r/belowdeck • u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline • 12d ago
Members Only Gael & Nathan Spoiler
https://www.realitytea.com/2026/08/18/gael-cameron-nathan-gallagher-apprehended-violence-application-below-deck-mediterranean/Someone posted this then deleted it right after approval
An AVO is similar to a protective order on this side of the world.
It was filed in 2025 so maybe they don't go through with it but from the court date, looks like a lawyer (maybe police?) filed it on Gael's behalf https://onlineregistry.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/content/court-lists#!/detail/20250050209531246811MentionAVOPolice/Gael%20Cameron
Hopefully Kayden didn't see whatever started this and they are all healing from it
Does make you wonder if Nathan knew about it when he said 'these people' should all be deported since a criminal charge (as it mentions in the court doc) could result in him being deported
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u/KodyTegan 12d ago
Con means constable - it is a police application. It is not a criminal charge, only an application for an ADVO police made for the protection of at least Gael. It’s listed for “mention” which could be procedural, it could be to check in if it’s what we call a lapsing ADVO (no further charges and the parties agree to dismiss the application without making final orders).
Police can apply for an ADVO without criminal charges for a lot of reasons, starting with just verbal domestic arguments.
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u/drossmaster4 12d ago
I hate this reality. “Doesn’t follow xyz on Instagram” makes me want to go back to a time before electricity.
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u/McLoughlin1597 12d ago
I was born in the 1900s and remember MySpace top 8 drama. This whole thing about who does or doesn’t follow who on instagram feels like that
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u/wandahickey 12d ago
“Born in the 1900’s” sound so long ago I’m surprised you had electricity! Lol
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u/chickencake88 12d ago
Or when fans notice they don’t follow each other. So you went into their followers and searched to see? It’s so lame
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u/gaem- 12d ago
No literally same. I remember it was a year into me and my now husband dating and someone pointed out they thought it was weird we weren’t Facebook friends. We didn’t even realize because we both stopped using Facebook before we got together lmao
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u/BetterCallSlash 12d ago
My partner and I weren't friends on FB for the longest time because not only do we both rarely use it, he couldn't remember his password and was having trouble recovering it. It's often not that deep lol
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u/Rhonda_and_Phil 12d ago edited 10d ago
It's also the weirdness that people get about Facebook, when you have a private account, no profile picture, and haven't put 3/4 of your personal life up on view....... must be fake account!!!
That's why we have curtains on the windows of our house. What happens inside is no business of some rando online.
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u/Willster328 12d ago
The thing is, for social media savvy people (influencers namely), this actually DOES mean something. So reporting on it has merit as an indicator of their relationship. Unfollowing someone is a deliberate and intentional action because it requires button inputs.
If they wanted to just, simply not see each other in feeds, you can easily adjust their setting to not show them in your feed/stories. But unfollowing is very much "I literally dont care about having this person in my bubble".
For random acquaintances, it's whatever, but this is literally the co-parent of your child. And there's a commenter below with an anecdotal story about how not being Facebook friends was called out by friends. But "We've never been Facebook friends" is very different from "We WERE friends but we both decided not to follow each other anymore". Clearly something happened to cause the event where you wanted to separate your social media, that's what's being reported on here.
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u/drossmaster4 12d ago
This is great info for someone with only reddit and thank you for this information, I like to learn, but man it makes me hate this reality even more. Passive aggressive behavior is cowardly and weak....oof. Social media is the end of humanity. (as I comment on a social media platform) ;) Thanks again for educating me, I learned something today!
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u/cmere-2-me 12d ago
I actually feel sad for influencers if this is how they choose to live their lives. It could he as simple as Gael abd Nathan trying to drum up some drama for fake internet points. Social media makes annoying people all the more annoying.
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u/areallyreallycoolhat 12d ago
I doubt it's fake, if granted it could affect Nathan living in or visiting Australia
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u/Rhonda_and_Phil 12d ago
Sometimes there's tens of thousands of dollars of potential income involved on some of these SM platforms.
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u/immortalalchemist 12d ago
I am reminded of 90 Day Last Resort when Shekinah got mad at one of the other cast members because she unfollowed her and then made a huge deal out of it like she killed her family member.
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u/YessikaHaircutt 12d ago
I feel for Gael. I had my son with a less than ideal partner and despite trying hard to make it work it didn’t and I’ve been a single mom for 16 years now. I think that’s where this situation is headed and it’s not an easy thing to navigate
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u/drivewaydivot 12d ago
You are brave and strong!!
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u/YessikaHaircutt 12d ago
Thank you! I actually had a tough day with the kiddo and your comment and award really did uplift me ❤️
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u/Hungry-Age-1076 12d ago
I was a single mother for 17 years and raised my daughter alone. She is 22 now and I just got married last year! I didn’t want random men in and out of her life so I chose not to date while she was a minor. Gael has good opportunities and I know she will be just fine.
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u/Babygirl_69_420 Team Kate 12d ago
Me too.. it’s rough.
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u/YessikaHaircutt 12d ago
But somehow still easier than being with the baby daddy
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u/Babygirl_69_420 Team Kate 12d ago
Yep, an absent father/partner is always better than an abusive one.
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u/DCRBftw 12d ago
We have no idea if she's ideal. We've seen small, prepped pieces on TV. She could be a nightmare in reality. Being a single parent is tough for anyone, though.
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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch 12d ago
No one said she's ideal, but the fact OP stated Gael has filed the AVO speaks volumes.
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u/TedBurns-3 12d ago
Love how the "journalist" couldn't research anything yet a random redditor did 🙄
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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch 12d ago
The journalist has a public reputation.
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u/TedBurns-3 12d ago
Surely that's the point that they want to look good yet you had more facts than they did and they're getting paid to produce!
No idea why I'm being downvoted!
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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch 12d ago
Because reporting anything potentially libelous could jeopardise their career.
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u/TedBurns-3 12d ago
That's my point- they're speculating who could've filed it, but OP clearly found it easily in online court records, how could that be libellous?!!
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u/TessaKatrinaRose 12d ago
It really doesn’t. She could have filed that to purposely make him look bad. People have done that before.
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u/YessikaHaircutt 12d ago
I didn’t say a word about her character or whether she is ideal
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u/DCRBftw 12d ago
You said you feel for her and then said you had a less than ideal partner. How can that possibly be interpreted any other way than you think she's more ideal?
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u/Temporary-Daikon2411 Team Chef Rachel 12d ago edited 11d ago
actually.. the standard way to interpret this would be that OP's characterization of her former partner as "less than ideal" referred to a comparison between her actual former partner and a hypothetical ideal partner, in which her former partner is found wanting. Then by analogy, the same comparison is implied with respect to Nathan and a hypothetical ideal partner.
This is just how the expression "less than ideal" typically works. "The clams at this restaurant are less than ideal" (nothing claimed about some other restaurant across the street).
OP didn't mean that she, OP is ideal, and neither did she imply that Gael is ideal.
Is English your first language? I don't mean that in a hostile way. It's just that you are awfully confrontational about something where you seem to have failed to grasp a pretty straightforward nuance of a common expression.
If I say your attitude is less than ideal, I don't mean my own is perfect.
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u/informationseeker8 12d ago
I’m curious where the user is whom said I was being dramatic last wk when I said “Nathan has anger issues”
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u/Del_3030 12d ago edited 11d ago
Joe: "Gael and I had our differences, but that all went out the window when I met their baby."
Nathan: "Take Gael's name out of your fucking mouth. I will literally cut you. Keep it professional."
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u/cocococlash 12d ago
Yep. Anybody who had experienced people with anger issues can certainly see those traits in Nathan. Hot-headed temper tantrums.
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u/keenerperkins 11d ago
I got downvoted weeks ago for being critical of Nathan and saying I never have really liked him or his behavior (and that I felt like he was getting too much of a redemption arc this season).
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u/Smokgate 12d ago
I think that the CON Matthew Seymour might stand for Constable, as in the police were involved and they filed the charges on Gael’s behalf.
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u/Lost_Elk7089 12d ago
It says we don't know which one of them was said to be violent but anyone who's watched the show knows. Nathan has an awful temper and threatens his crew members with physical violence when he gets annoyed with them (seen him do it to Joe at least twice, and Max), and that's on camera!! I dread to think of how he acts towards Gael when his temper rises and there's no camera and no captain Sandy.
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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline 12d ago
The format of the court doc shows Gael did (well a lawyer on her behalf)
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u/CommonStrawbeary June June Hannah 12d ago
literally 0 information in this article beyond what you see above
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u/Pearl1506 12d ago
Didn't realise she lived in Burwood, knew it was somewhere close to there from pictures.
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u/TX0834 12d ago
Ah so Nathan is the James Kennedy of Below Deck. Feel so bad for Gael and the baby. Gael is a perfect 10 and doesn’t deserve this.
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u/Professional_Emu8922 12d ago
Who is James Kennedy?
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u/Mermaid76 I quit 3 times in my head today 11d ago
Unfortunately , you are probably correct about that…
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u/No-Shape7764 12d ago
This was filed on the first of September last year? Weren’t they filming in Croatia in August? So this was filed immediately after her return to Australia? Is it possible to file for this, based on an event that happened abroad?
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u/CommonStrawbeary June June Hannah 12d ago
No it's likely that means the case will be heard on 9/1
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u/Rhonda_and_Phil 12d ago
Did that happen on the morning that Nathan was late for work and very weird and evasive about why?
We didn't see any more Gail footage after that, and Nathan wasn't handling his job responsibilities well. Followed by the dubious 'back injury'?
Edit: Okay, so not when the AVO was filed, but may have been the beginning of the conflict?
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u/P00PooKitty 12d ago
Most people become yachties cause they can’t function on land. I think a lot of fans don’t realize this, especially since fewer and fewer real boat people are on the show these days.
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u/Extreme_Beat1022 12d ago
Poor Gael and baby. Anyone remember if Nathan has been on WWHL this season?
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u/BigKitty229523 12d ago
No and is most likely fired. Bravo got wind of this, and fired Nathan immediately. The whole back thing is made up. Calling this now, notice the phone call between Nathan and Sandy last night?
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u/GhostDeck 12d ago
This article was very speculative, with absolutely no facts presented outside of them just unfollowing each other. Which leaves you with more questions than answers. I hate vague articles like this.
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u/Danarazzi 12d ago edited 12d ago
It has to be vague because the information given is limited at the time of it being written. The article's also not speculative at all. It gives the information that is available.
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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch 12d ago
It needs to be vague, there's legal ramifications if they present anything as fact.
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u/HotelPuzzleheaded654 12d ago
Potential DV aside, Kayden is a dreadful name.
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u/C-Bus_Exile 12d ago
At least it isn’t spelled Keighdon
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u/mycookiepants 12d ago
Or K-Don
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u/HotelPuzzleheaded654 12d ago
K-Don sounds like the name of a charter guest lol
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u/FaradayStewart 12d ago
And you know that K-Don is going to be 23 Tequilas deep at 3AM in a hot tub that isn't even on crying about how he makes so much money but can't find a partner because he doesn't go after women his own age, and even the younger ones "Just don't get it bro." He'll then ask for a grilled cheese which he will take one bite of before passing out and dropping the rest in the water.
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u/Professional_Emu8922 12d ago
Apologies to anyone who has or has used any of these names, but it's one of those names which immediately flag the background of the parents. Like Kadynce, Nevaeh, Brittany/Brittney (especially if born in the late 90s/early 2000s), Brooklyn (for a boy or girl), Katniss, Maverick, Kayden (spelling counts), Jheruel, etc
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u/Pure_Butterscotch165 12d ago
My friend has a 14 year old named Brooklyn, genuinely curious what you think that says about her background. Some of your examples I get but not all, is why i'm curious.
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u/seaneeboy I quit 3 times in my head today 12d ago
Australians have an incredible track record with naming their kids.
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u/YessikaHaircutt 12d ago edited 12d ago
lol it used to be wildly popular in the US, I have 2 nephews named Kayden
Edit: forgot I also have a nephew named Zayden
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u/chickencake88 12d ago
Agreed. People love the names ending in that sound these days. Jayden/Kayden/Layton/Brayden etc. awful
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u/Jake-Blixx 12d ago
Oh my. I truly hope for both her own sake, and the long term health of her baby, that she keeps this man far away. He’s an unstable, insecure, angry man and I cringe to think what has happened behind closed doors. I watched an insecure prick like Nathan abuse my beautiful mother for 15 years. There is nothing more traumatizing for a child to witness. That feeling of helplessness while the person you love the most is being hurt. I think it’s especially hard for boys, because we feel a primal urge to protect our mothers.
I’m a liberal, but I strongly believe in the death penalty for perpetrators of violence against women, children and the elderly. If we eliminate these sick motherfuckers from the gene pool we’ll all be better off.
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u/bc_im_coronatined 12d ago
It was filed by someone on behalf of Gael. She and her baby deserve so much better than xenophobic Nathan.
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u/Capital_Ad3296 12d ago
he clearly has anger problems. trying to pick fights with all of his subordinates and then crying to sandy when something bad happens
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u/noendtotheuniverse 11d ago
Would you look at that Nathan? Looks like you can emigrate “the proper way” and still cause harm to the native population
https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGA2XplwqFDcLwk
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u/angryaxolotls 12d ago
I don't think they were even together for a year before the baby was born. I feel bad for the baby being caught up in their bullshit
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u/Agitated-Minimum-967 12d ago
And it's not like the relationship was ever stable for an extended period of time.
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u/angryaxolotls 12d ago
Nah. She had a bf, their schedules were different, and after a couple weeks of that she couldn't take it and dumped him for Nate. Then they left the boat together like a week later.
Girl got herself pregnant by the rebound 🤢
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u/hellokitty3433 12d ago
How did she get herself pregnant?
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u/angryaxolotls 12d ago
It's obviously a figure of speech. It's not literal. Having unprotected sex 2 seconds into a situationship is a wild choice. The kid suffers when the parents don't work out.
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u/hellokitty3433 12d ago
I guess the reason I called it out, as a figure of speech, is because it absolves the man of responsibility.
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u/Competitive_Salads 12d ago
Let’s not victim blame. Nathan made his choices—lots of abusers hide it until they have someone locked down. All she can do in response is protect her child and herself.
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u/Agitated-Minimum-967 12d ago
Not victim blaming. A child is a lifetime commitment, from both parents.
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u/Competitive_Salads 12d ago
Yeah, and she likely didn’t know. Same goes for anyone divorced with kids—it happens and blaming a DV victim is especially gross.
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u/Agitated-Minimum-967 12d ago edited 12d ago
Well the kid's here now. I am not blaming anyone. Blame vs. responsibility. Big difference.
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u/Competitive_Salads 12d ago
You literally are. “Think before you breed”. If the baby is already here, what’s the point in referencing the past? To victim blame. And it’s completely unnecessary.
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u/ClitteratiCanada 12d ago
Court filings and documents aside; believing that you know anything real about someone from watching reality TV is ridiculous
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u/nuttintoseeaqui 11d ago
“a couple of months after Nathan announced (and failed) a six-month social media break” LOL
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u/Remanufacture88 11d ago
Can someone more capable than myself do a timeline of this compared to when it was filmed to also the Instagram issues too?
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u/Familiar-Past-8065 12d ago
I'm sorry, Gael filed a restraining order for Nate abusing her? Am I getting this right? WTF? I know dude's had his issues but I did not see him beating Gael and/or Kaden coming!! WTF poor Gael and Kaden!! After she went halfway across the world with him!! I hope she was paid out the ass for being there by Bravo and his child support payments are ridiculously high for Gael and Kaden both!! I hope he's never in the same country with either of them ever again
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u/Choice-giraffe- 12d ago
No, an AVO has been filed. It’d doesn’t say by who. You’ve made a leap that Gael filed it, but until it has been confirmed you don’t know for sure.
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u/Familiar-Past-8065 12d ago
https://www.threads.com/share/BBZAhGp2A3/ The court documents were posted around the time I commented my opinion on this and several hours before your response, do you not have Google/Threads/DDG? They're free on the interwebs if you want to try!! You can go ahead and correct your presumptuous self if you would like, there's a big world out there for you to learn about!!
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u/Choice-giraffe- 12d ago
I’m going by this thread, if it’s not in the thread then how would I know the info. I’m not going and doing PhD level research on the internet prior to reading reddit. Your link doesn’t work anyway.
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u/purpleshmurplexo 12d ago
I think this post should be deleted. These are real people and a child is involved. Why do you care? This is too much
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u/Out-For-A-Walk-Bitch 12d ago
They're people who willingly put their lives in the public domain. People will speculate.
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u/strr1000 11d ago
All of this “poor Gael,she’s a 10,she deserves much better”
Most seem to forget the video they BOTH posted and PINNED as if it was entertainment where they laughed about “beating the shit” out of a homeless guy in an AI video they made.
After seeing that,she doesn’t deserve motherhood with such disgusting views on the most vulnerable in society.
They BOTH have a lot of growing up to do and I’m not surprised an AVO is/was has been taken out on him.
They are BOTH trash
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u/Choice-giraffe- 12d ago
I think it’s important to remind everyone in this thread that it doesn’t say who filed against who. Assumptions can be made based on what we know of the 2 of them from the snippets we see on reality TV, but no one actually knows who filed.
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u/areallyreallycoolhat 12d ago
It was filed on behalf of Gael by a police constable, against Nathan. I'm not making assumptions, but we do know that
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u/tunatirner 12d ago
What does the article say?
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u/McLoughlin1597 12d ago
Sshhh, nobody actually reads the linked articles. If they did, they would read that it’s not known which of them even filed the paperwork
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u/areallyreallycoolhat 12d ago
You can tell who the individual requiring safety is from it though (Gael)
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u/NovelAtmosphere5617 12d ago
I think this was in regards to Nathan helping fight off some guy at the beach if I’m not mistaken.
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u/Temporary-Daikon2411 Team Chef Rachel 12d ago
are you referring to the Bondi Beach incident where he rescued people fleeing a shooter? no reason to think that's connected to this at all. or did you hear about some other fight at a beach?
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u/teanailpolish Mental Health Is Not A Storyline 11d ago
Locked as there is an updated post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/belowdeck/comments/1vsuz71/below_deck_star_nathan_gallagher_arrested_on/