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Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Designer jeweller to Australia's A-List stars is accused of cheating its clients out of THOUSANDS - after consumer bosses warned shoppers: 'Watch out'
A boutique Melbourne jeweller which boasts of its A-list celebrity clients including Sonia Kruger, Bec Judd and Britt Selwood has been rocked by criminal charges. Shannakian Fine Jewellery is accused of accepting more than $40,000 for high-priced jewellery which never made it into the hands of customers. Consumer Affairs Victoria has accused company officer Arpee Shannakian, 41, of being behind the alleged scam which left customers without their jewellery. Ms Shannakian and the company now face eight charges of accepting payment for goods but failing to deliver in time. Among the key transactions probed by authorities is a ring with a pink sapphire stone sold for $2200 in July 2023. Other deals allegedly include a $6600 18-carat white gold tennis necklace in August 2023, a $13,500 18-carat diamond tennis necklace in December 2024 and $8000 for two rings in January this year. The transactions under investigation allegedly totalled $44,643 and occurred between July 2022 and January 2025. Ms Shannakian aka Arpee Mardiran, who lives in Rowville in Melbourne's south-east, was charged on July 4. Her husband and Shannakian Fine Jewellery owner Hovig Shannakian is not facing any criminal charges. Ms Shannakian failed to appear at today's Melbourne Magistrates' Court file hearing and the company will return to court in November. According to Consumer Affairs, it received more than 70 complaints about the jeweller from customers across Australia and overseas dating back to February 2021. Customers alleged they paid the business for jewellery including bracelets, necklaces and rings but 'failed to receive their purchases or refunds within a reasonable time or at all'. The watchdog also alleged some payments for jewellery were deposited into a bank account in Ms Shannakian's name. In May, Consumer Affairs warned 'anyone wanting to buy jewellery from Shannakian Jewellery to be careful'. The firm sells custom-made and other jewellery on its website and also to its A-list clientele via appointment at its Collins Street showroom. The boutique jeweller also sold through its Instagram account - which has more than 25,000 followers - where a parade of celebrities, influencers and AFL WAGs spruiked their designer glamour. However, activity on the account stopped after Consumer Affairs first issued a public warning on May 22. Among the celebrities who feature on the jeweller's Instagram page are Dancing with the Stars host Sonia Kruger, former top WAGs Bec Judd and Britt Selwood and My Kitchen Rules glamour Zana Pali. Gold Logie winner Sonia Kruger appears in several posts of her wearing Shannakian jewellery at the Logies. One Shannakian Fine Jewellery post congratulated Ms Kruger for her 2023 Gold Logie win 'Our girl wins the 2023 GOLD LOGIE... Congratulations to the most deserving, hard working, talented woman in the industry,' it read. 'We are so happy for you Sonia, and the entire team are honoured to have been on your journey! WOWSERS, now we celebrate.' Shane Warne's daughter Brooke also appeared on Instagram wearing what the jeweller said was a custom-made 'Lucky Number 23' chain to honour her late dad. Essendon captain Zach Merrett's wife Alexandra Merrett also appeared, as did GWS Giants' star Toby Greene's fiancée Georgia Stirton. Ms Stirton was photographed wearing Shannakian jewellery at the 2024 Brownlow Medal ceremony. Kahlia Howe, wife of Collingwood defender Jeremy Howe, also wore the shop's bling to the 2024 Brownlow. And struggling West Coast midfielder Tim Kelly's wife Caitlin Miller was another WAG who wore the jewellery to the Brownlow. Olivia May, wife of Port Adelaide Power Brownlow Medallist Ollie Wines, Talia Zorko, wife of Lions' defender Dayne Zorko and West Coast forward Jamie Cripps' cancer survivor partner Liv Cripps all featured on the jeweller's Instagram page. Other celebs who wore Shannakian jewellery include Married at First Sight star Selin Mengu, TV presenter Khanh Ong, socialite Elle Baillieu, singer Samantha Jade, The Bachelor star Snezana Wood, model Simone Holtznagel and influencer Amy Pejkovic. Byron Bay-based influencer Ruby Tuesday Matthews regularly featured adorned with Shannakian jewellery. Pop megastar Delta Goodrem appeared on the Today Show wearing Shannakian jewellery, which the jeweller also shared on Instagram. TV presenter and journalist Abbey Gelmi was also a regular feature on the Shannakian Instagram page along with cricket mega-WAG, Candace Warner. Greta Bradman, granddaughter of Australian sporting legend Don Bradman, is featured in a post where Shannakian Fine Jewellery claims she is wearing their jewellery while singing the national anthem at the 2024 Melbourne Cup. Consumer Affairs Victoria Acting Director David Joyner urged consumers to be wary before purchasing Shannakian Fine Jewellery products. 'If you have had a bad experience with Shannakian Fine Jewellery, contact us through our complaint form, email or by calling 1300 55 81 81,' he said. 'In September 2024, after receiving a spike in consumer complaints, Consumer Affairs Victoria issued Shannakian Fine Jewellery an Official Warning, strongly encouraging the business to refund affected consumers and address ongoing consumer complaints.' Mr Joyner said Consumer Affairs received a further 14 complaints since January, ultimately leading to criminal proceedings. 'The conduct of Shannakian Fine Jewellery has adversely affected the interests of its customers,' he said. 'I urge consumers to be cautious about purchasing goods from Shannakian Fine Jewellery. I also urge any current customers of Shannakian Fine Jewellery to be wary of making further purchases.'
News.com.au
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Julia Morris exposes truly disturbing live TV interview
Julia Morris has recently been diving into video archives from her four-decade showbiz career, and with it, she's made some disturbing findings. The Australian comedian and TV host, 57, is up for her fourth Gold Logie this Sunday. Feeling nostalgic, Morris decided to dust off highlights from a starry career that has seen her grace screens all over the world. One piece of archival footage came from a work assignment covering the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2005. At the time, a 'very excited' Morris was hosting live coverage backstage for the BBC, when metal rocker 'Glam' from the Norwegian band Wig Wam gallivanted in. 20 years on, footage of their encounter - reposted by Morris on her Instagram account this week - is truly shocking to watch. 'Oh my god, what a lovely surprise!' Morris squeals in her signature vivacious voice, as Glam, real name Åge Sten Nilsen, walks toward her. Glam, a lit cigarette in hand, immediately straddles Morris on the couch she's sitting on. 'Oh! Hello, darling,' Morris says, though she's not visible on the camera as Glam continues to sit on top of her, holding her face. Finally, Glam removes himself, but the touching doesn't stop there. He sits directly next to her and wraps his arm around her shoulder (you can watch the video in the player above). Attempting to change the subject, Morris excitably points out how the pair have matching silver shoes, proceeding to wave her legs like a 'little kid'. 'I was trying to show that it wasn't a sexual moment,' Morris remembers to Morris holds herself together remarkably. You'd have no idea how uncomfortable she was as Glam continued to cross the line, touching the host's breasts, kissing her repeatedly on the cheek and stroking her leg. 'What's really spooky is, I don't even flinch,' Morris recalls to 'I suppose as a stand-up comedian, reading a room and adjusting in it is [part of the job]. I mean, what was I supposed to do?' While she knew the behaviour wasn't appropriate, Morris was mostly worried about something else entirely. 'I was trying to make sure my pad didn't move, because I had a miscarriage the week before,' Morris says. 'I had to have a massive f***ing pad. I mean, enormous. And so, when old mate jumped on top of me, all I was thinking was, 'My god, he's going to squeeze it [the pad] out the back.' And all the while he is touching up my tits. And I was getting in trouble from the producers.' Hindsight, and having two young daughters who pointed out to their mother Glam was, indeed, being a 'douchebag', has changed how Morris views the interview, and shone a spotlight on many other encounters much like it over the years. 'The more you go through the system, like, before I did The Celebrity Apprentice [Morris won in 2011], up until that point, you're really just behaving,' she says. 'You don't have a voice. You certainly don't have a choice of 'Don't speak to me like that.' 'A lot of young people now are like, 'We're the first to speak up about this.' And it's like, 'No, we all tried, we just got fired.'' While Morris has long been renowned among viewers for her signature rogue wit, the star confesses she's actually been held back for much of her career. She remembers, somewhat painfully, being made to feel ashamed to be herself during a colourful New Year's Eve live cross in the early 2000s. 'I had to introduce some people outside the casino, and I was like, 'Oh my god, are you all gonna get a little pash tonight?!' I was like, 28,' she says. 'And the person who was hosting the show said, 'I'm going to stop you there Julia before you say something we're all going to regret. Julia Morris, there.' 'What, so, all these years on television, mostly live, and I haven't slipped up yet. And this douchebag says that?' It was her casting on I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! back in 2015 when she felt, aged 47, she was finally able to flourish. She's now clocked up a decade with the much-loved Ten program, a tremendous feat in the increasingly unstable world of traditional television. 'The day that Beverley [McGarvey, Ten president] cast me in this show was the greatest moment of my professional life,' Morris says. 'It was the first time I wasn't micromanaged as a performer. Beverley not only had the guts to employ me, but she let me be myself. 'No-one let me be myself. I mean, in some jobs a bit, but no-one can let me be myself in drama, for example, when I was with Channel 9 doing House Husbands. And certainly [not] in the presenting realms. 'She was the first person to let me off the leash. And allowed me to stay off the leash.' It's been a big year of milestones for Morris: 40 years in showbiz. 10 years on I'm A Celeb. Might she also nab her first Gold Logie during the awards this weekend? While the aforementioned archive-diving did unfortunately remind her of her gross night with the 'f***wit', as she calls him, Morris has mostly been left feeling deeply proud of how much she's accomplished, from the 17-year-old who tied for first place in her TV debut on the talent show New Faces with her performance of Holding Out for a Hero. 'It's all so prolific, you know what, I don't need that f***ing award,' Morris laughs. 'The award's going to have to earn me back!' Jokes aside, Morris concedes the race for Gold between herself, Hamish Blake (the only male in the line-up this year), Poh Ling-Yeow, Sonia Kruger, Lynne McGranger, Allison Langdon and Lisa Millar is an even playing field. 'It is anybody's award,' she says. 'Hand on heart, every single person there hasn't earned it more than someone else, or deserves it more than someone else. 'I think the very fact each of those people have lasted as long as we all have in this brutal industry is reward enough.'
Sky News AU
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
'Unapologetic': Tennis great Jelena Dokic stuns in bikini holiday snaps after shedding 20kg and halving her dress size
Jelena Dokic has delivered a powerful message about body positivity she proudly showcased her dramatic weight loss in a series of new photos from her summer holiday in Croatia. The 42-year-old former tennis champion and Channel Nine sports commentator took to Instagram on Sunday, sharing sun-soaked snaps from her time abroad, posing confidently in a bikini and a red linen dress by the ocean. "Me, free and unapologetically myself," Dokic wrote. "Be you. Be unapologetically you. You've got one life to live so live it free and be your unapologetic self. "You can't go through life worrying about what everyone else is going to think-whether it's your body, your size, your hair, your clothes, what you have, what you believe or how you feel," she added. The 2025 Gold Logie nominee was flooded with support from fans in the comments section. "You are looking beautiful and at peace!! So much wisdom in those words," one wrote. Another added: "Beautifully said" while a third commented: "Well said Jelena. Looking amazing and so happy." The former World Number Four's post follows a recent social media upload in which she opened up about her dramatic transformation, sharing side-by-side photos of herself at size 20 and size 10, and reflecting on the constant public scrutiny she's faced at both ends of the scale. "When I was a size 20 someone always complained and now that I am a size 10 someone is always complaining too," she wrote. "It baffles me how there is always some troll, bully or unkind person out there that has to comment or put someone down." She said that when she was larger, she was regularly insulted with slurs like "whale, cow and fat," and often asked what had "happened to her size". "Now that I am a size 10, I have apparently jumped on the 'diet' culture whatever that means—it's now bad that I am healthier and lost some weight, and I have abandoned standing up for plus-size people," she said. "Just goes to show, nothing will ever be good enough for people, and that's sad." Her latest post continued on a similar thread, with Dokic reminding her followers not to let others' judgment weigh them down. "You can't worry about other people's judgment and what they have to say, because someone will always have something to say," she wrote. "Their judgment says everything about them… so be yourself. "100 per cent unapologetically you. Live this life freely and authentically. Because you only have one life to live. Be you. Love, Jelena xoxo." The post also comes just weeks after she went public with her new partner, Melbourne-based hospitality operations manager Yane Veselinov. On July 14, she shared a sweet selfie of the pair with the caption: "You are my calm, safe, peaceful and happy place. So glad I found you."
West Australian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Logies 2025: Who the bookies have tipped to take home this years Gold Logie award
There are seven nominees in this years Gold Logie awards, with each putting forward a strong case to take home the most coveted award in Australian television; but who have the punters tipped to take out the top gong this year? With anticipation for the 65th TV Week Logie Awards reaching its boiling point, the question on everyone's mind is who will take out this years Gold Logie. The speculation continues to build on who looks likely, but the sports books have a clear leader in the seven horse race, according to betting odds for the top prize. The favourite to have their name called on stage this year is non-other than Home and Away's Lynne McGranger coming in with the shortest odds out of the pool paying $1.57. McGranger has been gracing the screens as Irene Roberts in Summer Bay since 1993, and following the news that she will be leaving the show next month after 32 years, fans will be looking to give her a fitting send off. Australia's sweetheart also looks a strong chance to win Best Actress in a Drama as well, at $2.75 she is just short of being the favourite behind Apple Cider Vinegar star Kaitlyn Denver at $2.25. Next in the books for the Gold Logie is A Current Affair host Ally Langdon, who at $4.33 has the best chance at disrupting McGranger's fairy tale send off. Even if Langdon isn't successful with the Gold Logie, she's the betting favourite to take out the Ray Martin award for most popular news or public affairs presenter, at $1.91. According to the bettors, the other likely nominee to have a shot at gold is LEGO Masters host Hamish Blake at $6 in his sixth nomination, with the Aussie comedian already having two Gold Logies in his trophy cabinet. The long shots see their odds balloon to double-digit figures, with first time nominees in ABC's Lisa Millar and MasterChef's Poh Ling Yeow paying $10 and $13 respectively. I'm a Me Out of Here!'s Julia Morris enters the pool with her fourth nomination, but at $11 the punters don't favour the hosts chances to finally capture the coveted award. While 2023 winner and Channel Seven's Sonia Kruger has the longest odds to come home a winner at $17, despite the range for her hosting nominations, including The Voice, Dancing With The Stars and last years Logies Red Carpet Show. The books do like Kruger's chances for winning the Burt Newton Award for most popular presenter, at $4.33 she has the third best odds to win the award in her third straight nomination, coming in behind Todd Woodbridge at $2.25 and Ricki-Lee at $3.75. Despite who the punters tip, it's all up in the air until the eventual winners will be announced at the Logie Awards on Sunday, August 3. Gold Logie odds: Lynne McGranger - $1.57 Ally Langdon - $4.33 Hamish Blake - $6 Lisa Millar - $10 Julia Morris - $11 Poh Ling Yeow - $13 Sonia Kruger - $17
Perth Now
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
REVEALED: Punters' choice to take home the Gold Logie
There are seven nominees in this years Gold Logie awards, with each putting forward a strong case to take home the most coveted award in Australian television; but who have the punters tipped to take out the top gong this year? With anticipation for the 65th TV Week Logie Awards reaching its boiling point, the question on everyone's mind is who will take out this years Gold Logie. The speculation continues to build on who looks likely, but the sports books have a clear leader in the seven horse race, according to betting odds for the top prize. The favourite to have their name called on stage this year is non-other than Home and Away's Lynne McGranger coming in with the shortest odds out of the pool paying $1.57. Lynne McGranger comes in as the betting favourite for the 2025 Gold Logie. Credit: supplied / supplied McGranger has been gracing the screens as Irene Roberts in Summer Bay since 1993, and following the news that she will be leaving the show next month after 32 years, fans will be looking to give her a fitting send off. Australia's sweetheart also looks a strong chance to win Best Actress in a Drama as well, at $2.75 she is just short of being the favourite behind Apple Cider Vinegar star Kaitlyn Denver at $2.25. Next in the books for the Gold Logie is A Current Affair host Ally Langdon, who at $4.33 has the best chance at disrupting McGranger's fairy tale send off. Even if Langdon isn't successful with the Gold Logie, she's the betting favourite to take out the Ray Martin award for most popular news or public affairs presenter, at $1.91. According to the bettors, the other likely nominee to have a shot at gold is LEGO Masters host Hamish Blake at $6 in his sixth nomination, with the Aussie comedian already having two Gold Logies in his trophy cabinet. The long shots see their odds balloon to double-digit figures, with first time nominees in ABC's Lisa Millar and MasterChef's Poh Ling Yeow paying $10 and $13 respectively. I'm a Me Out of Here!'s Julia Morris enters the pool with her fourth nomination, but at $11 the punters don't favour the hosts chances to finally capture the coveted award. While 2023 winner and Channel Seven's Sonia Kruger has the longest odds to come home a winner at $17, despite the range for her hosting nominations, including The Voice, Dancing With The Stars and last years Logies Red Carpet Show. Sonia Kruger at last year's Logie Awards. Credit: Sam Tabone / Getty Images The books do like Kruger's chances for winning the Burt Newton Award for most popular presenter, at $4.33 she has the third best odds to win the award in her third straight nomination, coming in behind Todd Woodbridge at $2.25 and Ricki-Lee at $3.75. Despite who the punters tip, it's all up in the air until the eventual winners will be announced at the Logie Awards on Sunday, August 3. Gold Logie odds: Lynne McGranger - $1.57 Ally Langdon - $4.33 Hamish Blake - $6 Lisa Millar - $10 Julia Morris - $11 Poh Ling Yeow - $13 Sonia Kruger - $17
