Lara Bingle bestie Cara Landsman in 'sex-tape case' over ex lover Ben Silvester

IT'S the break-up that had it all - a socialite who counts Lara Bingle as her bestie, her Bachelor Of The Year ex-boyfriend and the struggle over a mobile phone that allegedly contained an explicit sex tape.

Cara Landsman, centre, at a Surry Hills fundraiser for Japanese tsunami victims.

IT'S the high society break-up that had it all - an Eastern Suburbs socialite who counts Lara Bingle among her best mates, her former Cleo Bachelor Of The Year finalist boyfriend and a struggle over a mobile phone that allegedly contained an explicit sex tape.

But the "on and off" relationship ­between events planner Cara Landsman and investor Ben Silvester ended in court amid accusations of death threats and assault, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

Mr Silvester, 32, was arrested and spent four days in jail as he tried to raise $50,000 bail after Ms Landsman called officers to her Rose Bay apartment on June 1 last year.

A "hysterical" Ms Landsman phoned police saying: "My boyfriend pushed me around and said he was going to kill me."

Cara Landsman, centre, at a Surry Hills fundraiser for Japanese tsunami victims.

He was then dragged through a seven-month court case, facing up to five years in jail, before he was ­finally found not guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The court heard Mr Silvester had gone to retrieve a security pass to his apartment block that was still at Ms Landsman's home.

But Mr Silvester claimed the phone contained a video of him having sex with another woman and he wanted to delete it.

Read the full story at The Sunday Telegraph.

Cara Landsman at a Chandon Turf Club party in Centennial Park. Picture: Angelo Soulas