Revealed: Bodyguard singer Paulini’s shocking driving record

THE atrocious driving history of singer Paulini can be revealed after she pleaded guilty to bribing an RMS employee for a fake licence.

• Singer Paulini drove on fake licence for a year
• Paulini could face jail over fake licence scam

The atrocious driving history of singer Paulini can be revealed after she pleaded guilty to bribing an RMS employee $850 for a fake licence which allowed her to drive illegally on NSW roads for a year.

The Australian Idol favourite and star of The Bodyguard musical has racked up 11 driving offences despite having ever only held a learner driver’s licence.

Today a Sydney court heard the singer hoped to obtain her full driver’s licence before she was sentenced for her corruption charge – despite having been caught three times driving on her L-plates without being accompanied by a qualified driver.

Court documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph also reveal she had been caught speeding twice, not displaying her L-plates three times and driving on a cancelled licence since she was first issued with a learner’s licence in 2002.

Former Australian Idol contestant and Bodyguard musical star, Paulini Curuenavuli, leaves the Mount Druitt Local Court after pleading guilty to bribing an official for a fake licence.

Her driving record reveals that she was caught speeding in a school zone just 10 days before gang squad detectives charged her with corruptly getting a fake licence.

According to a police statement of facts, Paulini had her learner’s licence taken away from her in March, 2016 after she was caught driving on her learner’s licence without a qualified driver or with her L-plates displayed.

The 34-year-old then got the contact details of corrupt RMS employee through her cousin Samuel Tawamacala.

But little did the singer realise that Vaifale was being looked at as part of an investigation into a series of shootings in Western Sydney involving Rebels and Finks bikies in early 2016.

Paulini texted Vaifale on July 6, 2016 and the pair came to agreement whereby $850 would be transferred into Vaifale’s bank account in exchange for a class C unrestricted driver’s licence.

According to the facts, Paulini then entered the Mount Druitt RMS centre on July 13 where she had her photograph taken and was then issued a fake licence.

Paulini, whose full name is Paulini Curuenavuli, sat in the courtroom today with her barrister Lisa-Claire Hutchinson - who entered a plea of guilty.

Ms Hutchinson then asked Magistrate Brian Van Zuylen for the matter to be adjourned to December so that Paulini could attend a traffic offender’s program and to lawfully obtain a driver’s licence before she is sentenced.

RAP SHEET

► 12/11/2002 — First issued a learner’s licence

► 16/4/2003 — Fined $123 for speeding under 15km/h

► 1/12/2004 — Fined $208 for speeding more than 15km/h

► 29/08/2007 — Fined $384 for driving on an expired licence

► 17/12/2009 — Fined $647 for driving on her learner’s licence unaccompanied by a qualified driver and fined $197 for not displaying L-plates.

► 8/12/2011 — Fined $206 for not displaying L-plates

Paulini performs during The Bodyguard

► 12/6/2013 — Appeared in Liverpool Local Court for driving on her learner’s licence unaccompanied by a qualified driver and fined $300 and disqualified from driving for three months

► 19/2/2014 — Appeared in Bankstown Local Court for driving on a cancelled licence where she was fined $800 and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

► 13/1/2016 — Issued with a learner’s licence again

► 17/6/2016 — Fined $815 for driving on her learner’s licence unaccompanied by a qualified driver and fined $248 for not displaying L-plates.

► 13/7/2016 — Issued with a fraudulent Unrestricted Licence issued (Class C)

► 20/6/2017 — Fined $189 for speeding in a school zone