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Rachael Taylor isn’t backing down when it comes to distancing herself from ex-fiance Matt Newton. A lawyer for the actress filed an application for an apprehended domestic violence order in court today. The papers will be served directly to Matt, who is at a Sydney psychiatric hospital, in the next few days.
New Idea magazine was working on an exclusive feature with Matt Newton and Rachael Taylor to announce their engagement when the relationship went pear-shaped. Just four days after Matt proposed on a romantic holiday in Italy, he allegedly bashed Rachael and chased her through the lobby of their five-star hotel in Rome. New Idea hit the newsstands today instead of Monday with these shocking revelations:
Good news, ladies! Liam Hemsworth is back on the market! The 20-year-old Aussie has called it quits with his 17-year-old teen queen girlfriend Miley Cyrus.
New reports are coming out of Rome detailing Matthew Newton and Rachael Taylor’s romantic holiday-turned-disaster. In the hours leading up to his alleged violent attack on Rachael in a Rome hotel, the couple spent the afternoon sitting in silence at the Westin Excelsior’s hotel bar downing glasses of wine. Later that evening, a fight in Rachael’s suite spilled over into the lobby, with police and an ambulance responding to an emergency call.
Sophie Monk has reconciled with her plastic surgeon boyfriend John Diaz. The two split after Sophie caught him in bed with another woman, but it appears things are back on after they were spotted holding hands in LA over the weekend. Friends say Diaz was desperate to win Sophie back and his persistence has apparently paid off.
New details are coming to light about Matthew Newton’s spectacular Italian meltdown and it ain’t pretty. The former X Factor host had to be sedated and treated by paramedics after allegedly attacking girlfriend Rachael Taylor in the lobby of a five-star hotel in Rome. Rachael is believed to have screamed for help at the Westin Excelsior, where she suffered serious bruising and a head injury after allegedly striking her head on the marble floor.
Matt Newton’s former girlfriend Rachael Taylor has applied for an apprehended violence order against him, alleging she was the victim of violent assaults. She says she fears for her safety after sustaining serious injuries consistent with blows to the face and body after the two got into a public fight in the foyer of a hotel in Rome. Rachael released a statement today saying:
After much consideration and struggle I have made this personal decision to send a clear public message that violence, threats, abuse and intimidation are not acceptable and should be dealt with by the full capacity of the law.
Tamara Jaber is said to be devastated over claims her estranged husband Kyle Sandilands has been dating a stripper in the US. Woman’s Day reports that Kyle struck up a friendship with 22-year-old Nicole Marie White after requesting a 90-minute private session with her at an LA strip club. The mag says the new couple were seen at an airport where they "kissed and tenderly touched each other's faces."
Back in October, news broke that Mark Philippoussis was engaged to actress Jennifer Esposito, but now it looks like the pair may have gone their separate ways. They had planned to tie the knot in May or June, but haven’t been spotted together in ages. Things are even more complicated because Mark lives in San Diego and Jen lives in New York.
Former Australian Idol judge Jay Dee Springbett and the mother of his two children are dunzo. Despite denying a break-up in April, Jay Dee and Louisa McCole have confirmed that their relationship is over. The Sony executive has been the subject of rumours saying that he’d had flings with several starlets that he’d signed to the label, which he’s denied.