{"id":594544,"date":"2026-09-09T02:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T02:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594544\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T02:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T02:50:10","slug":"kiwi-below-deck-star-aesha-scott-defends-show-after-nathan-gallaghers-arrest-and-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/594544\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi Below Deck star Aesha Scott defends show after Nathan Gallagher\u2019s arrest and conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cControversy is exactly what they\u2019re look for no?\u201d<\/p>\n

Willoughby\u2019s and Stillie\u2019s comments were recapped in a fan\u2019s video that Scott commented on. <\/p>\n

She countered Stillie\u2019s allegations and defended production of the Bravo show:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve done Below Deck for almost a decade now and have never once been told \u2018this isn\u2019t yachting it\u2019s Below Deck\u2019,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, over the years they stress more and more we don\u2019t have to drink and they keep a good eye on us,\u201d the Kiwi star added.<\/p>\n

\"BelowBelow Deck Down Under’s Kiwi star Aesha Scott.<\/p>\n

The comments come days after Australian police issued a warrant for Nathan Gallagher\u2019s arrest after his conviction on domestic violence charges.<\/p>\n

Gallagher is believed to have fled Australia. <\/p>\n

\"NewNew South Wales police have issued a warrant for Nathan Gallagher’s arrest. Photo \/ NSW Police<\/p>\n

The former Below Deck bosun was arrested in Sydney on December 27 after police were called to a Melrose Park unit complex in the city\u2019s northwest after reports of an alleged assault the day before, according to a police memo obtained by Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n

The alleged incident involved Gael Cameron, Gallagher\u2019s former partner and co-star. The pair, who got together on the show, share young son Kayden.<\/p>\n

\"NathanNathan Gallagher and Gael Cameron. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Gallagher was granted conditional bail by Burwood Local Court on January 15 and scheduled to appear in court this month, but failed to do so. The judge convicted Gallagher in absentia and a warrant was issued for his arrest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cameron broke her silence this week<\/a> on social media, thanking everyone for support in what she described as a \u201ctough season\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey guys, I just want to say thank you so much for the support you\u2019ve shown for Kayden and I,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough season, but I have been using the past few months to quietly heal and rebuild for little man and myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really appreciate the love you have sent our way, especially while everything that\u2019s come to light, and I\u2019m really working on finding myself again and moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott commented \u201cmy darling angels\u201d on Cameron\u2019s post, referring to the mum and son duo. <\/p>\n

The latest season of Below Deck Mediterranean, filmed before the incident, is airing in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

It features Gallagher balancing his role as a superyacht bosun with family commitments involving Cameron and their infant son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cControversy is exactly what they\u2019re look for no?\u201d Willoughby\u2019s and Stillie\u2019s comments were recapped in a fan\u2019s video…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[293019,74,534,95,14466,14645,13990,3937,15970,122106,99524,3039,14736,156,48338,71,293020,194,24552,89505,111,139,69,8139,1305,2737,293021,13118,80],"class_list":["post-594544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aesha","tag-after","tag-amid","tag-and","tag-arrest","tag-beloved","tag-below","tag-chief","tag-conviction","tag-deck","tag-defended","tag-defends","tag-domestic","tag-entertainment","tag-fallout","tag-from","tag-gallaghers","tag-kiwi","tag-mediterranean","tag-nathan","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-scott","tag-show","tag-star","tag-stew","tag-violence","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594544","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=594544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}