Arabella Del Busso, reality TV contestant and ex-girlfriend of NRL star Josh Reynolds, has been jailed for stealing $52,000 from her employer.
Del Busso was sentenced at Sutherland Local Court, in Sydney’s south, after admitting two counts of theft as an employee.
She was a receptionist at Rheumotology Specialist Care in September 2019 when her bosses realized she had been depositing company money into her account.
The St George Shire Standard reported that Magistrate Hugh Donnelly slammed Del Busso for his “appalling breach of trust”.
“She must be held accountable and her conduct must be denounced,” he said.
Arabella Del Busso, reality TV contestant and ex-girlfriend of NRL star Josh Reynolds, has been jailed for stealing $52,000 from her employer.
Court records seen by Daily Mail Australia showed Del Busso was sentenced to 20 months in prison with a non-parole period of 12 months.
She will be eligible for release in February 2025.
Del Busso became a figure of public notoriety after it was revealed that she faked three pregnancies while she was Reynolds’ girlfriend, after the couple met on Instagram in 2018.
He later described it as a “white lie” when he appeared on SAS Australia.
After meeting Reynolds on Instagram in December 2018, Del Busso enjoyed a one-night stand with the sports star before claiming she was pregnant with twins.
She later told him she had miscarried, before claiming she was pregnant again in March 2019, only to miscarry again.
Del Busso rose to fame during her messy split with NRL star Josh Reynolds (pictured together)
Del Busso claimed to have been pregnant once again in June and sent her boyfriend a series of 12-week scans.
‘I told my partner I was afraid of the pregnancy, and I showed it to him and told him it was ours, when in reality it wasn’t our scan at all,’ she confessed to SAS Australia, after being pressed to know the truth. .
Reynolds announced she was expecting twins by sharing images of her gender reveal on social media in December 2018, and said the expectant parents had set up a nursery.
Since the public saga between the then-couple made headlines, Reynolds has claimed that Del Busso manipulated photos and even injected herself with IVF fertility drugs to appear pregnant.
He later described it as a ‘white lie’ when appearing on SAS Australia in 2020.
Reynolds’ legal team argued in court that Del Busso was never pregnant and said they have medical documentation to prove it.
Additionally, he claimed that she lied about her mother’s death and claimed she had cancer to trick him and other ex-boyfriends into giving her money.
Reynolds claims he gave her more than $4,000 after she told him her mother had died and she needed money for funeral expenses.
After it was learned that her mother was alive, Del Busso told 60 Minutes that it was the person she considered her mother who had died.