\u201cF***ing own up, you\u2019re a cheater … explain yourself,\u201d read another.<\/p>\n
\u201cDidn\u2019t need to use me just so you could see if something else would work,\u201d read a third.<\/p>\n
She was charged with one count each of stalking\/intimidation with the intention to cause fear of physical harm (DV) and using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one should ever have to put up with being treated like this,\u201d Magistrate Megan Greenwood told the court, describing Studdon\u2019s conduct as \u201cout of control, fixated and obsessive behaviour\u201d that left the victim \u201cterrified\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou do this again, that\u2019s where you\u2019re going \u2013 you\u2019re going to jail,\u201d Greenwood said.<\/p>\n
After her number was blocked, Studdon allegedly sent emails and made bank transfers containing abusive messages in the transaction descriptions, such as \u201ccheck msgs, enjoy the d***\u201d.<\/p>\n
On January 13, Studdon was arrested and spent one night in custody after allegedly appearing at her ex-partner\u2019s home and attempting to forcibly open her car door as she returned home from work.<\/p>\n
She was released on bail and initially indicated she would contest the charges.<\/p>\n
However, her lawyer, David Newham, entered guilty pleas on her behalf to multiple offences, including using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend.<\/p>\n
Newham told the court his client was \u201chumiliated\u201d by the \u201chighly regrettable matter\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe knows she\u2019s made a mistake, she acknowledges she\u2019s gone off the handle, but to say that she should be sent to prison today, that\u2019s way too excessive,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
Magistrate Greenwood described domestic violence as a \u201cscourge on society\u201d and said using bank transfers to send messages was \u201cclassic controlling behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n
Studdon was sentenced to two years of community service and fined $2561.06.<\/p>\n
She has a previous conviction for domestic violence in 2015.<\/p>\n
Studdon played for the Dragons last season but is without a club for the 2026 NRLW season. <\/p>\n
She has previously represented the Sydney Roosters, St George Illawarra, Parramatta and Cronulla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cF***ing own up, you\u2019re a cheater … explain yourself,\u201d read another. \u201cDidn\u2019t need to use me just so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1135,42833,1558,59502,2082,2740,42,1334,14731,54826,153282,138334,43,22766,2847,5502,6327,5161,93067,2737,138429,6859,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-270628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australian","tag-avoided","tag-been","tag-expartner","tag-for","tag-former","tag-headlines","tag-jail","tag-league","tag-maddie","tag-magistrate","tag-narrowly","tag-news","tag-nrlw","tag-only","tag-partner","tag-rugby","tag-sentenced","tag-stalking","tag-star","tag-studdon","tag-told","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}