Former Miss Australia Kathryn Hay Convicted of Emotional Abuse Against Ex-Husband

A Tasmanian court found Kathryn Hay guilty of a nearly decade-long pattern of abuse and intimidation toward her former partner, with sentencing scheduled for April.

• Kathryn Isobel Hay, a former Miss Australia and Tasmanian MP, was convicted of emotionally abusing her ex-husband, Troy Shane Richardson, from 2014 to 2022.
• The court heard evidence of physical and verbal abuse, including instances of Hay punching Richardson, hitting him with a shoe, and throwing a bowl of cereal at him.
• Hay denied the allegations, claiming she was the victim of abuse, but the magistrate found her to be a dishonest and unreliable witness.
• Magistrate Simon Brown ruled that Hay's actions caused significant distress and intimidation to Richardson over several years, rejecting her financial control claims as unfounded.
• Hay remains out on bail and is scheduled to return to court for sentencing on April 17, with a pre-sentencing report requested by the magistrate.

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