TV cook Nigella Lawson has been described in court as a "habitual criminal" a day after her ex-husband Charles Saatchi accused her of taking drugs.
The latest claim was made as lawyers argued over whether the trial should go ahead of two of their former employees charged with fraud.
Francesca Grillo, 35, and Elisabetta Grillo, 41, are accused of using a company credit card to buy themselves designer handbags and flights while working as their personal assistants.
But the defendants' lawyers argued the case should not go ahead due to the "manipulation of the court process" by the couple, who had a high-profile divorce earlier this year.
Isleworth Crown Court in west London heard on Tuesday Mr Saatchi alleged Ms Lawson was so high on drugs she was unaware of what she had or had not permitted the Italian sisters to spend money on.
Anthony Metzer QC, for Elisabetta Grillo, argued the case should be dropped as the pair were at "loggerheads" and the alleged drug use damaged the celebrity cook's "credibility as an honest witness".
He said if the trial did go ahead, "it's a convenient forum for Mr Saatchi and Ms Lawson to rehearse disputed issues between them ... in the criminal courts where, of course, the possibility of libel is not possible".
"If Mr Saatchi is telling the truth, then Ms Lawson is a habitual criminal."
Prosecutor Jane Carpenter, who argued against dropping the case, said: "The suggestion that these defendants are sacrificial lambs in order to discredit Ms Lawson I do not accept at all."
After hearing submissions, Judge Robin Johnson ruled the trial should go ahead.
The Grillos deny the charges.
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