Giving evidence: Samuels, of Broadway Grove, Worcester, is being tried at Worcester Crown Court (pictured)
Samuels, who shared a house with the two women, is said to have left them destitute before embarking on a lonely hearts scam, allegedly targeting women online.
At an earlier hearing his ex-wife Caroline Morris, 48, told the jury she had to declare herself bankrupt in 2011 and her family were left living ‘like church mice’ with ‘no food in the cupboards’.
She said her finances spiralled out of control after Samuels, with whom she has seven children, got access to her credit cards.
‘He robbed Peter to pay Paul, borrowed from one to pay another and then I jumped,’ she said.
‘I wish I had jumped sooner … I supposed I loved him and wanted him to be with me … I put up with him.’
The jury heard Miss Morris, who claims she was saddled with £150,000 of debt, at one stage lived with Samuels and his young lover, a stable girl.
Abigail Nixon, defending, described the living arrangement as a ‘menage a trois’ or a ‘three-way relationship’.
Miss Morris later found text messages on her then husband's phone from 18-year-old Anne Marshall and became suspicious, the court heard.
She said: ‘I made it my business to go and see Anne … and say you can have him.’
Samuels went on to have three children with Miss Marshall and at one point shared a house with both women.
He moved out of the marital home with his lover after ‘jealousy’ set in between the women.
The car salesman is also accused of cheating mother-of-three Anne Ruddock out of £45,000 and widow Alfreda Roberts, 78, out of £110,000.
His trial continues.
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