{"id":792192,"date":"2026-10-05T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792192\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T01:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:00:16","slug":"former-bachelor-star-and-fitness-influencer-sam-wood-charged-with-domestic-violence-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792192\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bachelor star and fitness influencer Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Fitness influencer and former Bachelor contestant Sam Wood will remain behind bars after facing court this morning on several domestic violence charges following his arrest in Noosa on the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man (Sam Wood) in beige T-shirt leaning on a kitchen bench with wide smile.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/b05e8fd97861c0e8e68489494488ff2e.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Sam Wood has become the face of a home fitness program. (Facebook: 28 by Sam Wood)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Wood was arrested after police were called to a property on the Hastings Street beachfront on Saturday night amid reports of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Muscular man (Sam Wood) in dark singlet, brightly coloured shorts, on a park bench with in-ear headphones.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/15e5f07d704ff8d6708cec430f36256b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Sam Wood was arrested after police were called to a property in Noosa&#8217;s Hastings Street over the weekend. (Facebook: 28 by Sam Wood)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police yesterday charged Mr Wood with the domestic violence offence of assault occasioning bodily harm and strangulation in a domestic setting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He was refused bail after his arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 46-year-old Victorian appeared in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court this morning, by video link from the local police watch house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He has been remanded in custody and is due to return to the court on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Wood&#8217;s lawyer, Mathew Cuskelly, told the court he would make a bail application for his client at that appearance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Reporters and camera operators point microphones and cameras at Mathew Cuskelly.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/0461e2a1056565005229af6a8d2670a7.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Mr Wood&#8217;s lawyer Mathew Cuskelly was surrounded by media outside the Maroochydoore Magistrates Court. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Owen Jacques)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said he would tender material relating to the charges before then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Wood found fame on the 2015 season of The Bachelor and has since become the face of a home fitness program.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"White background black text reads statement from the Wood family\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1767fe762a454c8b513a44e1326a5fac.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Both Sam Wood and wife Snezana have shared the statement to their personal social media pages, as well as to Mr Wood&#8217;s business page. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement posted to social media this morning, wife Snezana Wood said the family was cooperating with authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;This is a difficult time for all of us, we are working through this as a family,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The same statement was also shared on Mr Wood&#8217;s personal and business social media pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a separate statement, the acting CEO of 28 Group Mark Watkin said while investigations continued, Mr Wood had been stood down from his duties with the brand he founded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We have zero tolerance for domestic violence,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;While the matter is under investigation and before the court, Sam is on indefinite leave from his duties.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fitness influencer and former Bachelor contestant Sam Wood will remain behind bars after facing court this morning on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[260780,195641,17476,96,21858,260783,260784,9771,7482,224543,260782,9768,100731,260781,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-792192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-28-by-sam-wood","tag-assault","tag-domestic-violence","tag-entertainment","tag-fitness-influencer","tag-hastings-street","tag-maroochydoore-magistrates-court","tag-noosa","tag-reality-tv","tag-sam-wood","tag-strangulation","tag-sunshine-coast","tag-the-bachelor","tag-the-bachelor-australia","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}