Married At First Sight star Martha Kalifatidis faced court last month after she racked up thousands of dollars in unpaid parking fines between 2012 and 2019.
The former reality TV star, 36, appeared before the Melbourne Online Magistrates Court to address 44 parking fines, 10 speeding fines and a $14,000 toll bill.
Kalifatidis claimed she was not responsible for the unpaid traffic infringements and blamed her ex-boyfriend Arthur Manidis, according to the Herald Sun.
She told magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz her ex promised to pay the infringements himself.
Kalifatidis alleged Manidis would often drive her car during their five-year relationship and later took ownership of it when she moved to Sydney in 2016.
However, the influencer said she 'stupidly' never transferred the registration out of her name.
Married At First Sight star Martha Kalifatidis faced court last month after she racked up thousands of dollars in unpaid parking fines between 2012 and 2019. The former reality TV star, 36, appeared before the Melbourne Online Magistrates Court to address 44 parking fines, 10 speeding fines and a $14,000 toll bill
'Hindsight is a beautiful thing. He always promised, like, he's going to pay them… He's going to go on a payment plan,' Kalifatidis told Ms Mykytowycz.
'But he spiralled and spiralled and it got worse and worse, and then we eventually just didn't keep in touch anymore.
'So I didn't even bother asking him anymore what was happening with the fines.
'Then we were in Covid, so I didn't hear anything from anyone. We didn't get letters [from Fines Victoria] or anything like that.'
Kalifatidis went on to say she 'wasn't in a place where I was thinking logically' when asked why she didn't nominate Manidis as the driver when she received the fines.
'I just really thought he would sort it all out in the end. I didn't think it would get to this,' she said.
However, Kalifatidis did admit some of the fines belonged to her, revealing she racked up parking fines around her workplace and received a speeding fine in 2019.
'I can't just completely say I didn't do any of this,' she said.
Kalifatidis claimed she was not responsible for the unpaid traffic infringements and blamed her ex-boyfriend Arthur Manidis, reported Herald Sun on Friday
Ms Mykytowycz wiped the fines and ordered Kalifatidis to pay just $2000 by May 20.
Kalifatidis rose to fame on season six of MAFS Australia in 2019 when she found love with fiancé Michael Brunelli.
The couple are considered one of the few most successful couples to come out of the Nine Network show.
They share one son named Lucius, who they welcomed to the world in February 2023.
Kalifatidis, who made a living as a makeup artist, went on to build a career for herself as an influencer, model, brand ambassador and reality star.
