Overview

• Ryan Donnelly and Jacqui Burfoot, former participants on Married At First Sight Australia, continue their public feud with legal actions over alleged online harassment.
• Burfoot previously secured an interim restraining order in Tasmania barring Donnelly from discussing her on social media.
• Donnelly applied for an apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) in Sydney, seeking to prohibit Burfoot from posting about him and contacting him outside legal channels.
• Magistrate Shane McAnulty refused to grant the ADVO in Burfoot’s absence and set a follow-up hearing for June 24, requesting both parties to submit further materials.
• Donnelly has hinted at potential defamation action, citing reputational harm and fear caused by what he calls malicious online claims from Burfoot.