Kristin Fisher faces police probe over alleged threatening calls to rival. Plus, secret break-up for founder of Bondi’s members-only Fayshell clinic – and socialite breaks silence on $27M mansion raid: THE GROUP CHAT

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The war of Woollahra

Where else but Double Bay could an eyebrow feud escalate like this?

NSW Police have confirmed they are investigating a complaint about allegedly threatening phone calls made by eyebrow technician Kristin Fisher to fellow beauty business owner Sharon Lee Hamilton-Clarke.

Hamilton-Clarke, the owner of The Eyebrow Atelier, recently relocated her business to the penthouse of the InterContinental Double Bay on Cross Street.

Kristin Fisher Eyebrows is just five minutes’ walk away on Bay Street.

I spoke to a source this week about what was allegedly said during the calls, but given no charges have been laid, I’m going to pare back the details – for now.

Police confirmed to The Group Chat they were investigating the alleged calls.

‘About 4.30pm on Saturday 27 June 2026, officers from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command attended an address in Wallaroy Rd, Woollahra, regarding [alleged] threatening phone calls,’ a police spokesperson said.

‘Police have commenced an investigation into the circumstances of the incident. As the investigation is ongoing, police will not be making any further comment about the matter.’

Hamilton-Clarke, who rarely speaks publicly, confirmed she was familiar with last week’s alleged incident but declined to comment further.

Before moving into Double Bay, The Eyebrow Atelier quietly operated from an upstairs Woollahra location.

There’s no wandering in for a quick brow tidy here – clients book by appointment only, on a fully prepaid and cashless basis.

Whatever the truth between Fisher and Hamilton-Clarke, the undisputed brow queen of the east, Amy Jean, is surely laughing all the way to the bank.

Fisher was contacted for comment but she did not provide an on-the-record response.

Lastly, a disclaimer: It is not suggested that the threatening calls were made, only that the police are investigating allegations as to whether they were made 

Splitsville for clinic founder 

Katelin Gregg, the co-founder of buzzy Bondi Junction and Neutral Bay members-only skin clinic Fayshell, has split from her long-time boyfriend, James Linacre, the chief executive officer of Ray White Commercial.

Sources say the relationship ended several months ago. By all accounts, it was very hush-hush: no big announcements – just a quiet unfollowing. 

I even heard from one source they were engaged, but haven’t been able to confirm it. 

Since the break-up, Katelin – the daughter of Rob Gregg, founder of medical supply company Mondeal Aesthetics – has thrown herself into globe-trotting.

Her passport has racked up stamps from Miami, Palm Springs for Coachella and Stagecoach, Maui and the coastal Portuguese village of Comporta, where she stayed at Vermelho Melides, the luxury five-star hotel created by Christian Louboutin.

She and Linacre are no longer connected on Instagram, and Gregg has swapped loved-up couple snaps for a string of scantily clad thirst traps.

While these things usually point to a bitter split, Linacre insists that’s not the case.

‘Katelin and I did break up at the beginning of the year and the break-up was amicable and not acrimonious,’ he told The Group Chat.

‘I only wish Katelin the best.’

Linacre, meanwhile, has kept his focus firmly on work.

Since the split, the 35-year-old has landed a major promotion to his current CEO role, stepping up from his previous position as Head of Commercial for Australia and New Zealand to lead the Ray White network’s broader commercial platform and international growth strategy.

The St Andrew’s Cathedral School old boy also moves in well-heeled circles, counting ‘dinger heir’ Michael Porter, of the Four Seasons Condoms family, among his closest mates.

As for whether there’s any chance of a reunion? Friends in their orbit say don’t hold your breath.

It’s not the first high-profile relationship Gregg has seen come to an end.

Last year, she quietly parted ways with her best friend and Fayshell co-founder, Ella James.

The rift raised eyebrows after James removed any reference to Fayshell from her Instagram bio last September, while Gregg later took to TikTok to address speculation surrounding their falling-out.

Insiders previously told The Group Chat their partnership was never as poreless as the PR made it out to be.

Rumours of tension first began swirling when James stepped back from media appearances and brand partnerships, leaving Gregg front and centre – exactly where she liked it.

Pool ‘godfather’ before the courts

A high-flying executive of a swimming pool services company has been charged with what the court describes as an ‘assault-related matter’.

Chris Papageorgiou, who has been called a ‘godfather of the swimming pool industry’, was due before the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria last month.

His matter was listed for hearing on June 17, with a Daily Mail reporter present. However, as often happens when we take a trip out to court on a chilly Melbourne morning, it was swiftly adjourned on administrative grounds.

Because the allegations against Papageorgiou, a father of two who joined robotic pool cleaning company Maytronics Australia in 2011 as co-CEO, remain untested and before the courts, I am unable to report on any claims that I might be privy to.

However, what I can say is that this will be a case many Melburnians will be taking a keen interest in – not simply those with a toe dipped in the backyard pool industry.

Papageorgiou is being represented by Brighton firm Bancroft Lawyers – a fact I know because of a stern letter they sent me after I presented their client with a list of questions last month.

‘We advise that our client is vigorously defending all the charges against him, which we consider are baseless, frivolous and vexatious,’ they said. 

Watch this space. 

Raid couple distance themselves from cocaine case

The Jandegian family name has been synonymous with intrigue ever since heavily armed officers broke down the door of their Bellevue Hill address early last year.

If you missed it, former television journalist Stephanie Jandegian and her entrepreneur husband Garrett had their mansion dawn-raided by police on February 6, 2025, when officers executed a warrant to search the $27million property for evidence to use against one Marios Alexandridis.

Alexandridis is now before the courts, accused of supplying a commercial quantity of cocaine, and has yet to enter a plea.

Neither Stephanie nor Garrett was arrested, and there is no suggestion either has been involved in any wrongdoing.

Nonetheless, the fact their home was raided on the same day as Alexandridis’ arrest has made them peripheral players in the saga, at least for the time being.

Over the past year, whispers about why their home was raided – and what police might have been seeking to bolster their case against Alexandridis – have only intensified as the wealthy couple has declined to comment publicly.

Following Alexandridis’ anticlimactic appearance in court this week while on bail from his $4million Mosman home, we contacted Stephanie by phone to see whether she finally had anything to say about the matter.

We told Stephanie that, given the circumstances of Alexandridis’ arrest – including the execution of the search warrant at her home that morning – she and Garrett would likely continue to feature in any coverage, and that it therefore seemed fair to ask again whether she wished to comment. 

After all, Alexandridis was the target of the operation, and it remains unclear what, if any, association she or her husband had with him. These are the sorts of questions that can linger in the eastern suburbs.

‘It probably makes more sense to you,’ replied Stephanie.

‘And you probably realise that this has absolutely nothing to do with us since you’ve been following it. That’s the only comment I can make… Thank you very much for the call though. If you’d like to send me an email, you’re more than welcome to.’

We took her up on the offer and sent an email, but it bounced back. When we texted her to clarify the spelling of the address, we received no response.

Footy’s back in fashion 

As someone who grew up in Melbourne, where AFL isn’t just a sport but practically a religion, seeing fashion finally embrace footy feels long overdue.

Classic menswear label Rodd & Gunn has finally thrown its hat into the ring, unveiling its first-ever AFL collaboration at a runway show that proved supporter gear has officially had a glow-up.

The aptly titled Footy’s Back in Fashion show took over the brand’s heritage Little Collins Street flagship last month, where models swapped guernseys for polished sweats in a catwalk dedicated to all 18 AFL clubs.

Leading the charge was model Montana Cox, who opened the show in Melbourne Demons colours before the remaining clubs got their moment under the spotlight.

Forget the oversized scarves, bogan beanies and faded club hoodies you’ve been carting around since the 2007 Grand Final. This was supporter wear with a fashion editor’s tick of approval.

I’ve barely taken my St Kilda jumper off since.

The evening also marked another milestone for the heritage label, staging its first-ever Australian runway presentation inside its four-storey global flagship at 280 Little Collins Street. Housed inside a beautifully restored Art Deco building, the space doubles as a boutique, cellar door and hospitality venue – because in Melbourne, shopping is best done with a glass of pinot in hand.

Naturally, the city’s glamour set turned out. Nova presenter and soon-to-be dad Clint Stanaway caught up with former Bachelorette star Brooke Blurton, while model and DJ Dijok Mai ensured there was no shortage of street style.

Melbourne media power couple Alex Cullen and Bonnie Campbell were also making the rounds. Since relocating south after Cullen’s departure from Today, the former breakfast TV presenter has embraced life in the Victorian capital, while Campbell continues covering the prestige property beat for The Australian Financial Review.

The collection is a smart play at a time when fashion and sport are becoming increasingly intertwined. Rodd & Gunn has reworked its bestselling Foresters Peak and Otago sweatshirts in the colours of every AFL club, giving supporters something they can wear long after the final siren.

For once, dressing for the footy might not mean sacrificing your dignity.

Pulling the strings behind the scenes was Sydney communications agency Double Woo, spearheaded by former Uber executives Nick Vindin and Channa Goonasekara. The pair have built a reputation for producing campaigns that cut through the noise, having previously worked across brands including Uber, Netflix and McDonald’s.

If Tuesday night’s turnout was anything to go by, they’ve kicked another goal.

The British are coming 

Fear has struck a chord in Sydney’s fine dining scene with news that a 24-year-old British ‘Traveller’ was arrested after allegedly hurting a child to get out of paying a bill.

Dining at Merivale institution Mr Wong last month, the man allegedly complained to staff that the high chair his one-year-old daughter had been placed in had injured her to the point of tears.

For context, the Cantonese restaurant isn’t exactly the sort of place you’d expect to see a young child dining.

He demanded a refund. His $97 bill – cheap by Mr Wong’s standards – was subsequently waived and the pair left the restaurant.

However, staff reviewed CCTV footage and alerted police, who also examined the vision.

‘On arrival, officers were told a customer had allegedly assaulted a one-year-old girl known to him,’ a NSW Police spokesperson said.

‘Police will allege in court the man removed a screw from the chair and pressed it into the child’s leg, causing her to cry.’

Officers tracked the man to a caravan park in Narrabeen on Monday and arrested him.

The man cannot legally be named because of NSW legislation that prevents the identification of children alleged to be victims of crime.

Police sources said the man was known to use an alias and was part of a group known as ‘Travellers’, who regularly come from the UK to Australia and move around in caravans.

It’s a rather polite term for a group the Brits sometimes call ‘gypsies’ or worse.

I’m told high-end restaurant staff have been instructed to look out for large groups of people with indecipherable English and Irish accents walking through the door.

Merivale’s laid-back public relations chief Holly Asser claimed to be unaware of the matter before it made headlines last week and refused to assist in any capacity.

It comes months after a family of tourists from Ireland were accused of carrying out dining scams at multiple Sydney restaurants, including allegedly planting a hair on their plate at a restaurant in The Rocks to avoid paying the bill.

On Wednesday, I was on Sydney’s Northern Beaches seeking to speak with members of the Traveller community who might have had insight into the incident.

While I did meet a family that seemed to fit the brief, the father insisted they had only very recently arrived from Victoria.

For the record, Brad Pitt in Snatch isn’t a particularly accurate reference point for what members of this community actually look like.

London calling

It’s that time of year again: everyone in the Southern Hemisphere cashes in their hoarded annual leave and heads overseas to escape the winter chill.

For Perth widow Clara Hurst, however, a European getaway is hardly a once-a-year indulgence. The Spanish-born mother of two is known to make multiple first-class trips throughout the year, seemingly without a care in the world.

Last week, my trusted Perth spy passed on a snap of Hurst living it up in London with a group of friends, including fellow Perth locals Kristina Young and Kristine Hodgson, as well as two UK-based companions.

My spy also tells me Hurst will be spending four weeks abroad.

The lavish holiday comes despite the ongoing fallout from the collapse of her late husband Dr David Hurst‘s dental empire, and just weeks after ASIC agreed to fund an investigation into the affairs of his former dental practice.

In a scandal that rocked Perth’s wealthy western suburbs, Dr Hurst withdrew $7.1million from his practice before taking his own life in December 2024. Apparently, he had a terrible gambling addiction that sank him into a financial black hole.

The full extent of the practice’s financial problems only became clear in the months that followed.

Eighteen months later, patients are still trying to recover money they prepaid for implants and other costly dental work that was allegedly botched, left unfinished, or, in some cases, never commenced.

Around 156 patients are among 223 unsecured creditors collectively owed almost $4.4million following the practice’s collapse. Many had accessed their superannuation or retirement savings to pay for treatment at the dentist’s request.

Law firm Slater and Gordon is now preparing legal action on behalf of 48 of Dr Hurst’s former patients.

• Additional reporting by Stephen Gibbs and Paul Shapiro