She was once one of Melbourne’s most colorful socialites – the third wife of ex-convict billionaire businessman Geoffrey Edelsten, who was almost three times her age.
The couple married in a Melbourne registry office in 2015, just hours before their travel visa to Australia expired.
After their separation, she became a prostitute, who was at the center of an FBI corruption case that claimed she was paid $1,500 for a mile-high sexual adventure with New York police officers.
They called her every name under the sun, with ‘Gold Digger’ at the top of that list.
Today, New York-based aspiring rapper Gabi Grecko still has a large online audience.
But if the Miami-born model turned striking socialite, divorced and then penniless ‘widow’, took to the streets of Melbourne these days, it’s doubtful anyone from her old life would recognize Edelsten’s ex.
Gabi Grecko was once Melbourne’s most colorful socialite: the third wife of a multimillionaire ex-convict businessman almost three times her age after they married in a Melbourne registry office just hours before her Australian travel visa expired. .
But if the Miami-born model turned striking socialite, divorced and then penniless “widow” were to take to the streets of Melbourne today, it’s doubtful anyone from her old life would recognize Geoffrey Edelsten’s ex.
Gabi, 35, looks like a changed woman in photos shared on her Instagram account on Thursday, as well as in recent weeks.
Previously, the American model had long, flowing locks that were canary blonde, before sporting hair with red and orange highlights and then a more demure ash blonde.
She now sports a colorful tattoo on her chest that traces the outline of her breasts enhanced with a set of stars and her entire upper half appears to be tattooed.
She has patchwork sleeve tattoos on both arms, as well as tattoos covering both breasts, chest and sternum and stomach, in addition to the faded tattoo on the left side of her face.
She also sports an eyebrow piercing and newly plump lips.
The 35-year-old appears to have shaved her eyebrows and penciled them in instead.
In new photos uploaded Thursday, the former socialite placed a braided pink wig on her head of shaved blonde hair as she posed for a series of selfies.
She applied a beauty filter to her face and blurred the background of her surroundings to film herself in sensual and striking poses for her Stories.
Wearing a black V-neck t-shirt and pants, she accessorized her ensemble with a pink crossbody bag and jewelry as she sat on the sidewalk.
Gabi, 35, looks like a changed woman in photos shared on her Instagram account on Thursday, as well as in recent weeks.
In new photos uploaded Thursday, the former socialite placed a pink braided wig on her head of shaved blonde hair.
These days, Gabi only seems to be modeling on her Instagram Stories and it’s unclear what she does for work.
Gabi poses with her engagement ring after Geoffrey Edelstein proposed to her in the Emirates Marquee on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington Racecourse on November 4, 2014.
These days, Grecko only appears to be modeling on her Instagram Stories and it’s unclear what she does for work.
She still describes herself as a rapper under the stage name ‘Gabi Glitter’ on Instagram, although she has not updated it. YouTube channel in five years.
Far from the halycon days of private jets, helicopters and galas with her late ex-husband Edelsten, Grecko now sports a short hairstyle that she switches up with wigs instead of going to an expensive salon.
She first met the former doctor on a dating app in 2014.
She boarded a flight from New York a week later and married the businessman in June 2015.
They married when Grecko was 26 and Edelston was 72, an age difference of 46 years.
However, the marriage was short-lived and the couple separated a few months later.
Grecko was briefly hospitalized for “stress” in July 2014, amid rumors that she had caught Edelsten texting other women.
She first met the former doctor on a dating app in 2014. She boarded a flight from New York a week later and married the businessman in June 2015.
During the last three years of Edelsten’s life, the estranged couple lived in different countries, with Edelsten residing in Australia while Grecko resided in New York City.
In 2017, they had some “frank discussions” about Edelsten’s “abusive behavior” toward her and reconciled, Grecko claimed in an affidavit challenging his will, before finally separating in 2019.
During the last three years of Edelsten’s life, the estranged couple lived in different countries, with Edelsten residing in Australia while Grecko resided in New York City.
Grecko, whose real name is Gabriella Rose Curtis, based in the United States, claimed that she was still legally married to him when he died.
“I had always considered myself married to Geoffrey,” she said, while explaining that in September 2019 she was electronically served with divorce papers to two email accounts she had not used in years.
At the peak of his success, Edelsten He owned the Sydney Swans AFL football club, traveled in helicopters and lived an extravagant lifestyle.
However, his final will revealed the dire financial circumstances the notorious womanizer was in before his death.
Edelsten died in June 2021 at the age of 78, leaving behind an estate valued at just over $1 million.
He bequeathed his only son, Matthew Beard, $50,000 and his ex-wives Brynne Edelsten and Gabi Grecko (also known as Gabriella Curtis) did not leave them a single cent.
Both challenged the will, but were unsuccessful.
Grecko’s decision to challenge her ex-husband’s came as a surprise, as she told A Current Affair in July 2021 that she would not file a claim because Edelsten was bankrupt.
“It’s very much like a comedy, when people like to talk about me inheriting money. I say, no. Rather, I am inheriting millions of dollars of debt,” he said.
—I was still married to him when he died and I am his widow. And I will present documents if necessary, but I don’t want anything and I have made that clear.’
The founder of Allied Medical Group died in virtual poverty, despite his desperate attempts to convey an image of extreme wealth in his later years.