Disgraced Rugby League WAG Arabella Del Busso has revealed she has been threatened with a knife while spending time behind bars.
Arabella is the ex-girlfriend of NRL star Josh Reynolds, with whom she gained notoriety after faking a pregnancy, but she was locked up in February for a maximum of 20 months for an “appalling breach of trust”.
She had been working as a receptionist for Rheumatology Specialist Care where, between September 2019 and February 2020, she netted more than $52,000 by telling customers to pay in cash rather than by card.
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According to the Daily Mail, Arabella penned a letter back home, where she described being threatened at knife point. She said: "I was... threatened with being stabbed with a shive [prison slang for a makeshift knife].
She added: "The strip searches... have not only been traumatising but have made me feel violated due to having to remove my clothing in front of two officers.
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"One stands in front of you and one other behind you, you are then required to lift up your bra and show your breasts.
"Then either pull your underwear down to your knees or completely off, bend over spread your bum cheeks and lift one foot up at a time."
Arabella also told a friend and a forensic psychologist that fellow inmates steal her food - and if she puts up sort of push back they threaten her with violence.
Arabella spent three-and-a-half weeks at a tough female jail, the Silverwater Womens Correctional Centre - where she worked as a sweeper. However, her prison nightmares started when she was transferred to the 531-inmate capacity Dillwynia Correctional Centre, in Berkshire Park.
She is set to be released from prison in July - and she hopes to continue her boxing career. Arabella said, in an affidavit to the court, she felt “broken, defeated and helpless” after being targeted by other inmates.
"Every day I feel such anxiety and fear about how I will just get through the day."
