Commando Steve Willis AVO: Texts will prove Jun Yue’s innocence, says defence
The lawyer of celebrity personal trainer Steve Willis’s alleged “stalker” says texts between pair will prove his client’s innocence.
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The barrister representing a woman accused of stalking celebrity trainer Commando Steve in her AVO appeal claims texts between the pair will clear his client’s name.
Jun Yue is appealing the violence order Biggest Loser trainer Steve Willis was granted in court in October, 2020, after he claimed his former client repeatedly “crossed the boundaries” of a normal business relationship.
Four text messages between Ms Yue and Steve Willis surrounding her visit to his Elizabeth Bay home he shared with ex-wife Michelle Bridges to drop over Christmas presents on December 24, 2019 will be used as part of her appeal for the order to be revoked.
Jun Yue’s barrister Michael Fokkes told the District Court on Monday he would provide the prosecution with the texts by Friday.
The case was adjourned to June 27.
Mr Fokkes told The Daily Telegraph outside court on Wednesday Mr Willis said things which could not be backed up while he was being cross-examined in October.
“The fresh evidence we seek to call rebuts the evidence he gave under cross examination,” Mr Fokkes claimed.
Ms Yue is banned from contacting Mr Willis or going within 200m of his home or work for two years, under the court order.
She trained one-on-one with Willis about 120 times between March 2019 and May 2020, forking out $150 a session.
Mr Willis told the court in October last year Ms Yue, who he described as his “stalker”, showed up to the airport and his apartment unannounced.
He said one time his ex-wife Michelle Bridges told Ms Yue to leave when she was outside their home.
And another time Ms Yue found his location via social media and drove 40 minutes to confront him at a training session in North Sydney at night.
But Ms Yue said Mr Willis, who she called “Shifu” meaning “master” in Mandarin, never told her to stop contacting him.
Mr Willis did not attend court on Wednesday.
He has been accompanied by his F45 trainer girlfriend Harika Vancuylenberg on earlier appearances.
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