REVEALED: The sorry trail of half-truths, controversies and crankery now threatening Diary Of A CEO host Steven Bartlett. As the Dragons' Den star prepares to wed, FRED KELLY reveals the ex-colleague who complains of 'dishonesty' at the heart of his empire

It sounds like a modern-day fairytale. A mixed-race university drop-out born into poverty, reduced to stealing food, who sets up a company from his bedroom and becomes a multi-millionaire by 25.