A prominent socialite has been accused of crashing her SUV into parked cars, including a Tesla, and assaulting a cop while drunk in Sydney‘s eastern suburbs.
Vanessa Jacobs Fennell, who was once on a shortlist for a series of Real Housewives of Sydney, was driving around Bellevue Hill in a black Range Rover when she crashed at 7pm on Friday.
‘Emergency services were called to Riddell Street, Bellevue Hill, following reports of a two-vehicle crash,’ a NSW Police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia.
Officers from the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were told an SUV had crashed into a parked Tesla.
‘The driver of the SUV – a 54-year-old woman – was subject to a roadside breath test, which returned a positive result and was arrested for the purposes of a breath analysis,’ the spokesperson said.
‘After being arrested, the woman allegedly assaulted a police officer.’
Jacobs Fennell was taken to Waverley Police Station where she was charged with refuse to submit to breath analysis, assault police in execution of duty and not give particulars to owner of damaged property.
The mum-of-two had been expected to face Parramatta bail court on Sunday but police released her on bail on Saturday evening.
Vanessa Jacobs Fennell (pictured), who was once on a shortlist for a series of Real Housewives of Sydney, was allegedly driving in a black Range Rover when she crashed
The South Africa-raised Jacobs Fennell is due to appear before Waverley Local Court on April 1 instead.
At the time she was hoping to make it to the Real Housewives of Sydney cast, Jacobs Fennell was described as ‘a charity fundraiser who has been on committees for Sydney Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’.
She was married to private equities banker Tom Fennell, but they split up about five years ago. They have two children together.
Jacobs Fennell reportedly didn’t make the final cut for the Real Housewives of Sydney due to tensions with another cast member.