The wife of Olympic legend Geoff Huegill was sued by a bikini business just weeks before she allegedly stole $2500 leather pants from a trendy boutique.
PR businesswoman Sara Huegill was ordered to pay $3540 to swimwear retailer I Dream of Bikini Pty Ltd by a Sydney court last month.
Daily Mail Australia understands Ms Huegill signed up the bikini business as one of her clients but then did not carry out public relations work as promised.
A magistrate said the 34-year-old had a fortnight to start paying back the debt, including interest.
A Sydney court last month ordered PR businesswoman Sara Huegill to pay $3540 to swimwear retailer I Dream of Bikini Pty Ltd
Ms Huegill (left with her husband, and right) signed up the bikini business as one of her clients but it’s understood she then did not carry out her public relations work as promised
Sara Huegill was sued by I Dream of Bikini Pty Ltd for matters relating to her PR business
It’s understood other businesses have had trouble with Ms Huegill. I Dream of Bikini declined to comment further.
Revelations of the bikini company stoush come at a difficult time for the publicist.
She was arrested by NSW police on Sunday after staff at Byron Bay’s Bassike store allegedly spotted her stashing the expensive leggings into her handbag.
Ms Huegill said the allegation was ‘FALSE’ when approached for comment. She will face Byron Bay Local Court on June 7.
She was spotted on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since news of her shoplifting charge broke.
Video showed Ms Huegill stepping out of a dark-coloured BMW and walking swiftly into a home.
Ms Huegill was arrested by NSW police on Sunday after staff at Byron Bay’s Bassike store allegedly spotted her stashing expensive leggings into her handbag
Allegations: Mrs Huegill, 35, allegedly allegedly stole a pair of leather pants worth $2,500 from exclusive Byron Bay boutique Bassike on Sunday
Spotted: On Tuesday, she appeared for the first time since news of her shoplifting charge broke
BMW: Mrs Huegill stepped out of a dark-coloured BMW and walked swiftly into a Byron Bay residential home
A lawyer for Mrs Huegill has issued a statement apologising for the alleged shoplifting incident.
‘Sara deeply regrets the incident and apologises unreservedly,’ the statement said.
‘Sara has made good progress recently in being treated for issues related to anxiety and depression and acknowledges this is a setback.
‘She has asked for privacy and understanding for her family at this time.’
The latest allegations follow Geoff and Sara’s 2014 arrest for cocaine use at Randwick Racecourse and her 2010 termination from Roxy Jacenko’s public relations firm.
Cocaine: On April 26th 2014, the publicist was charged with possessing cocaine at Royal Randwick, alongside her Olympic swimmer husband Geoff
A former colleague famously rejoiced after she was charged, declaring that ‘karma’s a b***h’.
Both Geoff and Sara pleaded guilty to drug possession and were handed six-month good behaviour bonds.
Ms Huegill was sacked by Sweaty Betty PR for sending sports compression wear and supplements to an ‘unknown identity’ without authorization.
A letter to Mrs Huegill from her then-employer was subsequently made public, in which Ms Jacenko wrote: ‘I am most upset and distressed by what has occurred within the business today.
‘The bag of Body Science product was in fact sent yesterday July 20th 2010 and returned to me personally at 8am this morning… it was not approved.’
‘This was also after you denied any knowledge of sending any Body Science product out of the Sweaty Betty PR offices and replied ‘No, no I haven’t sent anything to that person’.’
Good behaviour: Both pleaded guilty to possession and were handed six-month good behaviour bonds
At the time, Mrs Huegill told Daily Mail Australia: ‘It was well known at the time that Ms Jacenko was actively looking to terminate my employment for reasons mostly unrelated to performance.
‘In the end, the basis of my termination from Sweaty Betty PR was that I had not sought express authorisation from Ms Jacenko to distribute samples of client product to a third party despite the distribution of client product to potential third-party endorsers being something the industry survives on and something Sweaty Betty PR did every single day.’
After leaving Sweaty Betty PR, she worked at Trend Imports and Glue Store.
Sacked! Many still remember the day she was sacked by Jacenko’s Sweaty Betty PR for sending sporting compression wear and supplements to an ‘unknown identity’
Mrs Huegill was reportedly re-hired by Jacenko as a senior publicist in April 2017.
Less then three months later, the women parted ways again, although Ms Jacenko claimed Mrs Huegill was only hired on a short-term basis and insisted the pair weren’t on bad terms.
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