The distraught mom and brother of rapist Danny Masterson have been spotted visiting him in jail in photographs exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com.

Carol and Jordan Masterson looked exhausted as they arrived at the Twin Towers jailhouse on the same day the convict’s wife Bijou Phillips filed for divorce. 

Wearing a black leather jacket with matching trousers and shoes, Carol stared stonily at the ground as she approached the Los Angeles prison, while Jordan looked downcast in a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans. 

They did not appear to be speaking as they marched solemnly down the sidewalk before being scanned by a security guard. 

Their visit came amid the bombshell announcement from Bijou that she has filed to divorce the disgraced actor – despite previously supporting him throughout a grueling trial in which his traumatized victims detailed how he ruined their lives. 

Masterson, 47, was jailed last week for 30 years after being found guilty of raping two women, both members of the Church of Scientology, in 2003. 

Jurors were deadlocked over a third allegation of rape against the actor, brought by his ex-girlfriend Chrissie Carnell-Bixler. 

Bijou, 43, sobbed when Masterson was handed the decades-long sentence and he blew her a kiss as he was escorted to the cells. 

The formerly devoted wife, who even sent a letter to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo begging for leniency ahead of his sentencing, was consoled afterwards by brother-in-law Jordan. 

But Jordan appeared in need of emotional support himself as he arrived looking tired and a little disheveled at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility on Tuesday, which may have marked his first time visiting his half-brother in prison.  

The 37-year-old narrowed his eyes below a furrowed brow as he approached the central Los Angeles facility, which previously kept disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein behind bars until he was transferred to a New York jail earlier this year. 

He closed his eyes and put his hand to his face with despair as he waited to be processed by security. 

The 40 Year Old Virgin actor also ran his fingers through his hair with his head bowed down while in line behind his mom. 

Carol, who was dressed funereally in all black attire, looked equally beleaguered. 

She wore large dark sunglasses as she drove a white SUV towards the jailhouse before emerging and walking with Jordan. 

The pair spread their arms wide as they were checked by security guards for any weapons before being allowed to enter the facility.  

The That 70’s Show star was convicted on May 31 after two long trials, the first of which ended in mistrial, and many of his close relatives endured hearing the harrowing details of his sexual assaults as they watched on from the public gallery. 

Bijou seemed to support her husband throughout the trials, flanking him on each arrival during his $3.3 million bail period.  

She sobbed in court when jurors returned guilty verdicts, and held a handkerchief to her face during his September 7 sentencing hearing, when Judge Olmedo handed him a prison term which will require him to stay behind bars for at least 25.5 years.  

In a letter to the judge prior to Masterson’s sentencing, Phillips praised him as a husband and father.

‘I can say that Danny has literally been a life-saving partner to me,’ Phillips wrote in a reference to Masterson’s care for her and their daughter after Phillips had a kidney transplant in 2017.

She also noted Masterson’s aversion to drugs – a common principle of Scientology – and his apparent dedication to helping young actors escape the downfalls of wealth and fame. 

But as she heard the heartbreaking testimonies of his victims in court in a harrowing trial, Phillips seems to have reconsidered her marriage. 

The women, known to the court as Jane Doe #1, #2 and #3, focused not only on the disturbing details of the sexual assaults, but also about the part the church of Scientology played. 

They recalled being intimidated and driven from their community as the church punished them for speaking out against Masterson.  

Bijou’s lawyer Peter A. Lauzon said the case has been ‘unimaginably hard on the marriage and the family’.  

‘Ms. Phillips has decided to file for divorce from her husband during this unfortunate time,’ Lauzon said in a statement seen by TMZ. 

‘Her priority remains with her daughter. This period has been unimaginably hard on the marriage and the family. 

‘Mr. Masterson was always present for Ms. Phillips during her most difficult times of her life. 

‘Ms. Phillips acknowledges that Mr. Masterson is a wonderful father to their daughter.’ 

When Bijou broke cover for the first time on September 12 following the trial, she was seen being comforted by Jordan as they shared a poignant embrace ahead of a lunch outing in her California hometown of Santa Ynez.

They dined at Dos Carlitos restaurant, along with her and Danny’s nine-year-old daughter Fianna  

The supportive younger brother offered his sister-in-law a comforting hug and embrace upon arrival before the group sat down and chatted over their meal.

Bijou has reportedly said her date of separation with Danny is ‘TBD’, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for their divorce, according to freelance journalist Yashar Ali. 

She has asked for spousal support and attorney fees and wants her legal name changed back to Phillips rather than Masterson. 

Phillips will have custody of their daughter as expected given Masterson will be behind bars potentially for the rest of his life – but Ali said she will allow their daughter to visit him in jail.

Danny Masterson ‘s stepfather has claimed his kids lied to help their half-brother over the course of his high-profile rape trial – and potentially perjured themselves in the process.

In letters asking for leniency for their older brother, Jordan and Alanna Masterson painted their father, Joe Reaiche, as deadbeat and convicted rapist Danny as a parental surrogate.

In an interview this week, Reaiche – a former pro rugby league player-turned Scientologist who met Masterson’s mom in the 80s – said he is considering suing his kids over the letters, and further accused the Clearwater Church of ‘brainwashing’.

Delivered to The Daily Beast, the assertions were eerily reminiscent to statements provided by Reaiche to DailyMail.com nearly a decade ago – in which he claimed all of his Scientologist kids disowned him after he was excommunicated in 2005.

In letters to LA Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo, 36-year-old Jordan and Walking Dead star Alanna, 35, both wrote their father left them ‘for all intents and purposes’ when they were under age 10, forcing Masterson, then 16, to step up.

‘My father left for all intents and purposes when I was six years old,’ Jordan, a star on the sitcom Last Man Standing – wrote in one of several letters pleading for clemency for the That ’70s Show actor after his conviction for raping two of the women in the early 2000s. ‘My little sister was four.’

Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Debra Jo Rupp, and Kurtwood Smith were among other who went up to bat for the former funnyman – though their accounts failed to sway Olmedo, who on Thursday hit Masterson with a 30-year-to-life sentence.

Jordan wrote of his and his siblings’ life with mom Carol post-1995: ‘We were raised by a single mother who worked her entire life to provide her children with a life that we could be proud of.

‘She preached hard work and integrity, respect for self and others, kindness and patience,’ he continued.

‘No one embodies those qualities more than my brother Danny.’

The narrative, unveiled by reporter Tony Ortega following Masterson’s sentencing Friday, proceeded to paint a picture of a placid household during the period between the divorce and Joe’s banishment from Scientology in 2005 – during which the rising actor supposedly did the duties their father had forsaken.

‘When my father left, my brother stepped into a sort of pseudo father figure role for my little sister and me, even though he was only sixteen himself at the time. 

‘Providing not only money when times were lean (which there were plenty), but wisdom and guidance,’ he wrote.

‘He set an example for us about what it was to be loving, professional and respectful. Speaking as a young man without a father, having my big brother as a lodestar was a godsend. 

Taking me to baseball practice, picking me up from school, introducing me to films and music and art… While a young boy’s father can’t be replaced, I would say, in my experience, a great older brother comes really close. 

‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today without my brother.’

Billing herself as Masterson’s ‘only sister and youngest sibling,’ Alana’s correspondence provided a starkly similar impression – one that dad Joe vehemently challenged on Friday. 

‘My brother is facing a lengthy sentence, therefor I wanted to give you some insight into the man that shaped me into the person I am today,’ it began.

‘Danny is my best friend and helped raise me when my father left us. 

‘My mom was alone providing for all of us and Danny stepped in to shoulder that burden. He helped all of us financially, but also with the daily happenings of his younger siblings.’

Citing activities like his attending of her ‘many’ ballet recitals and bringing her to sleepovers during their upbringing in LA, she also claimed the actor helped her when she was attending school at the New York Film Academy in the early 2000s – during which time she lived in his New York apartment.

She also brought up Masterson’s relationship with his nine-year-old daughter with model Bijou Phillips, Fianna, who Alanna called ‘best friends.’

‘He’s the best father and husband I know,’ Alanna insisted. ‘He’s our family’s true North Star… I hope you take into consideration all of this information in regards to your sentencing.’

In the bombshell interview Friday, Joe branded both of his kids’ accounts – which came alongside other fawning yarns from fellow That 70s Show alums such as Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, and more – as decidedly false.

‘My son and daughter have very short memories about their dad,’ Reaiche, now living in Florida, told The Beast – before pointing out several inconsistencies he claimed proved his point. 

‘Carol filed for divorce in 1995 in Los Angeles. Jordan was born in 1986. He was 9, not 6. There’s the first incorrect thing.’

Much more glaring, though, the father said, was the contention by Jordan and Alanna that suggested he had abandoned his children – a sentiment he said was erroneously implanted in their heads by the Church of Scientology.

‘They make it sound like I walked out and abandoned them, and that Danny was the hero,’ Joe recounted of the period between the divorce and his being branded a ‘suppressive person’ by the Church in 2005.

Contrary to his kids’ claims, he said during that ten year stretch – during which Masterson hit it big by landing his role in the seminal sitcom – he was a constant presence in all four of his kids’ lives, half-son Christopher, of Malcom in the Middle fame, included.

‘They were actually making money, and I was giving them money. Carol was their manager,’ he said of the four siblings, who were all raised as Scientologists.

‘I paid for their summer school at that expensive Scientology school in Oregon, Delphi. That was $5,000 each.’ the Lebanese-Australian ex athlete said.

‘I slept on couches so the kids would be fine,’ he said, adding he spent somewhere around $300,000 on the two in the years between his split and excommunication.

He also cited how he was still in touch with Jordan, then a 19-year-old adult, just before he was banished by Scientology – after which point he claimed all of his kids cut him off for good.

He claimed that in 2004 – nine years after the siblings said he left them – he actually helped his son through the notoriously difficult ‘auditing’ undertaking from the church, during which candidates are probed with the purposed  of ridding the individual of negative influences from past events or behaviors.

‘Jordan seems to forget that in 2004, he was getting auditing at the Celebrity Centre and it was going badly,’ he told the paper hours after his half-son’s sentencing.

‘Carol asked me to do an ethics cycle on my son. So I did my thing, I straightened him out, and he did fantastic. So I was in his life in 2004, when he was 18. Danny even complimented me on it.’

He went on to claim: ‘I went to Christmas dinner with them at the house in Glendale that year, in 2004. 

‘Chris’ girlfriend, Laura Prepon, was there. I had dinner with them,’ he added of his other half-son, who also wrote to the court in a plea for mercy but his letter cut off in a reproduction of the court papers.

Girl, 14, is gang-raped then burned alive inside a furnace before her horrified brother discovers her jewellery among charred remains in India

• 14-year-old girl was alive when she was set on fire, according to police
• 11 men have been charged after the teen was allegedly gang-raped  

By Shivalika Puri

Updated: 21:06 EDT, 7 September 2023

Memoir 

A Fan for All Seasons

by Jon Harvey (Yellow Jersey £18.99, 288pp) 

Jon Harvey’s brother, Dan, was nine years older, meaning Jon saw him ‘almost like a second dad’.

The two shared a love of sport that survived their allegiances to different football clubs (Tottenham Hotspur for Jon, Crystal Palace for Dan).

As Jon writes, ‘there are much worse things an older brother could be into. Just ask Prince Edward’.

Then, in 2015, aged 43, Dan died. Obesity had led to diabetes, and Jon lost ‘the keystone in my Jenga tower’. 

Inheriting his Palace season ticket, Jon went to the matches, including the FA Cup final, which the team reached the season after Dan’s death. They lost, which suited Jon: ‘The joy [of victory] would have brought pain’.

Maintaining the tribute, Jon decided to spend the next season attending as many sporting events as possible. 

We see him at The Boat Race, where he overhears a woman asking ‘how many boats are there?’; at the world handball championship in Paris (his brother’s memory is invoked by Denmark’s name appearing in their own language — ‘Danmark’), and at an England football match.

Because he’s been given premium tickets to this one, Jon discovers that the ‘prawn sandwich’ brigade (to quote Manchester United’s Roy Keane on corporate fans) enjoy their own private train service to Wembley from Central London.

This makes for a lovely contrast with the last-ever night at Wimbledon greyhound stadium before its demolition. 

Jon remembers previous visits and, in particular, the ‘elderly Irish waitress with hair as grey as the meat, who’d tend to have her thumb in the gravy as she brought the main course’.

A match at the world snooker championship finishes early, so the audience are treated to an exhibition performance by Dennis Taylor. 

Referring to the sport’s past drug scandals, Taylor mentions that it’s a good job the white-line graphics (used by commentators to illustrate possible shots) weren’t around in the 1980s, ‘or they’d have been gone in an instant’.

As you’d expect, there are plenty of sporting facts, the ‘kind of trivia that can be pub quiz heaven, or dating poison’. 

William ‘The Fridge’ Perry remains the heaviest American football player ever to score a touchdown in the Super Bowl — he was a pound shy of 24st. The note rung by the bell at the London Olympics was a B, although Bradley Wiggins only pretended to sound it — the bell was so huge it had to be chimed by a machine.

The first-ever winner of the Grand National (1839) was called Lottery. And the moves that allow you to solve a Rubik’s Cube are named after the shapes of the letters they make — T, J and Y are three of the main ones. 

Jon discovers this at the Cube’s world championship, where one member of the American team is called Patrick Ponce. The noise in the arena resembles ‘an army of angry rattlesnakes’.

The writing is vivid and funny, and it’s no surprise to learn that Jon is a comedy producer whose work includes Have I Got News For You, The Thick Of It and Yes, Minister.

The chandeliers at the Lakeside club in Essex (world darts championship) ‘floated like a bloom of blinged-up jellyfish’. At Selhurst Park football grounds ‘time stood still. So did the entire [Crystal] Palace defence’.

Approaching another football match, Jon notes that ‘at every street corner more and more clusters of fans in Spurs shirts were drawn in, like iron filings in range of a magnet’.

This is a wonderfully touching book about fandom and grief, and how the two can combine. 

When England have the Aussies 60 all out at Trent Bridge, Jon’s cricketing joy is tempered by his sadness at this being the first piece of sporting history that Dan’s not around to witness.

But gradually he accepts that life has to move on. Spurs certainly do — their stadium is demolished and rebuilt, and the first match at the new incarnation is (movingly for Jon) against Dan’s beloved Crystal Palace.

The club shop is selling commemorative ‘half-and-half’ scarves, each end bearing the name of one of the teams. 

This is a modern idea that ‘no self-respecting football fan can ever abide’. But on this occasion, Jon makes an exception.

Ronan Keating performed at Uptown Festival partnered with Magic Radio at Blackheath Common in London on Sunday, just two weeks after the death of his brother.

Ciarán, who was Ronan’s older sibling, died in a car crash in County Mayo, Ireland, aged just 57, on Saturday 15 July.

Singer Ronan, 46, put on an energetic display as he entertained fans at the musical festival at the weekend, looking smart in a blue-grey suit and a pair of dark sunglasses.

The former Boyzone star was seen with his guitar and sung from behind a silver microphone stand while on stage for the solo gig.

Pop star Ronan was supported by his wife Storm, 41, at his brother’s funeral at St Patrick’s Church in Louisburgh, County Mayo, Ireland on Thursday 20 July.

Ciarán had been on his way to watch his son, Ruairí Keating, play for Cork City FC against Sligo Rovers FC when he became involved in a road collision with two other vehicles.

The father-of-three, from Louisburgh, suffered fatal injuries as he was travelling with his wife Anne Marie on the N5 near Swinford, County Mayo, on a stretch of road known as a black-spot for accidents. His wife was injured in the crash.

The driver of the other vehicle was said to be receiving treatment for serious injuries while Ann Marie, a secondary school teacher, was treated for injuries which are understood to be non-life threatening at Mayo University Hospital. 

During the funeral this month, Ronan performed a heartbreaking rendition of This Is Your Song in a moving tribute to his brother.

He told mourners during the service: ‘I shouldn’t be singing it in these circumstances but we are and we will.’

The Irish singer said the ballad was written after their mother, Marie, died of cancer in 1998. 

The touching song includes the lyrics: ‘You were our friend, walk with you till the end, and one day we’ll all sing along, ’cause this is your song.’

Ronan appeared overcome with emotion as he carried Ciaran’s coffin into the church alongside his family while wearing a black suit and dark glasses.

Before singing, Ronan paid a tearful tribute to Ciaran’s three children – Conall, Ruairi and Aisling – and said they had made their father ‘very proud’.

He told mourners: ‘As a parent all you want to do is raise your children as best you can, Ciaran and Annemarie have done a spectacular job – three incredible human beings. 

‘Your strength over the past few days has been incredible and you’ve done your dad very proud.’

Ronan’s wife Storm shared a message of grief on her Instagram on Saturday, after the tragic death of his brother Ciarán.

In her first social media post since his passing, Storm shared an emotional quote which read: ‘And she’d be lying if she said she did not sometimes think of the could-have-been moments, and the should-have-been memories.’

Captioning the quote, she wrote ‘Grief’ as she attempted to process her feelings during this difficult time.

Storm was pictured consoling her husband, 46, last week at his brother’s funeral. She held Ronan tightly outside St Patrick’s Church in Louisburgh, County Mayo.

Ronan was believed to have rushed to Ireland to be with his family following the tragedy.

He is the youngest of five children with one sister, Linda, and three brothers – Ciarán, Gerard and Gary. 

Their dad Gerry was a lorry driver and his mum Marie was a hairdresser.

Ronan rose to prominence during the 1990s as a member of Irish boyband Boyzone.

He later enjoyed a successful music career and has presented radio and TV programmes.

The fugitive brother and player manager of Socceroos star Garang Kuol has been arrested just weeks after he hit social media to taunt police. 

Kuol Mawien Kuol had been on the run since July 22 last year after he failed to show in court and skipped bail on charges of ripping off elderly Australians in an alleged bank scam.

Detectives from Victoria Police’s Gang Crime Squad arrested Kuol in the Melbourne suburb of West Footscray on Thursday as part of an investigation into fraud and drug matters.

The 25-year-old was arrested at a residential property just after 7.40am in relation to seven outstanding warrants.

He is scheduled to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday afternoon.  

His arrest comes months after Daily Mail Australia revealed Kuol fled Victoria to New South Wales where he was managing his little brother. 

The net closed in on Kuol just weeks ago after the rogue player agent hit social media to taunt a Victoria Police detective tasked with bringing him in. 

The former bank employee had previously fronted court accused of stealing more than $121,000 from customers of the National Australia Bank, where he was employed in country Victoria. 

The Shepparton News reported the majority of the customers affected by Kuol’s alleged thefts were elderly and included a 95-year-old and 76-year-old. 

In a slap in the face to his alleged victims, Kuol, who goes by the Twitter handle @kuoloneking, took to the platform to accuse a detective of stealing $120,000 from him. 

That detective was among the officers who took Kuol into custody on Thursday. 

Kuol had become increasingly brazen in recent weeks, posting a video to social media of himself boxing at a local gym. 

In December, he appeared on social media with his other famous brother Alou Kuol during a fancy party aboard a yacht on Sydney‘s Darling Harbour. 

The pair featured on Alou’s Instagram page, showing them enjoying a pleasant sunset on the water. 

Kuol was seen sporting a large gold-coloured watch, with a gold-trimmed throne pictured just behind him. 

Kuol professes to manage the ‘football affairs’ of both Garang and Alou, who last year signed a five-year contract with German side VfB Stuttgart. 

Garang became instantly famous across the globe in December when he almost became a Socceroos hero when he narrowly missed scoring against Argentina at the World Cup. 

Koul claims he helped broker a $500,000 Premier League deal for Garang while still on the run from Australian authorities. 

Just days after making his international debut for the Socceroos, Garang secured a lucrative transfer to Newcastle United. 

Last month he scored his first goal for Hearts. 

He travelled to Italy this week for a summer training camp in an early start to his bid to catch Newcastle manager Eddie Howe‘s eye. 

The 18-year-old was among the players who headed out to Verona for a week of gruelling, warm weather pre pre-season training to ensure they are already up to speed when they link up with the rest of their teammates ahead of the new term.

Kuol was joined in Verona by the likes of teenage Leicester forward Amani Richards, who potentially has a big year ahead after enhancing his claims for promotion up the Foxes ranks by winning their academy player of the year award last season, and Stoke prospect Soulemayne Sidibe, son of former Potters striker Mamady.

Daily Mail Australia revealed in December that Kuol had travelled to Sydney from Melbourne, where he quickly ran into trouble. 

He was arrested in Sydney two days after going on the run following troublesome behaviour at a casino. 

Police sources have confirmed the Footscray man, from Melbourne’s west, appeared at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on July 28 where he was found guilty of four charges, including resisting arrest and handling stolen goods. 

In a bungle, Kuol was released in NSW and had not been seen by authorities until Thursday. 

Kuol had been released back into the community in Victoria over the fraud charges on a $20,000 surety despite police objections. 

He had faced Shepparton Magistrates’ Court in June last year after police charged him with eight bail offences and applied to revoke his bail. 

Police Gang Crime Squad’s Echo Taskforce Detective Senior Constable Daniel Chapman told the court Kuol was on bail with a $20,000 surety when he allegedly got another man to sign in for him at the police station on seven occasions.

Kuol also allegedly tried to sell 13 grams of cocaine to an undercover cop and used counterfeit notes to buy a PlayStation 5 from a Melbourne man who advertised online.

The alleged fraudster was also accused of using the driver’s licence of his soccer star brother Alou Kuol when pulled over by police while he was unlicensed himself. 

It is not suggested Alou permitted any alleged use of his licence by Kuol. 

Police further allege Kuol used another person’s credit card to buy return plane tickets to the United States.

Magistrate David Faram granted Kuol bail despite his history of failing to obey court orders. 

Mr Faram also varied Kuol’s bail conditions from daily reporting to just three days a week – a requirement he quickly ignored. 

More to come.  

Sky News host Peter Stefanovic slams Prince Harry for ‘hanging his brother William out to dry’ after the Duke trashed family in explosive memoir

By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 21:33 EDT, 20 June 2023 | Updated: 21:33 EDT, 20 June 2023

NRL Immortal Andrew Johns has dramatically quit the SEN radio network as the fallout from his on-air feud with brother Matthew Johns continues to fester.

The footy siblings – who often don’t see eye to eye – have failed to patch up their differences following a heated on-air debate ahead of the State of Origin series opener last month.

Fox Sports identity Matthew Johns, who hosts the Morning Glory program each Friday, praised the coaching abilities of Queensland mentor Billy Slater, which got under his younger brother’s skin.

Andrew Johns is also a member of the NSW Blues coaching staff.

SEN station boss Craig Hutchison was confident the siblings would soon be on the same page – possibly once the Origin series is finished – but it is believed a fired up Andrew Johns has declared he won’t be back on the airwaves in 2023.

On June 9 – for the second successive week – Andrew failed to show at SEN’s Walker St studios in North Sydney.

Matthew Johns stated in the lead up ‘I’m just going to leave the studio door open,’ and if ‘he walks through the doors at one minute to nine then he does, if he doesn’t we will just have to make do.’

Johns and respected sports journalist Andrew Webster then failed to address the elephant in the room.

Matthew’s comments on Slater incensed young brother Andrew, who is as passionate as they come when it comes to the Blues.

‘Mate, I’m sick of you rapping Queensland, that’s what I’m sick of,’ Andrew, who is widely regarded as the Blues’ best ever player, fumed on live radio last month.

‘Put your Maroon jersey on, you should have some at home.

‘Just because you played four games and lost all four doesn’t mean you need to s**t bag NSW.’ 

Earlier this month, Matthew Johns confirmed the former NSW Blues halfback still wasn’t prepared to smoke the peace pipe.

‘Houston we have a problem, it’s official my brother is completely off me,’ Matty told listeners.

‘There were rumours he might not come. I thought the last three weeks of him not returning phone calls was laziness.

‘He is off me. This is nothing new for me and Joey (Andrew). We were forced to share a bedroom for 19 years.

‘We’ve had a fill of each other. Every six months we have a blue like this.’

While Matthew’s Origin career was relatively short, his brother played 23 times for the Blues, including a legendary man-of-the-match performance in Game Two of the 2005 series.

The pair have often clashed over the years, with most of their run-ins good natured.

Last July, Matthew used a radio debate about State of Origin as an opportunity to take a savage swipe at his brother over his love life.

The NSW side is known for dropping stars from their team with regularity – often when fans think they don’t deserve to be shown the door – whereas Queensland are regarded as showing more loyalty to their players.

Matty used Andrew – who is in his third long-term relationship – to sum up the Blues’ selection process.

‘It’s very NSW. I want people to know….be extremely concerned. Don’t marry anyone from NSW because we fall in love with new acquaintances very easily,’ he said on SEN.

‘What you do, is you just get rid of them. Just bring someone else in.

‘I mean, the best example is our best ever player, Andrew Johns, I think he’s onto his third wife.’

The besotted brother of Southern Charm star Taylor Ann Green had just introduced his new girlfriend to family when he died aged 36. 

Richard Worthington ‘Worth’ Green died aged 36 – the tragic news revealed on his sister Catie King’s Instagram alongside a picture of him beaming while sitting in a boat.

Caroline Evans, wrote a heartbreaking tribute to her ‘greatest love’ just three days after his death saying she’d love him forever.

‘Worth Green you are the greatest love I’ve ever known. Although you are not here physically, the love you gave is still felt every single day. I love you forever and always.’

The cause of the 36-year-old’s death remains unclear but its been revealed he’d set up a men’s religious group in Raleigh where Caroline was from prior to his passing.

Taylor Anne and family told DailyMail.com: ‘Worth left this world on top of the world – he had a beautiful passion for life and cared deeply for those around him.

‘We are going to miss his jovial personality and all of the love and laughter that he brought his family, girlfriend and countless friends. 

‘Heartbroken is an understatement, but we are finding so much peace knowing he is in the arms of our Heavenly Father. We kindly ask for privacy at this time.’

An obituary posted on a North Carolina funeral home‘s website revealed Worth had found love with a woman he’d introduced to his family.

‘Worth loved his family dearly. Any excuse to be with them, he truly loved with his whole heart,’ the obituary reads.

‘He was a vivacious and loving son and grandson, and the best big brother to his sisters, always being there as a protector and a cheerleader.’

Taylor Ann and Catie can be seen with their brother in numerous pictures across social media often boasting about their close relationship. 

The pictures span the decades, with Taylor Ann, Catie and their brother posed for photos as kids to when they’re adults – each sibling beaming as they hold one another close. 

The obituary mentions a woman names Caroline, who ‘brought so much joy to his life’ referring to a budding romance that the 36-year-old had been pursuing before his passing.

‘Most recently he met the woman he adored and treasured. Caroline brought so much joy to his life,’ it says. 

‘He loved her enough to bring her home to his family and was beginning to plan a future with her by his side.’

In a post to her Facebook page, Caroline asked friends and family to write tributes on a separate site: ‘For all who knew Worth Green, if there’s one thing you remember it’s probably his incredible stories. 

‘We hope to keep all of his memories and stories alive through the tribute link below.

‘If you have any stories, memories, or just thoughts to share on the impact Worth had, please upload a video using the link below.’

The obituary goes on to add: ‘Friends, too numerous to name, will miss the exuberant love for life that Worth brought to them.’ 

Just days after Worth died, Caroline wrote: ‘You are the greatest love I’ve ever known.’

‘Although you are not here physically, the love you gave is still felt every single day. I love you forever and always.’

Worth’s obituary also described him as an ‘adventurer’ with a ‘love of travel’ who taught English while living in South Korea post-college.

He was hailed a ‘protector and a cheerleader’ to his two younger sisters and ‘a beautiful example of how to live life as fully as possible.’

The obituary noted that the deceased ‘had recently started a small men’s group in Raleigh to reflect on life and challenge each other’s faith in Christ.’

In a comment on Catie’s Instagram post, Taylor Ann’s ex Shep Rose wrote that Worth was ‘Absolutely one of a kind. A pleasure to know and to laugh with.’

Worth’s heartbreaking death came at an already fraught time for his family, as Catie found herself fighting a recurrence of cancer last year.

In May 2022, Green wrote on Instagram: ‘Almost 5 years ago, my older sister was diagnosed with 2 different types of ovarian cancer; she was a damn warrior and kicked its a** after a few months of holistic treatment.’

Taylor Ann continued: ‘We were so excited for her and her husband to hopefully have the chance of starting a family, but here we are 4 and a half years later and it has decided to rear its ugly head again. Truly F you cancer.’

Catie announced in December that she had undergone ‘[h]opefully my last major surgery ever needed, an oophorectomy of my only ovary and tube I had left.’

She wrote wanly: ‘A part of us is gone and will never be what we dreamt of, but we trust God’s greater plan for our little family.’

The devastating news comes five months after another Southern Charm star, Olivia Flowers, lost her 32-year-old brother Conner.

Conner’s death was preceded by a years-long battle with Lyme disease, as well as a turbulent past including arrests for drug offenses and driving under the influence.

His exact cause of death has not been made public, but his sister wrote on Instagram last month that his Lyme disease left him battling ‘debilitating symptoms over the last 17 years.’

Olivia added that he was subjected to ‘several misdiagnoses and unnecessary medicinal treatment at a young age.’

She went on: ‘By the time he was properly tested and given a diagnosis from Dr. Jemsek, a God send, and an infectious disease specialist, the disease had caused severe internal damage, and the consequences from his earlier ‘treatment’ were just as long-lasting and devastating.’

Australian-born Big Brother Italy star Monica Sirianni has died after collapsing in a bar on a night out, according to local media.

Reports say the 37-year-old suddenly fell ill on Friday during a night out with friends in Sauveria Mannelli, a town in Italy’s Catanzaro province.

Ms Sirianni was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The former TV star appeared on the 12th season of the Italian version of the reality show, which aired between 2011 and 2012.

She was born in Australia to Italian parents who had emigrated from the southern region of Calabria before she was born.

Ms Sirianni had returned to Italy for some years as an adult, and lived in a city in the country’s northern Lombardy region, according to Ansa news agency.

During this time she entered Italy’s Big Brother house, but she was evicted from the house after around a month. She put her television career behind her, and went on to teach English, according to Italian news sources.

Ms Sirianni had only been in Catanzaro for a few days when she collapsed. It is understood that her parents were originally from the region.

Friends immediately raised the alarm after watching her collapse, reports said.

Paramedics rushed to the scene, and efforts were made to revive her, to no avail.

She was then rushed to the local Soveria Mannelli hospital, where she was tragically pronounced dead.

Reports say that an investigation is underway to determine the cause of her sudden illness and death, with no information yet being released to the public, although reports said third party involvement has been ruled out.

It is understood that doctors have not ruled out the cause being a heart attack.

According to Gazzetta del Sud, her body will be repatriated to her parents in Sydney, Australia once the investigation is complete.

Ms Sirianni was a popular figure during her spell in the Big Brother house, which she entered when she was just 25 years old.

However, she was evicted after around a month, with a contestant named Sabrina Mbarek going on to win the series.

during her time in the house, she was embroiled in a romantic relationship with  another contestant, Fabrizio Conti. According to Italian news sources, she broke off another relationship in order to be with Conti.

However, they split up soon after she left the Big Brother house.

Despite leaving the Italian limelight and having parents abroad, she stayed in Italy to peruse her passion as a teacher.

As the new broke about her death, tributes were paid on social media.

‘I wanted to remember this beautiful girl Monica Sirianni, former competitor of Big Brother and now a teacher,’ one person wrote on Twitter.

Another posted simply ‘RIP’, while someone else said that ‘It doesn’t seem true that she is no longer here.’

Others reminisced about watching her on Big Brother. ‘At the time I still watched the program and I remember it, I’m very sorry! A hug to the family,’ one person wrote.

Another added: ‘OMG…. I’m so sorry, condolences to the family.’