{"id":920039,"date":"2026-10-08T01:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920039\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T01:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:04:11","slug":"sam-wood-reality-tv-star-to-apply-for-bail-after-dv-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920039\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Wood: Reality TV star to apply for bail after DV charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former The Bachelor reality TV star Sam Wood is set to apply for bail after being accused of domestic violence<\/a> offences, including strangulation.<\/p>\n

The Melbourne<\/a>-based fitness influencer has spent several nights in custody on the Sunshine Coast<\/a> following his weekend arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Wood has been charged with domestic violence offences.\u00a0Sam Wood<\/p>\n

Wood, 46, was charged after police<\/a> received reports of alleged domestic violence at a Noosa property on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

He is expected to face Maroochydore Magistrates Court<\/a> and apply for bail on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Wood was charged on Sunday with the domestic violence offence of assault occasioning bodily harm and strangulation in a domestic setting.<\/p>\n

The next day he was stood down indefinitely by the online fitness empire he fronts.<\/p>\n

Wood’s lawyer Matthew Cuskelly said his client would defend the charges after the matter briefly appeared in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s simply worried about his family. A bail application will be heard on Thursday,\u201d Cuskelly said.<\/p>\n

“The charges will be defended.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wood did not appear in court during Monday’s brief mention.<\/p>\n

A Wood family statement was posted on social media on Monday addressing the charges.<\/p>\n

It was shared with Wood’s 253,000 Instagram followers, saying the family was “working through this”.<\/p>\n

“This is a difficult time for all of us,” the statement read.<\/p>\n

“We are working through this as a family and are thoroughly co-operating with the authorities.”<\/p>\n

His wife, Snezana – who he met on The Bachelor – also shared the statement on social media.<\/p>\n

Wood earned a national profile as a star of The Bachelor\u2019s third season in 2015, launching a successful home fitness business 28 By Sam Wood.<\/p>\n

He reportedly sold it in 2022 for more than $70 million but remained the face of the online platform.<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Wood built a fitness empire after appearing on The Bachelor.\u00a0Sam Wood<\/p>\n

The wellness businesses behind the platform on Monday said Wood had been stood down indefinitely.<\/p>\n

“DBG Health, the parent company of 28 by Sam Wood, has zero tolerance for domestic violence,” a DBG Health spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

“While the matter is under investigation and before the court, Sam Wood is on indefinite leave from his duties.<\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with the family and anyone in the community affected by domestic violence.”<\/p>\n

Mark Watkin, 28 Group\u2019s chief operating officer, would lead the business in Wood\u2019s absence, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have all been shocked and saddened by the matters involving Sam Wood,\u201d Watkin said in a separate statement.<\/p>\n

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former The Bachelor reality TV star Sam Wood is set to apply for bail after being accused of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-920039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920039","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=920039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}