DBG Health, which acquired 28 by Sam Wood in a AU$71.2 million (NZ$89.35 million) deal in May 2022, severed its ties with the former Bachelor star three days later.<\/p>\n
“DBG Health does not tolerate domestic violence in any form, and our thoughts are with people impacted by it,” the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Other commercial partners, celebrities and former supporters were quick to follow DBG in distancing themselves.<\/p>\n
Married at First Sight star Jules Robinson, Fitness After 40 trainer Tania Monk and actor Tammin Sursok were among those who immediately sought to distance themselves.<\/p>\n
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After Evvr Healthcare was registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on October 22, other fitness and wellness gurus have rallied in support of the new venture.<\/p>\n
Pilates instructor Alice Bennett stars in a video on the company’s Instagram account, which still bears the handle @28theprogram.<\/p>\n
“In the coming weeks, you’re going to see a new name and a fresh new look,” Bennett said in the video.<\/p>\n
“We are taking all of the magic that we have built and made here together.<\/p>\n
“Your favourite trainers, your favourite workouts that you know and love, and most importantly, this amazing community.”<\/p>\n
Other fitness instructors to appear include Jossman Holdsworth, Miguel La Cruz Mayeye, Chloe Lorback, Max Pertzel and Zoe Klein.<\/p>\n
The Instagram account’s biography now reads: “evvr. (formerly 28 the program)”.<\/p>\n
Wood has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm in a domestic violence context and strangulation in a domestic setting.<\/p>\n
Wood denies the charges and will make a second application for bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court tomorrow.<\/p>\n
An earlier application for bail on October 8 in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court was rejected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fitness empire has undergone an online facelift after being abandoned by allies and advertisers after its founder,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[85,67,156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-644707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-australia","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644707","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=644707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}