Mr Bent, who was declared bankrupt in 2019, was involved in legal action against the trustees of his bankruptcy over the ownership of the property in Epsom, Surrey, and whether it forms part of his estate.
The trustees had appealed against a ruling that the house belonged to his daughter, Aliyah Bent, who is now 20, arguing that the judge was wrong.
But in a judgment on Wednesday, Mr Justice Edwin Johnson dismissed the appeal, saying he was “completely unable to see how the judge went wrong in his analysis”.
Mr Justice Edwin Johnson said in his ruling that Mr Bent, who played as a striker for teams including Everton, Charlton Athletic and Ipswich Town, had debts that “are said to have been substantial” and that were “said to…
