Former AFL player Jake King buys into Toby Mitchell’s South Melbourne tattoo studio

CONTROVERSIAL former Richmond player Jake King has bought into the South Melbourne tattoo studio owned by former bikie Toby Mitchell.

Toby Mitchell and Jake King pose for a photo at a boxing match.

CONTROVERSIAL former Richmond player Jake King has bought into the South Melbourne tattoo studio owned by former bikie Toby Mitchell.

King owns a 50 per cent share in City of Ink, on Clarendon St, with Mitchell and a third party retaining the other half of the business.

Mitchell, who is on remand after allegedly being caught with 168.2 grams of cocaine and 381 grams of ice last September, opened the shop late in 2014.

City of Ink on Clarendon St Clarendon St, Sth Melbourne.

King started a tattooing apprenticeship six months ago and told the Herald Sun it had been a long-term goal to own a studio.

“When the opportunity presented itself to buy into the shop, I jumped at it,” King said.