Sam Wood fails in bid for bail, as court hears he allegedly choked wife

The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 8, 2026

The fitness guru and former reality television star is accused of assaulting and strangling his wife as the family holidayed in Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

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