Bachelorette Australia star, 36, dies in horror cliff plunge weeks after welcoming daughter
12 September 2023, 09:29 | Updated: 12 September 2023, 09:52
A Reality TV star has died in a horror crash when his car plunged off a cliff - just weeks after the birth of his second child.
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Charlie Newling, who appeared on The Bachelorette Australia, was 36.
His car went over a cliff in Dover Heights in Sydney.
Emergency Services rushed to the scene of the crash on Saturday night where they found Charlie’s car on fire.
Charlie - who was working as a builder - died at the scene and his death is not being treated as suspicious.
He welcomed a baby girl with his partner Kristal Taylor just eight weeks ago.
He also has a 13-year-old son from a previous relationship.
He appeared on a series of the reality TV show in 2018, and was initially tipped as the show’s front-runner to win - being dubbed “Mr Perfect” by viewers.
In 2021 he was convicted of a drink-driving offence.
In September last year he was given a 13-month prison sentence for sending up to 37 text messages to his mother in April that year, threatening to kill her husband.
A court heard he had been struggling with alcohol abuse.
He spent a month in custody and served the remainder of his sentence in the community.
