with intimidating Gabriel.

Burn is facing three charges of intimidation and the couple have also been subjected to provisional apprehended violence orders for Gabriel’s protection.

“On May 11, police officers from the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command arrested and charged a 37-year-old man at Waverley police station following an investigation into alleged domestic violence offences at Point Piper between February and May 2025,” a NSW Police spokeswoman said.

Alexandra and Burn.

Alexandra and Burn.

“The man was granted conditional bail to appear at the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday.”

Burn was granted bail with conditions not to assault, threaten, stalk, harass or intimidate Gabriel or anyone with whom he has a domestic relationship.

Alexandra Jakob and Michael Burn at a previous court appearance where they sought an apprehended violence order against Burn’s former partner Geoffrey Williams.

He is also forbidden to destroy or damage any of Gabriel’s property or harm any animals in his possession.

Alexandra, who is also the founder of haircare brand BondiBoost, is not charged with any criminal offences but will also face court on Wednesday to answer the police application against her for an apprehended domestic violence order.

It is not the first interpersonal stoush to land the glamorous couple in court this year, with Burn also seeking a private apprehended violence order against his former life partner Geoffrey Williams.

That matter, which Mr Williams intends to defend, is next in court on May 28.

The couple celebrating New Year’s Eve at their Point Piper mansion.

In that matter, Burn accuses Mr Williams of “harassing and stalking behaviour”.

Mr Williams made a police report alleging Alexandra threatened to “have a bullet put in his head” during a phone call after learning of his former relationship with Burn some weeks before Burn and Alexandra filed the private apprehended violence order.

The Daily Telegraph does not suggest the allegations are true, only that a complaint was made to NSW Police.

Burn and Jakob.

Burn and Jakob.

During their marriage, little to nothing was known about the extraordinarily wealthy Jakobs aside from their bold property portfolio and vague details about a fortune built on their Little Learning School empire and the BondiBoost brand.

Since the Jakobs’ divorce, Alexandra and new flame Burn have become social scene regulars, with Alexandra also financing a television series fronted by celebrity chef Matt Moran called My Memory Bites.

Their lavish $250,000 engagement party, held at Alexandra’s Wolseley Rd mansion, was breathlessly documented in exhaustive detail in a glossy magazine following an extravagant proposal on a hot-air balloon in Turkiye.

Jakob, who remains a reclusive and mysterious figure who declines to be depicted in any media, is currently renovating his own mansion.

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