The son of Melbourne reality star Lydia Schiavello has been jailed after bombarding his ex-lover with vile abuse.
Lorenzo ‘Lozzy’ Schiavello, 29, was found guilty and jailed for 28 days after pleading guilty to a charge of using a carriage service to harass.
Her famous mother Lydia had starred alongside Melbourne stars Jackie Gillies, Chyka Keebaugh, Janet Roach, Gamble Breaux, Gina Liano and Pettifleur Berenger in the reality show Real Housewives of Melbourne.
This is not the first time Schiavello has been imprisoned for cowardly attacks on women.
Lorenzo ‘Lozzy’ Schiavello tormented a woman who wanted nothing more to do with him
He spent 14 days in prison in 2017 after breaching a community corrections order he received at the time for stalking the same victim.
Schiavello, a painter by trade, appeared stunned as he was forced to leave his fiancée Caitlin Holland-Symons at court and was escorted out by two burly guards.
He hoped to walk free once again with another community corrections order.
But instead, Magistrate James Henderson convicted him for his wretched behavior against women.
“Mr. Schiavello, you should know that women are not your possession to be harassed and degraded when they do not show reciprocal interest in you,” she said.
The court heard Schiavello started a hate campaign against his ex-girlfriend after she had given him another chance despite his last court appearance.
In 2015, a magistrate called Schiavello a thug after he posted nude photos of her on Facebook.
Lorenzo ‘Lozzy’ Schiavello and his famous reality show mother Lydia
Lorenzo ‘Lozzy’ Schiavello (left) in court during an appearance in 2015. He would be jailed two years later for violating a “get out of jail free” order
He reconnected her to his network in December 2022 after messaging her on Instagram.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, realized her mistake almost immediately.
“I will never let you go again,” Schiavello told him. ‘There is no one else for me. I will marry you. No one else will have you and you will be mine.’
The woman asked him to leave, starting a campaign of hate on the part of her jilted lover.
The court heard Schiavello began harassing her through Instagram, creating multiple accounts to abuse and intimidate her.
“Regardless of that shit we had, you can come get the shoes I bought you,” he wrote.
When she attended a party in St Kilda, Schiavello used another fake account to attack her.
‘Without a doubt you are a whore… otherwise, happy new year. You look pretty basic and don’t belong in this group,” she wrote.
Lorenzo ‘Lozzy’ Schiavello and his new partner Caitlin Holland-Symons
Caitlin Holland-Symons (left) supported Schiavello in court
Schiavello was arrested on January 14 of last year and was initially charged with harassment.
The court heard Schiavello claimed to have been abused as a child after his father broke up with his reality TV mother when he was just six years old.
Additionally, he struggled through periods of drug abuse, using cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and methamphetamines.
A forensic psychiatrist told the court that Schiavello had a habit of treating women badly.
“Mr. Schiavello has a history of pursuing former partners regardless of their wishes and has been oblivious or indifferent to their responses,” he told the court.
In handing down the sentence, Henderson said Schiavello deserved nothing less than an immediate prison sentence.
“In my opinion, the seriousness of this crime and his personal circumstances make a custodial sentence necessary to fulfill the purposes of the sentence,” he said.