Annastacia Palaszczuk's wealthy surgeon partner is facing court for the first time today since being charged with serious sex crimes against a mystery woman in his $7million beachside apartment.
Police allege the woman in her 30s was raped multiple times, unlawfully detained and deprived of her liberty on March 30 at Dr Reza Adib's luxury Gold Coast home where the ex-Queensland Premier has previously stayed.
Adib, 65, who is also accused of sexual assault contact of genitalia/anus with mouth, is required to appear in person or via AVL at Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The elite doctor is renowned for his weight-loss surgery clinic at Brisbane's private Wesley Hospital, and has been Palaszczuk's partner since they first met five years ago.
Insiders have told Daily Mail that Palaszczuk is now 're-evaluating the relationship', and is leaning on close family and friends for support since Adib's arrest interrupted the book tour of her political memoir.
The former top politician is not implicated or involved in the charges and there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing.
Police raided Adib's prestige oceanfront property at Burleigh Heads after executing a crime scene warrant on the property where several items were seized.
Dr Adib was arrested on May 1 after he arrived at Southport Police Station with his lawyer, who said the specialist was in 'shock' at the charges.
Annastacia Palaszczuk's wealthy surgeon partner is facing court for the first time since being charged with multiple sex and kidnap offences against a mystery woman allegedly committed in his $7m beach apartment
The elite Brisbane surgeon (above at Southport Police Station on the day of his arrest) is required to front court on Thursday on three charges of rape, two of deprivation of liberty and one of sexual assault
Annastacia Palaszczuk has been photographed with partner Reza Adib in 2023 at the surgeon's $7million Gold Coast apartment where police allege he raped a woman on March 30
The doctor was granted bail and he is expected to strenuously fight the charges.
'Like all persons accused of a crime, he is presumed to be innocent and intends to vigorously defend the charges,' his lawyer Dan Rogers said.
Ms Palaszczuk has been in a relationship with Dr Adib since they met during her premiership.
Adib - whose full name is Vahid Reza Adib - met the then-premier at the Stradbroke Handicap race day meeting at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane in 2021.
He is said to have performed more than 10,000 weight loss surgery procedures since starting as a trainee in Brisbane in 1994.
He has a healthy real estate portfolio, with land records showing he or his companies acquired properties worth $42million in south-east Queensland, including a riverside home and beachside apartment, a roadside shopping strip that has medical tenants, and office space.
Following the charges, Uniting Care has confirmed that Adib is no longer an accredited surgeon at its Wesley Hospital in Brisbane.