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Brooke Satchwell and Shanina Shaik separate from partners

Australian actress Brooke Satchwell has quietly separated from her film editor fiance earlier this year. It comes after Victoria’s Secret model Shanina Shaik also split from her DJ husband after only being married for a year.

Shanina Shaik at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party

It was revealed on Saturday that Australian model Shanina Shaik and her husband DJ Rukus have split after just one year of marriage and now comes news popular actor Brooke Satchwell and her Sydney film editor fiance David Gross have also ended their relationship.

The pair, who became engaged in 2012, quietly went their separate ways earlier this year and have since put the Queens Park home they purchased for $1.65 million in 2010 on the market.

The former Neighbours star and Gross first met while Satchwell was dating disgraced actor Matthew Newton.

Brooke Satchwell and David Gross have quietly separated after being engaged for seven years.
Brooke Satchwell and David Gross have quietly separated after being engaged for seven years.

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They reconnected in 2008 while working on a documentary together and then not long after, were caught in crossfire during the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

Sunday Confidential spoke to Satchwell not long after Gross proposed in Cambodia.

“It was such a surprise. I later found out he had been planning it for six months,” she said.

At the time, the 38-year-old said they were in no rush to tie the knot.

DJ Ruckus and Shanina Shaik’s split may not have been amicable. Picture: Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images
DJ Ruckus and Shanina Shaik’s split may not have been amicable. Picture: Grant Lamos IV/Getty Images
The couple had only been married for a year. Picture: Sara Lobla
The couple had only been married for a year. Picture: Sara Lobla

Meanwhile fans and followers are mystified by the sudden end to Shaik and Rukus’s union.

The 28-year-old Victoria’s Secret and Rukus, real name Greg Andrews, wed in the Bahamas in April 2018.

While Rukus was partying in Las Vegas, Shaik this week shared a cryptic post to her Instagram which read: “Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget,” suggesting it might not be an amicable split.

Originally published as Brooke Satchwell and Shanina Shaik separate from partners

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