RHOM star’s son, Lorenzo Schiavello, jailed for bombarding former lover with unwanted messages

The son of Real Housewives of Melbourne star Lydia Schiavello is behind bars after he bombarded a former lover with disturbing messages during a month-long campaign of harassment.

Lorenzo Schiavello has been jailed for bombarding a former lover with unwanted, disturbing messages. Picture: Supplied

The son of Real Housewives of Melbourne star Lydia Schiavello has been jailed for bombarding a former lover with unwanted, disturbing messages after she rejected him.

Lorenzo Schiavello, 29, at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday was sentenced to 28 days’ behind bars after he admitted creating multiple Instagram accounts to embark on a month-long campaign of harassment against the woman.

Magistrate James Henderson noted Schiavello had an ugly history of pursuing former partners, including convictions for stalking and posting nude photos of an ex-girlfriend on Facebook.

“Mr Schiavello you must know women are not your possession to be harassed and degraded when they do not reciprocate interest in you,” he said.

“I take notice the victim would have felt harassed and uncomfortable.”

The court heard Schiavello — initially charged with stalking — used five Instagram accounts to hound a woman after she withdrew consent for sex after a night out in Melbourne in December, 2022.

Schiavello will spend 28 days behind bars. Picture: Supplied

During intercourse, Schiavello told the woman “I will never let you go again” and “there is no one else for me … you are the girl that got away”, making her feel uncomfortable before she asked him to leave.

He returned to her doorstep with flowers the following day, before he began messaging her online.

“Regardless of that shit f--k we had you can come get ya shoes I brought you,” he said in one message.

The victim ran into Schiavello at a New Year’s Eve party at the Sea Baths in St Kilda before he later called and messaged her saying “hands down you’re a slut” and “you look pretty basic and you don’t belong in this crowd”.

Magistrate James Henderson noted Schiavello had an ugly history of pursuing former partners. Picture: Supplied

The woman reported Schiavello to police, telling investigators she was worried he was trying to track her via the accounts, which she continually blocked.

Schiavello admitted creating the accounts to police but said there was more to the story than what the woman had claimed.

He handed his iPhone over to investigators, but remotely locked it when they tried to search it for evidence, before he later made full admissions to his offending.

Magistrate Henderson noted Schiavello had been assessed as a moderate risk for reoffending by a forensic psychologist.

Schiavello pleaded guilty to a single charge of using a carriage service to harass after his stalking charge was withdrawn in exchange for his plea.

He was supported in court by two women and taken into the dock after sentencing.