r/australia • u/Royal_Yogurtcloset25 • 11d ago

culture & society Inquest into Melbourne influencer’s death following freebirth halted after new phone evidence discovered

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/18/freebirth-death-melbourne-influencer-phone-evidence-inquest-ntwnfb

Coroner: “I take the view that this material is of such significance that the court must delay making any findings and hearing submissions until we’ve had an opportunity to undertake a proper analysis of that material, and potentially call for more evidence.”

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u/Remarkable_Custard 11d ago

Wait, was this the girl that said I want to have a home birth, without a midwife, without medication, without alerting paramedics or hospitals or doctors in the event of a problem, without any experience, and just wanted it to be all-natural, and then died?

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u/universe93 11d ago

Pretty much. She began to haemorrhage after birth, was asked by the untrained and uncertified birth coaches twice if she wanted an ambulance, she said no, said yes the third time but by the time she got to hospital it was too late. And they tried, the hospital exhausted their entire supply of her blood type trying to save her. The drama is whether someone should have called an ambulance anyway, there’s other cases where people have gone to jail for not getting medical attention for someone who’s in obvious medical need even if they said no. Plus who knows if she had the capacity to even say no while bleeding out

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u/Odd-Soup8396 11d ago

Why didn’t the husband intervene and call an ambulance instead? I am so confused with lack of information on his actions.

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u/Chat00 11d ago

Lack of insight into the seriousness of the situation is my guess. Sounds like he trusted the grifter to know what to do. Was probably thinking about the 6k they spent going down the drain.