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‘Bachelor’ star to stay behind bars after alleged DV incident · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Kristen Amiott with
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  Speaker 1: the front's afternoon headlines. Bachelor star Sam Wood will spend
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  Speaker 1: the next three nights in a Queensland watch house after
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  Speaker 1: he was charged with domestic violence offences. Wood's lawyer, Matthew Koskelly,
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  Speaker 1: said on Monday his client intends to defend the charges
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  Speaker 1: and will, quote, be back here on Thursday to make
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  Speaker 1: a bail application. Wood didn't appear in the Maroochydore Magistrates
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  Speaker 1: Court on Monday morning. He's been held on remand since
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  Speaker 1: Saturday following an alleged incident in Noosa where he was
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  Speaker 1: on holiday. A police spokesperson said officers attended an address
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  Speaker 1: on Hastings Street on Noosa's waterfront, quote, around 9pm after
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  Speaker 1: receiving reports of alleged domestic violence. 46-year-old Wood has been
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  Speaker 1: charged with domestic violence-related occasioning bodily harm and strangulation in
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  Speaker 1: a domestic setting. He rose to fame on reality TV
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  Speaker 1: program The Bachelor in 2015, where he met his future wife,
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  Speaker 1: Snejana Markoski. The couple purchased a $ 7 million home in
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  Speaker 1: Melbourne earlier this year and have four children. Markoski said
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  Speaker 1: in a statement on social media, it's a difficult time,
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  Speaker 1: and said her family is, quote, thoroughly cooperating with the authorities.
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  Speaker 1: The same statement was posted to Wood's social media profiles
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  Speaker 1: and commenting in Facebook groups affiliated with his fitness program
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  Speaker 1: were switched off. Wood is the founder of the 28
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  Speaker 1: by Sam Wood fitness program, which he sold to personalised
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  Speaker 1: health company MyDNA for $ 71 million in 2022. He became
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  Speaker 1: a 5% stakeholder in MyDNA as part of the sale.
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  Speaker 1: On Monday, he was stood down indefinitely from the company.
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  Speaker 1: MyDNA's parent company, DBG Health, said in a statement released
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  Speaker 1: on Monday it has, quote, zero tolerance for domestic violence,
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  Speaker 1: and said Wood would, quote, remain on indefinite leave from
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  Speaker 1: his duties while the matter is under investigation. The 28
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  Speaker 1: Group's acting chief executive, Mark Watkins, said in a separate
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  Speaker 1: post on the company's social media channels, quote, we have
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  Speaker 1: all been shocked and saddened by the matters involving Sam Wood.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking the Thames Valley Police to court
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  Speaker 1: over his arrest in February on suspicion of misconduct in
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  Speaker 1: public office. The former Prince Andrew will challenge the lawfulness
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  Speaker 1: of search warrants executed by police during the course of
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  Speaker 1: their investigation into allegations he shared sensitive information with the
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  Speaker 1: convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein between 2001 and 2011. Detectives raided
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  Speaker 1: homes at Sandringham Estate and Royal Lodge in Windsor while
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  Speaker 1: Mountbatten-Windsor was questioned at a police station in Norfolk. A
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  Speaker 1: UK High Court judge granted Mountbatten-Windsor permission to seek a
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  Speaker 1: judicial review earlier this year. Roosters fullback James Tedesco has
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  Speaker 1: been named in Australia's squad for the upcoming Rugby League
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  Speaker 1: World Cup, less than 24 hours after his team clinched
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  Speaker 1: the NRL Premiership. World Cup games will be held across Australia,
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  Speaker 1: New Zealand and Papua New Guinea from October 15, with
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  Speaker 1: Tedesco's Roosters teammate Sam Walker among the squad's potential debutants.
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  Speaker 1: Penrith Panthers lock Isaiah Yeo will captain the squad. Check
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  Speaker 1: out those stories live right now at theaustralian.com.au and come
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  Speaker 1: back to the front first thing in the morning for
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  Speaker 1: our look at the latest shake-up at the Greens and
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  Speaker 1: what the future holds for the embattled party. That's right here,
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday morning.