Cassie Sainsbury denies she met wife in prison and reveals she is struggling to find work

In a frank series of social media posts the convicted drug smuggler said she was struggling to find work and one persistent rumour was not true.

Drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury has hit back at rumours that she met her wife while in jail.

In a frank social media post, she denied that her wife was a criminal and said claims to the contrary were “damaging”.

She also said she had been rejected for multiple jobs in Australia with potential employers telling her they weren’t interested “within seconds” of finding out who she was.

Sainsbury was found guilty of trying to smuggle 5.8 kilograms of cocaine out of Colombia in April 2017 at 22 years old.

The personal trainer, now 27, from Adelaide was quickly dubbed “Cocaine Cassie” and made international headlines.

Cassie Sainsbury and her wife Tatiana posted on her Instagram page. Picture: @cassiesainsbury/Instagram

She spent three years of a six-year sentence behind bars in notorious El Buen Pastor women’s prison before she walked free in April 2020.

However, she had to stay in Colombia for another 27 months as part of her parole conditions.

Last year she got engaged to her Colombian partner Tatiana with the pair getting wed in March this year.

Sainsbury had been engaged to Australian man Scott Broadbridge when she was put behind bars.

She and her wife have said they plan to now divide tier time between Australia and Colombia.

Currently in Australia, Sainsbury took to Instagram to answer questions from followers. Some were deeply personal.

One question was “why was your partner in prison”?

“My wife was never in prison,” Sainsbury replied.

“My wife would never have been able to get an Australian visa if she had a criminal history.

“I would absolutely love if everybody would stop saying that she was in prison – (or) that she’s a convicted felon – because it’s actually really damaging for her name and her reputation.’

Cassie Sainsbury has hit back at "damaging" wife rumours.

Another person asked if she did actually speak Spanish – the language of Colombia – or if it was “fake”.

“I really do speak Spanish,” Sainsbury said somewhat perplexed.

“I’m not actually sure that’ something you can fake.”

She said it took her six to seven months to understand Spanish and she began speaking it confidently after about 10 months.

As for work in Australia, Sainsbury said she “wasn’t sure” what she might do.

“Since the day I have come back to Australia I have been applying for jobs like crazy, and I have been rejected by pretty much all of them.

“The only couple I was invited to an interview for I was honest and upfront and told them who I was and within seconds I was told they weren’t interested.

“I didn’t expect it to be easy so I just have to keep trying.”

In an interview in July last year, Sainsbury announced details of the new relationship saying her then unnamed partner was a computer technician.

“She doesn’t know to the extent that I’m quite well known back in Australia,” she said.

“But here they don’t understand that kind of (fame). In Colombia there’s so much of it (cocaine smuggling).”

“It was a really unexpected relationship,’ Sainsbury added in an interview with Daily Mail Australia.

“We had shared a group of friends and one night we went out for a birthday and we literally hit it off.

“‘I feel like I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. It’s nice to feel like I can be myself with no judgment from someone who is always there for me.”