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Socialite Brynne Edelsten charged with drug trafficking
Edelsten faces nine charges including trafficking methamphetamine and possessing multiple drugs; she was released on bail with strict reporting and travel conditions.
- On December 30, Victoria Police charged Brynne Edelsten after a Fitzroy search, alleging she trafficked a commercial quantity of methamphetamine and possessed ketamine, 1.4-Butanediol, and steroids.
- Brynne Edelsten, a 42-year-old United States-born socialite, married Geoffrey Edelsten between 2009 and 2014 when she was 40 years his junior; Geoffrey Edelsten, late businessman , was a former GP and entrepreneur.
- She was released on bail but returned to Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday so Mariel Gordon, Edelsten's mother and surety, could provide a $5,000 surety.
- Brynne Edelsten has dodged questions after being charged and is due to return for a committal mention hearing in April.
- Given her public profile, Edelsten, flanked by her mother Mariel Gordon, did not respond as she left court; her former husband Geoffrey Edelsten spent time in jail in 1990 and was chased by more than 40 creditors in 2016.
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Socialite Brynne Edelsten faces court over drug trafficking charges
The former wife of late businessman Geoffrey Edelsten is accused of trafficking a commercial quantity of methamphetamine and possessing other drugs including ketamine.
·Sydney, Australia
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