Former Miss Australia Found Guilty of Emotionally Abusing and Intimidating Her Ex-Husband: Reports

• A erstwhile Miss Australia has been recovered blameworthy of emotionally abusing her ex-husband, a tribunal successful Tasmania has heard

• Kathryn Isobel Hay, 49, is accused of threatening Troy Shane Richardson with violence, punching him and hitting him respective times with a shoe, per reports

• The erstwhile mates were unneurotic from 2010 until 2022 and stock 2 children together, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

A erstwhile Miss Australia has been recovered blameworthy successful tribunal of emotionally abusing and intimidating her ex-husband.

On Wednesday, March 5, Kathryn Isobel Hay, 49 — who was Miss Australia and Miss Tasmania successful 1999 — was recovered blameworthy of affectional maltreatment oregon intimidation astatine the Launceston Magistrates Court successful Tasmania, per the Australian Associated Press (AAP).

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Hay pleaded not blameworthy to a azygous complaint of affectional maltreatment oregon intimidation successful 2023 earlier she faced a proceeding past year.

She's accused of emotionally abusing her erstwhile partner, Troy Shane Richardson, during a clip framework that allegedly took spot betwixt January 2014 and November 2022, per the ABC. The outlet stated the erstwhile mates were unneurotic from 2010 until 2022 and stock 2 children.

The tribunal heard connected March 5 that Australian Labor person Hay — who is simply a erstwhile Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly — was recovered guilty, with the "majority of the particulars connected the complaint proven," per 9 News.

Richardson had told the proceeding successful 2024 that his erstwhile spouse had been verbally abusive erstwhile they were together, arsenic good arsenic accusing her of threatening him with violence, punching him and hitting him respective times with a shoe, per the AAP.

The ABC added that Hay besides threw a vessel of cereal astatine him, arsenic good arsenic often abusing him online. The outlet reported that Hay had claimed that she was the unfortunate of abuse.

Richardson, who said helium met Hay astatine a canine amusement successful 2009 earlier they tied the knot successful 2012, antecedently told the tribunal their narration had deteriorated astir 2013 aft their 2nd kid was born, the AAP reported.

"She would often marque a constituent of having an statement successful nationalist conscionable to marque maine consciousness low," helium said of the alleged abuse, per the outlet, claiming that the fishy punched him successful 2020, stating helium was near with a achromatic eye.

The pursuing year, Hay was past taken into constabulary custody aft being accused of slapping her then-partner for "driving astir a country excessively fast," per the AAP. A household unit bid was placed against her, but the unfortunate claimed the fishy had "later demanded helium person the bid revoked."

Magistrate Simon Brown told the tribunal connected Wednesday, "It was the prosecutors' lawsuit that the suspect controlled and abused the complainant," per the ABC.

"It was the defence lawsuit that the reverse was the case," Brown added, according to the outlet.

Hay — a Labor subordinate for the bluish Tasmanian spot of Bass betwixt 2002 and 2006 — reportedly claimed the couple's finances were "entirely controlled" by her erstwhile partner, the work stated. However, Brown claimed this apt wasn't the lawsuit arsenic the ABC added that she'd allegedly purchased a spot astatine Norwood successful bluish Tasmania.

"The grounds present proves that it was the suspect [Hay] who was the premier mover … she paid a handsome, somewhat overly inflated terms [for the property]. The spot was registered successful her sanction and her sanction only," Brown said, per the outlet.

Brown continued, "Generally, I recovered her [Hay] to beryllium a dishonest and unreliable witness," the ABC reported.

"She, implicit a play of years and years, caused the complainant distress," Brown said. "If the suspect had stopped to think, she ought to person known that her behaviour would person caused her hubby to beryllium intimidated."

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The fishy denied carnal maltreatment but did admit that atrocious connection mightiness person been utilized occasionally arsenic the narration became toxic, per the AAP.

Hay has been bailed and is expected to beryllium sentenced connected April 17, the outlet reported.

The Launceston Magistrates Court didn't instantly respond erstwhile contacted by PEOPLE for further information.

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