Teenage OnlyFans star Paris Ow-Yang suffers from a litany of mental health issues stemming from her parents’ separation when she was a child.
A court heard on Wednesday that the 19-year-old had been diagnosed with conditions including depression, anxiety, ADHD and an eating disorder.
He has repeatedly self-harmed and drunk excessively as a result of pain, shock and trauma.
But Ow-Yang failed to convince a magistrate that those problems meant he had to deal with a series of charges under legal mental health provisions.
The social media influencer pleaded guilty to assault, stalking and damaging property after an incident in early November at a family residence in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
The daughter of prominent Sydney neurosurgeon Michael Ow-Yang and his wife Amanda had attended a jewelery event that day, drinking a couple of cocktails and four glasses of champagne.
She was found wandering the streets of Double Bay after fainting and, according to lawyer Michael Bowe, then went to her mother’s house and started “screaming at everyone”.
Bowe said Ow-Yang did not remember the incident, but knives were heard being taken from a kitchen and an ambulance was called.
Teenage OnlyFans star Paris Ow-Yang (pictured in Sydney’s Waverley Local Court on Wednesday) said she suffers from a litany of mental health issues.
Teenage Onlyfans star Paris Ow-Yang said her mental health issues stemmed from her parents’ separation when she was a child.
The lawyer said what happened was a “unique explosion” witnessed by his mother.
Ow-Yang’s parents were not at Waverley Local Court on Wednesday, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t care, Bowe said.
“It just means there’s a problem between the two of them,” he told the court.
Ow-Yang appeared demurely dressed in gray pants, a white blouse, a black jacket and J’Adior heels, alongside Mr. Bowe.
Bowe said his client suffered “a whole series” of mental health problems that began when her parents separated when she was around 13.
She never recovered from that split and her problems were exacerbated by a relationship with nightclub king Julian Tobias, 44.
That relationship, which ended last year, was not a “stabilizing influence” on Ow-Yang, Bowe told the court.
Ow-Yang now had a boyfriend closer to her age who serves in the US Army and was a positive influence on her.
“I’ve spoken to him on the phone and he seems like a pretty good guy,” Mr Bowe told the court.
The court heard on Wednesday that the 19-year-old had been diagnosed with conditions including depression, anxiety, ADHD and an eating disorder.
Last year, Ow-Yang blamed the end of her relationship with Tobias on a drunken car accident, after which she exceeded the legal limit for a P-plater more than four times.
The private school graduate crashed her $50,000 black Mercedes into another $150,000 Mercedes parked in Point Piper, eastern Sydney, in October 2023.
Following that offence, Bowe said the accident was the result of a “perfect storm” after Ow-Yang “spinned out of control” when he was unable to cope with the breakup of their romance.
He had been “drowning in alcohol”, Mr Bowe told Downing Center Local Court.
On that occasion, Magistrate Rodney Brender convicted Ow-Yang, fined him $1,000 and imposed a two-year community corrections order.
On Wednesday, Bowe said Ow-Yang, who has more than 1.6 million followers throughout instagram and TikTok, he was doing everything he could to get his life in order.
He described his client as “very successful in one area of her life, very unsuccessful in another.”
“You can’t hide behind alcohol to solve your problems,” Mr Bowe said.
“She admits it’s not going to be easy. Nothing will be easy for her.
‘She still misses the fact that her parents are not together. She has spoken to me about it on numerous occasions.
Bowe said Ow-Yang’s presence on social media meant he was a regular victim of “quite debilitating” online abuse.
Magistrate Paul Mulroney rejected Ow-Yang’s request that the case be treated as anything other than a series of domestic violence offences.
Paris Ow-Yang (pictured) failed to convince a magistrate that those problems meant she had to deal with a series of charges under the provisions of the mental health law.
Mulroney said that while he sympathized with citizens suffering from mental health problems, Ow-Yang had not always paid adequate attention to his own.
“It appears that in this situation Ms Ow-Yang has at times been much less responsible in terms of caring for her mental health,” he said.
“In my opinion, there needs to be greater assurance that Ms Ow-Yang will comply with mental health treatment.”
Mulroney also noted that Ow-Yang could suffer some “repercussions” on social media due to the publicity surrounding the charges.
Bowe sought an order not to publish the contents of a lengthy psychological report.
He said Ow-Yang’s mother feared that if the report became public, her daughter would take her own life.
“There is a genuine fear that Ms Ow-Yang will do something that none of us would like to happen,” Mr Bowe said.
‘Does the community need to know the ins and outs of Mrs. Ow-Yang’s life?’
Mulroney granted a non-publication order for the report, but not for submissions related to Ow-Yang’s mental health made by Bowe.
Ow-Yang wiped the tears from his eyes after the order was made.
Bowe urged Mulroney not to plead guilty: “She’s only 19. She’s got the world in front of her.”
Mulroney granted Bowe’s request and instead imposed a 15-month probation order.
Under the terms of that order, Ow-Yang must comply with a mental health treatment plan and abstain from alcohol.
In sentencing, Mulroney said that “domestic violence is a poison in our community” and warned Ow-Yang that if he committed another similar crime he would likely go to jail.
“It is very important that you follow the orders I have given you today,” he told Ow-Yang.
‘For you it’s not a sprint race, it’s a long distance race.
‘I wish you good luck. I can’t say I’ll be going to TikTok anytime soon to learn about you, but I wish you success in whatever career you choose.
The social media influencer (pictured with lawyer Michael Bowe) pleaded guilty to assault, stalking and damaging property after the incident in early November.
She was found wandering the streets of Double Bay after fainting and, according to lawyer Michael Bowe, then went to her mother’s house and started “screaming at everyone”.
Ow-Yang gained a massive audience on social media before taking to Onlyfans the day after turning 18.
Within months of opening the account on the adults-only platform, she was able to leave university and buy the first of many properties in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs.
His Onlyfans content has also continued to grow since then and he is now among the top 0.02 percent of creators on the platform in the world.
Ow-Yang comes from a very wealthy background and attended the prestigious Frensham School, a $33,000 a year all-girls boarding school in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.
His father is a highly qualified medical expert with extensive experience in neurosurgery.
Ow-Yang Property Pty Ltd was registered as a company in 2022 and acquired a property in 2023.
This year four more properties were purchased, adding $7 million to the portfolio.
Recent property purchases include a two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit in Bondi, which includes a rooftop terrace with ocean views.