Chris Cairns's massive money troubles in the wake of match-fixing allegations have been made clear at his London trial.
The former New Zealand cricketing star's inability to pay bills, rent and child support were raised in a police interview recording played at the Southwark Crown Court trial on Wednesday.
In the 2014 interview with British officers, Cairns also spoke of "conspiracy theories" and described how he had been "f***ed over".
In the audio, the police told Cairns his former teammate Lou Vincent, as well as Vincent's ex-wife, had claimed he was involved in fixing.
Cairns appeared exasperated as he questioned whether the allegations that had been circulating were based on those accounts.
"Do you know how much shit I'm in financially? I can't pay my bills, I have got rent backed up for two months," he told the officers.
"Why didn't someone speak to me when it broke? If you wanted clarity, I will give you clarity.
"Seriously, these are the accusations? This is why I can't get money. This is why I can't make a living. This is it?"
When the police revealed that Brendon McCullum had also accused him, Cairns appeared to grow increasingly distressed.
He told officers he might have discussed the topic of fixing with McCullum, but not in the context of trying to get him to do it.
"Brendon is misconstruing the fact that we're discussing theories," Cairns told police.
Asked why people would be making such claims about him, Cairns said he didn't "want to seem like a whack job" or "get into conspiracy theories".
"People have f***ed me over," he said.
A recording of an interview with Cairns's co-defendant, barrister Andrew Fitch-Holland, also in 2014, was also played to the court and detailed Cairns's finances.
Fitch-Holland told officers Cairns had struggled to pay child support, to the point that Fitch-Holland had questioned the cricketer's decision to start another family with his new wife.
"Chris has struggled financially over the last few years," Fitch-Holland told police.
With reference to Cairns's 2012 libel case against former Indian Premier League chairman
Lalit Modi, Fitch-Holland agreed "the money would have helped bail him out", but said what Cairns had really wanted was an apology.
Cairns faces a charge of perjury in relation to the libel trial, in which he stated that he "never, ever cheated at cricket".
He also faces a joint charge with Fitch-Holland of perverting the course of justice by allegedly trying to get Vincent to provide a false statement for the libel case.
