“Abbie Chatfield may be facing a second lawsuit, but she seemed to put that out of her mind on Sunday as she hit the beach for a dip.”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
The podcaster was accompanied by her boyfriend, musician Adam Hyde, as she enjoyed the water at Sydney’s Bronte.
The 30-year-old showed off her fit figure in a retro polka dot bikini with bottoms in a boy shorts cut.
Going makeup free, Abbie emerged from the water with her wet curls down around her fresh face.
Adam, meanwhile, flaunted his muscles and hairy chest in a pair of black trunks that resembled underwear.
After her swim, she and Adam held hands strolling along the boardwalk, with Abbie slipping on black sandals and a cap.
It comes after former Married At First Sight star Harrison Boon announced he was launching defamation action against the influencer, just days after she settled another defamation case.
Boon revealed that he had launched a GoFundMe to help pay for a proposed defamation action against the former Bachelor star.
Just six days ago, Harrison launched a GoFundMe to bankroll his legal costs, accusing Abbie of spreading ‘constant lies, slander and bullying’ that he claims have cost him business and tarnished his name.
Harrison took issue with a series of explosive social media posts by Abbie in which she labelled Harrison a ‘sexist’ and ‘alt-right freak’ who ‘supports fascism’ and ‘stands by Nazi ideology’.
Daily Mail does not suggest any of these allegations are true.
Harrison claimed that those comments were false, defamatory, and deeply damaging to both his reputation and livelihood.
All funds raised by Harrison’s GoFundMe will go directly towards his lawyer and court filing fees, as well as mediation and expert witness costs.
The fresh legal action comes after Abbie recently settled another defamation case – this time with her former ‘male best friend’.
The social media influencer will be forced to pay law student and former Virgin Australia guest services officer Heath Kelley $79,000 after she consented to a Federal Court judgment against her.
The court has also ordered Abbie pay Heath’s legal costs, which amount to an estimated $30,000, leaving her facing a total bill of more than $100,000.
Heath sued Abbie for defamation after his lawyers sent her a concerns notice stating her online comments about him were indefensible and false.
She did not attempt to fight the claim and earlier this month Justice Wendy Abraham made orders against her by consent.
Abbie, who has about 550,000 followers on Instagram, published the defamatory remarks about Heath on her Stories on May 7.
That day, Abbie had posted in support of Greens leader Adam Bandt who lost his seat of Melbourne to Labor’s Sarah Witty at the 2025 federal election.
Heath, who had known Abbie since their school days since about 2011, responded by sending her a private message containing a video and comment about the Greens leader.
Further private messages were then exchanged between Abbie and Mr Kelley which Abbie later published to her followers.
Abbie: ‘Why are you sending me this…? Are you pro Israel? Gross.’
Heath: ‘Sending you this because it’s incredible news that he lost his seat. And I’m going to sleep better at night knowing the Jewish population of Melbourne will feel safer with him gone.’
He continued: ‘And yes, as a supporter of gay and women’s rights, I am pro Israel having been to the region twice.’
Abbie: ‘Okay so you’ve lost the plot. By (sic) dude lmao.’
She then took to her Instagram Stories, reproducing some of her exchange with Mr Kelley, naming him and tagging his account.
‘Not my high school ex friend (EX FRIEND for a reason) sending me this???’ she posted. ‘We haven’t spoken in 3 years, and before that maybe 6 or 7 years???
‘Delusional g*cide supporter now weirdly trolling me about a PROGRESSIVE AND KIND politician narrowly losing his seat.’
Abbie and Heath were once so close that their relationship sparked romance rumours.