Saranitha says her husband Rick Olarenshaw, his brother Darren and two other associates should be on trial, not her

Premiership player Rick Olarenshaw has come under fire from his estranged wife after failing to attend her trial in Bali over allegations she breached Indonesia’s strict prostitution ban.

Saranitha, the estranged wife of former Essendon star Ricky Olarenshaw, says Olarenshaw should be on trial and not her. Picture: Facebook

The jailed estranged wife of Rick Olarenshaw has launched a tearful attack at the AFL premiership player and father of her children for not being at her trial following sex raids into illegal prostitution in Bali.

Saranitha, 36, is on trial for allegedly operating a spa business in Bali that was offering sexual services, in breach of Indonesia’s strict ban on prostitution.

But she says it is her husband, his brother Darren and two other associates who should be on trial.

In a handwritten not to the judges pleading for leniency, she argued her husband Olarenshaw, his brother Darren and two other Australian men were the real owners of the business.

Ex-Essendon player Ricky Olarenshaw.

“I wish he was here and faced the same things that I am facing (along) with my other staff,” Nitha reportedly said after being brought to the court in a prison uniform ahead of her hearing this week.

Nitha and another Indonesian woman are accused of being co-owners of the Flame Spa in the popular tourist area Seminyak, which police raided in September last year.

She is being held at Bali’s infamous Kerobokan prison, dubbed Hotel K, which previously housed Bali Nine drug smugglers and convicted terrorists.

Three other women who worked at Flame Spa are also on trial.

Olarenshaw was not at his estranged wife’s trial in Bali. Picture: Facebook

It was the first time in court Nitha submitted her defence, with her lawyers arguing she was not “providing” pornographic services seen under the law.

“The provider of the business is Rick Olarenshaw with capital investment from Gregory Campbell Hinchcliffe, Darren J Olarenshaw and Adam Dalby John, and is proven by the distribution of dividends to shareholders or owners,” read a statement submitted to the court by her lawyers.

Her lawyers also told the court she was asked by Rick Olarenshaw to establish a company to operate a massage parlour and spa, but she did not know for sure what activities were carried out because recruitment of the massage therapists was carried out by her husband.

The Herald Sun reached out to Olarenshaw and his associates, but they did not return calls.

It’s understood Olarenshaw is back in Australia and living on the Gold Coast and is hoping to gain custody of the couple’s two children who are currently with Nitha’s family in Bali.

On Saturday the Herald Sun revealed a string of text messages from a WhatsApp account linked to Olarenshaw’s current phone number.

The messages discussed bookings and entry requirements for “invite only parties” at Flame Spa.

Sources claim that the spa also operated as a bar, with Olarenshaw previously denying police claims that Flame offered sexual services.

Investigators previously expressed a desire to interview the Australian men, but there was no suggestion they deemed them suspects.

During the hearing Nitha maintained she was unaware of what was going on at the Flame Spa.

“I regret that I trusted him [Olarenshaw], and I was supporting him for what I thought was the right thing,” she told reporters.

In a handwritten note she gave to the three judges, she wrote: “Hopefully my experience will be a lesson for women in Indonesia, and especially Bali to not make the same mistake.”

According to its website, Flame offered an “erotic experience”, and prosecutors have submitted detailed evidence in the trial outlining the types of sensual massage services on offer and how they violated the country’s broad anti-pornography law.

It’s understood the Public prosecutor demanded the same sentence for the business owner and its employees, with a nine month sentence.

The verdict is set for March 4.

Originally published as Saranitha says her husband Rick Olarenshaw, his brother Darren and two other associates should be on trial, not her