Arabella Del Busso – the reality TV participant and ex-girlfriend of NRL star Josh Reynolds – has been jailed for stealing $52,000 from her employer.
Del Busso was sentenced in Sutherland Magistrates Court in Sydney's south after admitting two counts of theft while working as an employee.
In September 2019, she was working as a receptionist at Rheumatology Specialist Care when her supervisors discovered she had deposited company funds into her account.
The St George Shire Standard reported that Judge Hugh Donnelly strongly condemned Del Busso for her “appalling breach of trust”.
“She must be held accountable and her behavior must be denounced,” he said.
Arabella Del Busso – the reality TV participant and ex-girlfriend of NRL star Josh Reynolds – has been jailed for stealing $52,000 from her employer
Court records seen by Chron Australia show Del Busso was sentenced to 20 months in prison and a 12-month conditional sentence.
She can be released in February 2025.
Del Busso gained public notoriety after it was revealed that she had faked three pregnancies as Reynolds' girlfriend after the two met on Instagram in 2018.
She later described this as a “white lie” when appearing on SAS Australia.
After meeting Reynolds on Instagram in December 2018, Del Busso enjoyed a one-night stand with the sports star before claiming she was pregnant with twins.
She later told him that she had had a miscarriage before claiming she was pregnant again in March 2019, only to suffer another miscarriage.
In September 2019, she was working as a receptionist at Rheumatology Specialist Care when her supervisors discovered she had deposited company funds into her account
Del Busso claimed to be pregnant again in June and sent her boyfriend a series of 12-week scans.
“I told my partner I had a pregnancy scare and I showed it to him and said it was ours when in reality it wasn't our scan at all,” she admitted on SAS Australia after being pressed for the truth.
Reynolds announced he was expecting twins by posting footage of his gender reveal on social media in December 2018, and said the expectant parents had set up a nursery.
Since the public saga between the then-couple hit the headlines, Reynolds has claimed that Del Busso manipulated photos and even injected herself with IVF fertility drugs to look pregnant.
Del Busso shot to fame after her messy split from NRL star Josh Reynolds (pictured together)
She gained public notoriety after it was revealed that she had faked three pregnancies as Reynolds' girlfriend after the two met on Instagram in 2018. She later described this as a “white lie” when appearing on SAS Australia in 2020
Reynolds' legal team claimed in court that Del Busso was never pregnant and said they had medical records to prove it.
Additionally, he claimed she lied about her mother's death and claimed she had cancer to trick him and other former friends into giving her money.
Reynolds claims he gave her more than $4,000 after she told him her mother had died and needed money for funeral expenses.
After it was revealed that her mother was actually alive, Del Busso told 60 Minutes that the person she thought was her mother had died.
Reynolds claimed that Del Busso also lied about her mother's death and claimed she had cancer to trick him and other former friends into giving her money