The ex-girlfriend of Olympic boxer Harry Garside resides in Bali as she awaits a listening to to struggle home violence-related fees in opposition to her ex.
Ashley Alsione Ruscoe was arrested at her Bellevue Hill residence in Sydney in July and charged with assaulting and intimidating her former accomplice.
A month later, the 35-year-old boxing coach and wellness guru was charged with two recent offences of deliberately distributing intimate photographs of Mr Garside with out his consent.
The boxer gave permission to be recognized because the alleged sufferer by means of his authorized workforce.
Ms Ruscoe has entered not responsible pleas to the 2 fees of distributing an intimate picture with out consent, widespread assault and stalking or intimidating Mr Garside.
The matter shall be talked about in court on November 8 when it’s anticipated all of the proof shall be served on her authorized workforce.
Whereas Ms Ruscoe waits to struggle the fees, she has since relocated to Bali the place she is instructing boxing.
The 35-year-old moved to the Indonesian island after her court look in August, flashing her new life on Instagram.
In a single publish earlier than she left Australia, she wrote: “Posting a few of the latest highlights, however as a result of authorized causes no low factors #ifwedon’tlaughwe’llcry.”
On her enterprise web page, Hit Like A Lady, Ms Ruscoe introduced final week that she would now offer one-on-one classes at Noble Boxing, primarily based in Canggu.
Ms Ruscoe posts a lot of her new life in Bali on Instagram, showcasing her boxing classes, courses and her vegetable-filled breakfast meals.
One among her captions learn: “Relaxed and glad … @hitlikeagirl__ in Bali … hmu (sic) when you’re over right here and need to practice.”
The 35-year-old has additionally posted images and movies having fun with the Bali night-life.
Ms Ruscoe is accused of sending messages containing intimate images of Mr Garside on the afternoon of March 27 and the night of June 1.
At a earlier court look, her lawyer Bryan Wrench railed in opposition to the classification of the picture as intimate.
He claimed that Mr Garside had given Ms Ruscoe a photograph of himself involving a brightly colored wig that had been displayed in her lounge.
“He principally gifted my client with a photograph of himself … posing with a purple wig,” Mr Wrench mentioned.
“It’s positively not an intimate picture.”
Mr Wrench is looking for to acquire “exculpatory” info from his client’s cellphone, as it’s held by police and informed the court that he had not been supplied with information from Mr Garside’s cellphone.
Mr Garside was initially charged over an alleged home violence incident on the couple’s Bellevue Hill residence on March 1.
He was arrested on the airport on Could 2 upon his return from filming I’m a Celeb … Get Me Out of Right here! in South Africa.
The Olympic boxer steadfastly maintained his innocence, and the fees in opposition to him have been dropped by police after his authorized workforce discovered a video beforehand not seen by police that confirmed Ms Ruscoe because the alleged aggressor.
Weeks later, she was arrested and charged over the alleged altercation.
Mr Wrench beforehand informed a Sydney court that he was “shocked” his client had been charged over the alleged incident.
He mentioned he was “involved” about Mr Garside’s “motivation” in coming ahead with the allegations in opposition to his ex-girlfriend.
The lawyer mentioned in court he would depend on the proof of witnesses who would reveal the boxer “has a historical past of home violence”.
Mr Garside and Ms Ruscoe dated for 18 months earlier than they break up earlier this yr.
The couple have been usually snapped by the paparazzi collectively and made a number of high-profile appearances, equivalent to on the GQ awards in November final yr.
