A lover Josh Reynolds has announced the birth of his daughter four years after going through hell when his former prisoner Arabella Del Busso faked pregnancies and accused him of assaulting her.
The former Bulldogs NRL star revealed the heartwarming news that he and partner Ciarne Denham are parents to a baby girl named Lenora Kelly Nicole Reynolds in an Instagram post on Friday.
‘At 3:37 p.m. on November 12 my life was completed, anyone who knows me will know how much I have always wanted a small family. “What makes this so special is that I got to do it with my best friend @ciarnedenham,” he wrote.
‘I will always be grateful for what you put your body through for us and our family and I promise to take care of you forever.
‘Both of their middle names are my mother’s and their special aunts’, the reason we did this was because they are the two kindest, loving and strongest women I know.
‘I want her to be exactly like these two special women, so we thought it was fitting to have them in the name of our beautiful angels.
A very happy Josh Reynolds is pictured with his newborn daughter Lenora Kelly Nicole Reynolds, who arrived on November 12.
Reynolds’ partner Ciarne Denham cradles their baby girl, who is named after two special family members.
The former Bulldogs star made a touching promise to his daughter when he announced her arrival into the world.
‘Finally to my little angel, Lenora, Lenni, Len. Dad promises to always put you first and protect you forever darling, thank you for making me the happiest man in the world. Dad loves you xx.’
The publication was accompanied by a series of photos of the new arrival and her proud parents in the hospital.
Past and present NRL stars including Jackson Hastings, Reed Mahoney, Keith Galloway, Josh Addo-Carr and Josh Morris poured their love on the couple by leaving heartfelt comments.
The happy news comes after Reynolds was devastated when he discovered Del Busso lied to him when she said she had an abortion while she was pregnant with him.
She also accused him of assaulting her, but the charges were later dropped and the former five-eighth learned he didn’t even tell her his real name.
“It’s shocking… Who knows, I had to live with myself for a long time, and that scares me,” Reynolds said in February 2020.
‘There is no Netflix series, there is nothing that is as good as its strategy. Like I said before, I feel silly but she played with my emotions, she really did.’
Del Busso faked three pregnancies during their year-long relationship, using one of her lifelong dreams to manipulate him.
Reynolds was devastated when his ex Arabella Del Busso (pictured together) lied to him about having suffered miscarriages.
Del Busso (pictured) was later sentenced to prison for stealing more than $52,000 from her employer while she worked at a medical facility.
Reynolds had told him that he always wanted to be a father and claimed that Del Busso used that to his advantage.
‘I always wanted to be a dad, it won’t be like that right now, but she was smart. “She knew what to do,” he added.
“I can stand here and say: Arabella, whatever your name is, you told me you were going to take my mother and me down, but we’re still standing. We’re still here.
“You tried to bring me, my family and my mother down and it didn’t work.”
Reynolds also alleged that she lied about her mother’s death and claimed she had cancer to trick him and other ex-boyfriends into giving her money.
Del Busso was sentenced to 20 months behind bars earlier this year after pleading guilty to two counts of theft as an employee between September 2019 and February 2020.
He was working for a Sydney medical center company when he stole $35,785 from the Kogarah facility and $16,565 from the Randwick office over five months before a manager noticed the financial discrepancies.
Reynolds and Denham announced they were expecting in June, sharing a clip from a gender reveal that shows him hitting a golf ball in the couple’s backyard, before the ball exploded in a cloud of pink dust.
“When I was a child I had many dreams, but the main one was to be a father and have a small, beautiful family,” he wrote.
‘Today Ciarne and I found out we are having a little girl, Reynolds. I promise to take care of you, protect you forever and always put you first,’ he continued.
“I can’t explain how happy I am to bring this little queen into this world with a woman I absolutely adore and love.”
She debuted her relationship with Denham in 2022 when they shared a photo of themselves at Disneyland in Paris online.
The happy duo wore matching Mickey and Minnie Mouse ears, with Josh holding a smiling Ciarne in his arms.