Overview

• The District Court in Brisbane imposed a five-year term consisting of four years for rape and sexual assault plus one year for breaching bail conditions.
• Charges relate to the digital rape of a 20-year-old client during a kinesiology session in 2017 and a subsequent sexual assault at a professional event in 2018.
• Matahari initially pleaded guilty in April 2021 before withdrawing his plea and fleeing to Thailand under multiple aliases.
• He was arrested in Thailand in September 2022 for overstaying his visa, then deported to NSW and extradited to Queensland in 2024.
• Judge Deborah Richards condemned his flight from justice and lack of remorse as a breach of trust while a survivor described enduring physical and psychological harm in a victim impact statement.