{"id":740025,"date":"2026-06-16T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/740025\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:23:10","slug":"married-at-first-sight-australia-producer-katie-walker-still-missing-after-disappearing-from-bondi-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/740025\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Australia producer Katie Walker still missing after disappearing from Bondi Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A former Married at First Sight producer is missing after vanishing from Australia\u2019s most famous beach more than three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Katie Walker, 46, was last seen at Bondi Beach on the evening of May 23 and was last heard from on May 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">New South Wales Police are appealing for information, saying they have \u201cconcerns for her welfare and investigations are ongoing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Walker is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 160cm tall, of thin build with brown eyes and brown long hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She has a small black butterfly tattoo on her right hand and is believed to frequent the Double Bay, Bondi Junction and Bondi Beach areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Her disappearance comes as MAFS faces increasing scrutiny after contestants came forward with complaints about inappropriate behaviour alleged to have taken place on the set of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The popular TV show was issued three SafeWork NSW improvement notices after three contestants and a viewer at home raised allegations about unsafe and non-consensual behaviour, according to documents obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Some of the alleged incidents include a bride being filmed in the shower without her knowing, non-consensual touching by a groom, and production staff blocking exits to prevent cast members from leaving the set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Other allegations included in the documents describe long filming hours, being confined to apartments under curfew, being banned from speaking to other participants, and being \u201cbaited and harassed\u201d by producers to trigger emotional responses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Officers are keen to speak with anyone who has any information that could help with the search for Ms Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Contact Crime Stoppers NSW on 1800 333 000 or <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\">make a report online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Married at First Sight producer is missing after vanishing from Australia\u2019s most famous beach more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-740025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}