Jake Hall’s family travels to Majorca – as his £1.5m debt revealed

Jake Hall’s parents and brother have made a poignant pilgrimage to Majorca just days after the TOWIE star died there in a tragic accident.

The 35-year-old died last Wednesday in an Airbnb he was renting in Santa Margalida after running through a single-glazed glass door.

His father Greg, mother Jacqueline and brother Sonny have flown out to the Spanish island and visited a sculpture Jake had unveiled just a month ago.

The reality TV star and artist had built up a debt mountain of approaching £1.5million before he died, the Daily Mail can also reveal.

He had ‘the world at his feet’ when he was on the ITV reality show but became ‘lonely and lost’ in recent years, battling drink and drug problems, a close friend said.

‘He wanted to live like Cristiano Ronaldo but had the budget of a Towie star’, they added.

‘There was a point when Jake was on the show when he had the world at his feet. He suddenly had loads of money and his business went well but that had not been the case more recently. 

‘He would put up a big front but the money wasn’t there any more’.

Greg shared a photograph online of himself standing under the sculpture with his younger son and Jake’s mother

The family were joined by Jake’s close friend Sophie Brooke Flecks who appeared to be comforting Jake’s mother in one image as they looked at his art

Jake Hall, pictured under the same sculpture, had built up a debt mountain of £1.5million before he died in a tragic accident in Spain – but wanted to appear to live a luxury lifestyle, a friend has claimed

His grieving family were seen at NU Mallorca beach club this week, where just a month ago, Jake had unveiled one of his new sculptures.

His father Greg shared a photograph online of himself standing under the sculpture with his younger son and Jake’s mother.

He wrote alongside the image: ‘Thank you so so much for all your love. Visited our Son’s sculpture yesterday.’

The family were joined by Jake’s close friend Sophie Brooke Flecks who appeared to be comforting Jake’s mother in one image as they looked at his giant artwork.

According to Jake’s close friend David Gomez, the former reality television star had returned to the island to focus on his artwork and was looking for more spaces to put his work on show.

The owners at Nu Mallorca also paid tribute to Jake, sharing a picture of him in front of the sculpture.

His post read: ‘Jake, you and your art will forever remain in our hearts and in our space. Forever your NU family.’

Jake had arrived at the villa in the north of the Spanish island on Tuesday morning with neighbours seeing him arrive on the sleepy street with a suitcase in tow.

It is believed he later went on a night out in Palma before later returning to the villa with two other men and three women, thought to be in their twenties.

They partied and played music into the morning yet around 7.15am the accident occurred and neighbours heard a loud crash, followed by glass shattering.

The Guardia Civil confirmed there was no ‘criminal activity’ that took place at the scene, while legal sources told the Daily Mail the death appeared to be entirely accidental.

An autopsy took place on Friday in Palma, however, the results of the tests, which would confirm whether the accident was fuelled by drugs and alcohol as has been suspected, will not be made public.

Jake’s fashion firm Prevu London Limited went into liquidation with debts of around £1.49million, a Companies House report from 2025 shows.

Mr Hall’s failed business had owed £181,581 to HMRC alone plus there was a £1.1million loan to a property business in Essex. Prevu also owed hundreds of thousands of pounds to a number of other unnamed creditors. 

Jake was the sole director of Prevu London until his death in Majorca last week.  Some of its debts had been paid – but it appears that most of it was outstanding. 

His financial woes were in stark contrast to other TOWIE stars including Mark Wright, Gemma Collins and Amy Childs, who went on to make millions from spin-offs including clothing lines, advertising deals and new TV shows.

‘He would have three or four day benders with hookers and hangers on. None of them were really his friends. There was a lot about his life which was for show, like giving the impression he was living in Majorca when actually he was just in a rented place’, a friend said. 

It came as the Daily Mail’s Alison Boshoff revealed how he had made a number of suicide attempts before his shocking death last week – but his friends and ex-partner Misse Beqiri believe his death was accidental. 

Neighbours on the quiet street where he died are still reeling from the tragedy.

Jake was on TOWIE in 2015 and left the show the following year. He is seen on a jet ski in Marbella, Spain, in 2015

Rafael, 70, who lives directly opposite the holiday home, rushed into the home when he heard the smash and cries for help from Jake’s friends but sadly was not able to save him.

He had run into the home and headed towards the patio at the back of the property where he found Jake covered in cuts.

According to the construction worker, Jake had believed the door to the patio and pool area was open at the time and accidentally ran into it.

The door which was made of single-glazed windows and wooden frames broke instantly upon impact.

With injuries to his head and glass shards in his neck and chest, Jake collapsed immediately on the patio close to the villa’s small pool.

As Rafael tried to help save the man, the women from the party, who spoke Spanish, were ringing emergency services and by 7.30am an ambulance as well as the Guardia Civil had arrived.

Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail, Rafael said: ‘I am no hero. I would have tried to save anyone who had been in that position and I would like to think anyone else would too.

‘We heard a loud bang and shattering of glass. I heard no screams. I had been heading out to go to work, so I went across the road and ran through the door. I could then see a body lying on the patio surrounded by a pool of blood.

‘His friends were in the street shouting ‘help, help’ and that their friend had an accident.

‘He was badly cut all over his body, especially on his arms. He was topless but someone had placed a t-shirt over his body. He also had glass shards lodged in his neck and chest. There was a big red mark on his head.

‘It looked like he ran through the glass patio door thinking it was open but in reality it was closed. I tried to see if there was anything I could do to help save him but there was sadly no sign of life. He was not breathing and I could feel no pulse.’

As soon as the emergency services arrived, Rafael left the Airbnb to move his car so the ambulance could park directly outside the property.

​Emergency services later declared that Jake had died at the scene, and his body remained outside the property until 1pm that day.

Legal sources have told the Daily Mail that the incident is being considered an accident.

An autopsy, which took place later, will confirm whether the disaster had been fuelled by alcohol and potential drug use, as many have speculated.

Rafael added: ‘When I rushed into the home I was focusing purely on the man who was hurt, but I did not notice any bottles of alcohol lying around or drugs scattered around the property.

‘The young people, who were well dressed, seemed nervous and upset about their friend, but they did not look as though they were high on drugs.

‘I later came back for a coffee break, and all the young people who had been partying with him were sitting on the curb of the road, while the Guardia Civil stood nearby.

‘Two of the young women who came up to me were saying thank you in Spanish. The group seemed to be mostly Spanish-speaking.

‘It is normally a very quiet village, and there are not usually British people here. It’s definitely not a party town. It is so safe that we all leave our cars open at night.’

Hours before he died, Mr Hall shared a video showing himself dancing, painting and enjoying the local scenery.

The post – set to the Rolling Stones’ classic Beast of Burden – was captioned: ‘Life is b******s sometimes but I’m gonna try to remember the good things – ️ looking through things – I’m just making art – in many forms.’

Jake, who had ADHD and dyslexia, spoke openly about his mental health over the years – referring to Majorca as his ‘healing island’ and crediting his eight-year-old daughter, River, for saving him.

‘I was at a very low point,’ he said a year ago. ‘I’d lost something that I’d loved and grew from my bedroom. I went through a lot of turmoil. If I’m honest, River is the reason I’m here today. She’s amazing and we’ve got an incredible relationship.’

Speaking to the Daily Mail, his grief-stricken friend David said that Jake was most ‘at peace’ and his happiest self when with his daughter.

He said: ‘What I really admired most was the relationship he had with his daughter. You can see that she was his whole world.

‘Whenever I saw them together, it was the moment I really saw he was truly at peace. His daughter brought him down to earth and calmed him down​.

‘He was an amazing father. He was a very loving person and was always very friendly with everyone. He was always in a good mood.’

David became friends with Jake almost a decade ago, when the model-turned-fashion designer started spending all his summers on the Spanish island.

Jake and his brother Sonny had been visiting Majorca since they were teenagers, with their parents owning properties across the region while the television star referred to the country as his ‘homeland’.

According to his friend, Jake only returned to the island around a month ago, with his first sculpture being put on show at NU Mallorca beach club.

David added: ‘He would come here every summer and in the winter he would travel elsewhere. He rented out the villa to use it as an art studio, using his creativity to paint and make designs.

‘He was hoping to host some art events there and was also looking for a space to perform his music in Palma, which I was helping him with.

‘He only arrived a few weeks, perhaps a month ago and was preparing the house for summer. It was a space where he felt comfortable creating in and he was only inviting those people he was very close with to see or sell his art.’