Former reality TV contestant and WAG football player turned professional boxer Arabella Del Busso spends her time behind bars whipping her fellow inmates into shape.
WhatsNew2Day Australia has learned that the glamorous ex-girlfriend of rugby league star Josh Reynolds is leading a prison yard fitness workout with other women locked up at the 531-inmate Dillwynia Correctional Center in northwest of Sydney.
Australia’s largest women’s prison is currently housing Del Busso as she prepares to appeal the severity of her sentence for stealing from her employer.
The 33-year-old lingerie model was jailed on February 13 for stealing $52,000 from Rheumotology Specialist Care, where she worked as a receptionist at its offices in Kogarah, in Sydney’s south, and Randwick, in the city’s east.
Former reality TV contestant and former WAG footballer turned professional boxer Arabella Del Busso (pictured) spends her time behind bars whipping her fellow inmates into shape.
The 33-year-old lingerie model (pictured) was jailed on February 13 for stealing $52,000 from Rheumotology Specialist Care, where she worked as a receptionist at its offices in Kogarah, in Sydney’s south, and Randwick, in eastern Sydney. the city.
After spending a few nights at Silverwater Women’s Correctional Center in western Sydney, she was assigned to serve her sentence in Dillwynia (pictured) and was transported in a prison van to the facility 56 kilometers from Sydney.
She pleaded guilty to two counts of theft as an employee between September 2019 and February 2020.
Magistrate Hugh Donnelly sentenced Del Busso to a minimum of 12 months behind bars for what he described as an “appalling breach of trust.”
After spending a few nights at Silverwater Women’s Correctional Center in western Sydney, she was assigned to serve her sentence in Dillwynia and was transported in a prison van to the facility 56 kilometers from Sydney.
Now, seven weeks after her sentencing, the former SAS Australia star will appear in the New South Wales District Court, represented by lawyer Andrew Stewart, in a bid to get out of jail early.
Stewart told WhatsNew2Day Australia that Del Busso had hoped to get a reduced sentence because she was remorseful and was “trying to turn her life around.”
”It is not very pleasant for anyone to be in prison. “She’s trying to get as much support as possible,” she stated.
Del Busso has been adjusting to life in prison, which includes spending about 17 hours each day in his three-by-five-meter cell, meals served on an aluminum tray, and associating with inmates serving time for violent crimes.
WhatsNew2Day Australia has learned that Del Busso (pictured) is using his fitness experience and knowledge to stay fit and show other inmates exercise routines.
Del Busso (pictured) has been adjusting to life in prison, which includes spending about 17 hours each day in his three-by-five-metre cell, meals served on an aluminum tray, and associating with inmates serving time for crimes. violent.
Del Busso’s possessions inside the jail consist of his receiving package which includes a toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, a plate, bowl and cup, and a roll of toilet paper.
However, Del Busso is understood to be using his fitness experience and knowledge to keep fit and show other inmates exercise routines.
“She is doing everything she can to help other inmates,” Mr. Stewart said.
‘Keeping fit, helping inmates who have a number of problems, making sure you eat, making sure you shower.
“She has expressed her regret and has repaid what she was ordered to pay (about $30,000) with the money she saved and was saving and prize money from boxing.”
Upon arrival at Dillwynia, the only women’s facility clustered with two men’s prisons at the Francis Greenway Correctional Complex, Del Busso received a package that included a toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, a plate, bowl and cup. , and a roll of toilet paper.
Anything other than prison clothing is considered contraband.
While inmates were previously strip-searched upon arrival, this now generally only occurs if a prison X-ray scanner identifies contraband hidden on an inmate’s person.
When she was taken to her cell, which has only a thin, vinyl-covered mattress, Del Busso received a meal prepared at the adjacent men’s prison, the Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Center.
Their meals include packaged salads with cold cuts and hot meals with shredded fish, chicken wings and chicken schnitzels to be eaten with plastic cutlery.
Under the New South Wales prison system’s so-called Bangkok Rules, Del Busso has been encouraged to keep in touch with family or friends through weekly visits and landline calls from the jail’s common areas.
Del Busso’s lawyer says she is remorseful, has returned what she was ordered to do, and wants to return to work and her career as a professional boxer.
Del Busso quit reality TV show SAS Australia after being questioned about faking multiple pregnancies and miscarriages while dating rugby league star Josh Reynolds.
Additionally, inmates have access to a tablet every day during the afternoon lockdown and are allowed to make outgoing calls from these devices until 10 p.m.
Under what are known as the Mandela Rules, Del Busso has also been given access to confer with his legal advisors.
Stewart said Del Busso was looking for “a return to normality, getting back to work and his boxing career” when he was released from prison.
‘She’s definitely nervous (about his attractiveness), but she’s had time to reflect. She’s sorry.’
The one-time glamor model gained notoriety after her relationship with then-Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs NRL star Josh Reynolds dissolved when it emerged she had faked a pregnancy.
In October 2020, she left the reality television show SAS Australia after being questioned about the relationship drama that had spilled over to the public.