A former reality star and Penthouse model will remain behind bars for even longer after the lawyer fighting for her freedom tested positive for Covid.
Jordan Ray Finlayson, who was an NRL cheerleader and a runner-up on the hit show Beauty and the Geek, has had her chance of freedom temporarily delayed.
She did not appear at Central Local Court on Tuesday to apply for bail, with the court told the former NRL cheerleader’s lawyer Michael Hughes had caught Covid.
Earlier this year, on February 24, the 31-year-old was due to face two separate court hearings over four charges and an apprehended violence order.
Jordan Ray Finlayson, who was an NRL cheerleader and a runner-up on the hit show Beauty and the Geek, (pictured) has had her chance of freedom temporarily delayed
Finlayson (pictured) did not appear at Central Local Court on Tuesday to apply for bail, with the court told the former NRL cheerleader’s lawyer Michael Hughes had caught Covid
The charges include two counts of common assault and destroy or damage property less than $2,000, and possess identity information to commit an indictable offence.
It is understood the assault and damage charges relate to an alleged domestic-violence incident with a relative, against whom Finlayson has also taken out an AVO.
The former TV star was granted bail for that matter on February 17 before it was revoked at Central Local Court the following week in light of a new fraud charge.
Finlayson was taken into custody after she allegedly stole a credit card, just months after she vowed to turn her life around in lieu of her last stint behind bars.
The initial charges laid earlier this year came after police attended an address in Botany on February 17 following an alleged incident.
Officers forced their way into the home in efforts to locate a man on a outstanding warrant. Finlayson and a 36-year-old man were arrested at the home.
The 31-year-old was initially bailed, with a court date set for just six days later.
The former TV star (pictured) was granted bail for that matter on February 17 before it was revoked at Central Local Court the following week in light of a new fraud charge
However, the former reality star was arrested the day before she was due to front court and had her bail revoked. She now remains behind bars on remand.
The model and former lingerie waitress was arrested just after 10:30am at a Rosebery home, just south of Sydney’s CBD, on February 22 this year.
She was charged with possessing identity information to commit an indictable offence.
‘A 31-year-old woman was arrested and taken to Mascot Police Station, where she was charged with possess identity info to commit indictable offence and detention application,’ a release from NSW Police stated.
‘Police will allege in court that the woman was in possession of several NSW drivers’ licences and credit cards.’
Finlayson has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
At the time of her arrest in July 2019, Finlayson (pictured) admitted to taking a cocktail of drugs weekly, including heroin, Xanax, marijuana, and GBL
The allegations come just months after the ex-Penthouse model vowed to kick self-destructive behaviours after being thrown in prison for drug offences while in the grips of a $5000-a-week addiction.
In April 2020, the ex-NRL cheerleader was sentenced to two years and three months in jail, but was granted parole last September after serving 15 months.
At the time of her arrest in July 2019, Finlayson admitted to taking a cocktail of drugs weekly, including heroin, Xanax, marijuana, and GBL, while working as a lingerie waitress in Sydney’s drug-fuelled party scene.
The wild lifestyle sparked an expensive addiction and led to her at one stage suffering an overdose, culminating in her being incarcerated as she turned to crime to fed her habit.
But in a post-release interview in December, Finlayson pledged to start her life anew and rise above her chequered past.
‘I am deeply ashamed and embarrassed of what I had become: drugs are selfish and robbed me of five years of my 20s,’ she told the Daily Telegraph.
The allegations come just months after the ex-Penthouse model (pictured) vowed to kick self-destructive behaviours after being thrown in prison for drug offences
‘For two-and-a-half years before jail I did every drug; cocaine, GBL (a liquid); my life was a blur, I let a lot of people down and made bad choices.
‘I was so destroyed, I overdosed and went to rehab six months before I was arrested but I couldn’t stop.’
Finlayson said prison was scary and the ‘wrong place’ for her, but was the ‘wake up call’ she needed.
After her release, she told the publication she had cut off toxic friends, begun studying an entrepreneurship course, and picked promotional and modelling work – as well as returning to lingerie waitress.
But despite her strong assertions, she landed herself back in jail three months later.
Finlayson was a cheerleader for the NRL clubs Cronulla Sharks and Wests Tigers and the Sydney Kings basketball team in 2014.
Finlayson briefly shot to fame in 2011 as the runner-up beauty on Season 3 of Beauty and the Geek (pictured)
She briefly shot to fame in 2011 as the runner-up beauty on Season 3 of Beauty and the Geek.
Her and the ‘geek’ from the season, Lachlan Cosgrove, began to date after the show concluded but broke up ten months later.
In 2013, she became the face of the iconic Australian brand Chiko Rolls for an advertising campaign.
Producers from The Bachelor expressed interest in getting her on the show as a contestant, but Finlayson declined.
She has also appeared topless in photo shoots for Penthouse magazine in 2018, and frequently shares racy images with her 37,500 Instagram followers.
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