MAFS and OnlyFans star Stacey Hampton loses Federal Court fight
A former reality star who splashes her luxe lifestyle across social media is up for hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills after losing her civil court case.
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In the lead-up to her final date with the Federal Court, former Married At First Sight bride and OnlyFans creator Stacey Hampton took to Instagram to share her feelings.
“Tomorrow marks one year since arguing for justice and tomorrow we get our verdict,” she posted on Tuesday, over an image of flowers and music by Kendrick Lamar and SZA.
“I know what’s right and what’s wrong and I pray justice prevails.”
Two hours before court on Wednesday, she showed off her outfit as Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” played on the social media app.
“It’s the journey not the destination, the things we learnt (sic) and can pass along … everything happens for a reason,” she wrote.
In court, however, Ms Hampton was told she had lost her longrunning battle with Australian Federal Police and Services Australia – and that she now had to pay their court costs.
Having represented herself, she now faces a legal bill of hundreds of thousands of dollars from her failed challenge to a raid on the house she once shared with an outlaw bikie.
Asked for comment outside court, Ms Hampton remained silent.
In her application for judicial review, Ms Hampton had claimed a search of her Dernancourt home by the AFP and Services Australia was illegal and, therefore, trespassing.
Ms Hampton, who has not been accused of wrongdoing or charged, claimed the search was “an unreasonable exercise of power” that also upset her sons Kosta, 8, and Kruz, 6.
She claimed they were banned from accessing personal devices, and had their medical files searched, while mourning the death of the children’s father, Rebels bikie Shane Smith.
Ms Hampton argued the warrants used for the search lacked specificity and mentioned only “income over 1 ½ years” and “a website with content from” her.
Justice Stephen McDonald asked if the website “was OnlyFans”, and Ms Hampton replied it was “not merely a website”.
“OnlyFans is a company name, they do more than that, it’s a big company … they operate on many, many levels,” she said.
In his judgment on Wednesday, Justice McDonald ordered that Ms Hampton’s application for judicial review be dismissed.
Paul d’Assumpcao, for the AFP and Services Australia, said he was instructed to apply for costs.
Justice McDonald said he intended to make such an order immediately, but offered Ms Hampton an opportunity to respond.
“I guess in the instance of costs, each party should bear their own costs in the matter on the basis the proceedings could have been resolved earlier,” she said.
“When I raised constitutional issues, the respondent agreed to withdraw and then filed their own constitutional issue … they’ve drawn out the matter, and the costs.”
Justice McDonald said such claims were a matter to be dealt with between the parties, and ordered Ms Hampton pay the Federal agencies’ legal bills.
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