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Perth Now
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Schapelle Corby spotted hugging mystery man at airport
Schapelle Corby has been spotted dropping off a mystery man at an Australian airport, hugging him goodbye. The convicted drug smuggler turned clockmaker was photographed at the Gold Coast Airport wishing an unknown man safe travels as he prepared for a flight. The 47-year-old dressed casually in a loose, faded black hooded shirt and a pair of leggings. She added an olive-toned bucket hat and a pair of sneakers and appeared to go make-up free. Corby hugged her male friend before he set off with a large black duffel bag. It comes after Corby left social media followers pondering over engagement rumours while celebrating her birthday in Paris in 2024. In a photo posted to Instagram, Corby posed in a beret in front of the Eiffel Tower, with a sparkling ring on what seemed to be her ring finger. Schapelle Corby and a mystery man embrace. Credit: NARI / BACKGRID Her fans soon spotted the piece of jewellery and questioned if she was getting married. However, it was made apparent that the image Corby shared had been flipped in an editing app and the ring was actually on her right hand. Proof that the photo had been flipped pointed to the Olympic rings in the background as the order they are in was around the wrong way. Corby has been single for sometime after she split from her Indonesian boyfriend Ben Panangian in 2020 after 16 years together. The couple met in a Bali prison in 2006 when they were both serving time for drug-related offences but had not seen each other in person since 2019. Corby was imprisoned for nine years after she was caught attempting to smuggle 4.2kg cannabis into Indonesia in October 2004. Following her release, she has made a new life for herself making a living as a clockmaker and also appeared on a season of SAS Australia.
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Schapelle Corby embraces mystery man at Gold Coast Airport - after sparking engagement rumours
Schapelle Corby was jet-setting on Monday. The convicted drug smuggler turned influencer hopped off a plane at the Gold Coast Airport where she was met by a mystery man. The 47-year-old hugged the male pal as she arrived with a large black sports bag in tow. Schapelle dressed casually in a loose faded black hooded shirt and a pair of leggings. She added an olive toned bucket hat and a pair of sneakers, and appeared to go makeup free. The clockmaker wore her red locks down in soft waves and completed her look with a gold watch. Last year, Schapelle left her many fans wondering if she's getting ready to walk down the aisle. Schapelle, who was at the time celebrating her 47th birthday in Paris, set tongues wagging after an eagle-eyed fan spotted a sparkling ring on her left hand. In the image posted to Instagram, Schapelle looks every inch the stylish fashionista as she poses in a beret in front of the Eiffel Tower, while her bejewelled hand rests on her leg. 'Happy Birthday To Me #27... oops, #47,' she wrote in the caption. It wasn't long before Schapelle's followers inundated the post, with one hearing wedding bells all the way from the city of love. 'Is that an engagement ring on your finger haha,' they asked after spying the ring. However, it appears not all is what it seems. A close look at the image shows the picture has been 'flipped', and the flashy ring she is sporting is actually on her right hand. The clockmaker wore her red locks down in soft waves and completed her look with a gold watch A tell tale give away that the picture has been 'mirrored' is that the Olympic rings seen on the Eiffel Tower in the background of the photo are around the wrong way. In photography a 'mirrored' image is one in which right and left in reality have been reversed - as if seen in a mirror. In 2020, Schapelle split from her Indonesian boyfriend Ben Panangian after 16 years together. She revealed her long-distance relationship with Ben, 45, was over and that she was looking for her Prince Charming. The couple met in a Bali prison in 2006 when they were both serving time for drug-related offences, but hadn't seen each other in person since 2019. She has not publicly dated anyone since. It comes after Kyle Sandilands recently shared his theory about where Schapelle Corby's drug-filled boogie board bag really came from after her infamous arrest at Bali airport almost 20 years ago. Schapelle was incarcerated for nine years for attempting to smuggle cannabis into Indonesia. She was arrested at Bali airport in October 2004 with 4.2kg of cannabis wrapped in plastic inside her boogie board bag. Schapelle has always maintained her innocence and her lawyers argued she had unintentionally become a drug mule, suggesting baggage handlers put the drugs in her bag. Radio shock jock Kyle discussed her incarceration on The Kyle and Jackie O Show. He said he believes smugglers forgot to take the cannabis out of the bag after her transit flight from Brisbane to Sydney, leading to it accidentally travelling on to Bali. 'I think they didn't take something out that should have come from Brisbane to Sydney. They missed it and off it went and got redirected to Bali,' he shared. His co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson also shared her sympathies with Schapelle, claiming she didn't deserve the nine-year prison sentence. 'She nearly lost her mind over it. Either way, even if she did it, I don't think she deserved what she went through,' Jackie, 49, argued. Schapelle has made a new life for herself after her release from an Indonesian prison in 2014, and went on to make a living as a successful clockmaker. She promoted some of her colourful timepieces with her many followers, which typically retailed for around $220. However she announced recently that she could no longer keep up the time-consuming work. 'This may be the last year for me to create my epoxy art,' she wrote in an announcement on Instagram. 'This saddens me. 'Life is changing, I'm not sure how my resin obsession hobby will fit in. At this point I just don't know' she continued.
Perth Now
29-04-2025
- Perth Now
‘What is it?': Schapelle Corby visits famous WA attraction
High-profile drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has flown to the other side of Australia to explore beautiful WA. The 47-year-old, who lives in Queensland, teased where she was holidaying on Instagram, posting a picture holding little crystals and asking her followers if they could identify what she had in her hand and where she was. 'What is it, can you guess? Note: no it's not inflammatory sausage fingers, (I) assure you that's (an) unfortunate weird angle only. What's in my hand? Where am (was) I,' she captioned the post. On Monday, the 47-year-old confirmed she was at Pink Lake in WA's Goldfields-Esperance area and it was salt from the lake in her hand. On Monday, the 47-year-old confirmed she was at Pink Lake in WA's Goldfields-Esperance area. Credit: Schapelle Corby Corby donned a blue summer dress, a black crossbody bag and a some silver jewellery for her day of adventures. Corby became a well-known name in Australia in 2004 when she was caught trying to smuggle 4.2 kilograms of cannabis into Indonesia. She was jailed and spent nine years in Kerobokan Prison before being released in 2014. Since her release, Corby has maintained her innocence, claiming the drugs were planted in her bodyboard bag She has lived a relatively low-profile life since returning to Australia in 2017 and has made a living by making and selling resin clocks.
