COMEDIAN Stephen Chow Singchi’s former girlfriend is suing him for nearly HK$80 million (more than US$10.3 million) — the amount she claims he owes her in commissions on the expected sale of a luxury Peak house, according to South China Morning Post.

For years, Chow benefited from the advice of Alice Yu Man-fung, according to a writ filed with the High Court on Monday. In return, he paid her salary plus millions of dollars in commissions.

Yu said Chow would not have been able to get into the highly lucrative deal to redevelop the Skyhigh development on The Peak without her assistance. The claim involves one of four houses at 10 Pollock’s Path. The fourth house, owned by Chow, has yet to be sold. But Yu is suing for a 10 percent commission on the expectation that it will fetch the same lofty price.

She says she received from Chow HK$14.9 million in commissions for the sale of two houses, sold at Fillings HK$350 million and HK$300 million in 2009.

Yu started urging Chow to pay her HK$80 million commission on the fourth house, after Ryoden’s sale.

In July of last year, Chow suggested that he would sell the house in four years, and he would pay the commission over the intervening period. In March, Chow sent her a cheque for HK$10 million plus a letter saying this was a “gratuitous payment,” denying he owned her any commission.

The writ says they made an oral agreement that Chow would pay Yu 10 percent after-tax profits on successful investments as commission.

(SD-Agencies)