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An Australian reality TV star will be sentenced next month following a series of drug-related and other charges.
Marjorie Griffiths, 28, was released on bail on Thursday at Sydney's Downing Centre after pleading guilty to failing to supply digital evidence to police.
Griffiths, who appeared on The Bachelor in 2023, pleaded not guilty to a separate charge involving the supply of a prohibited drug in a commercial quantity.
She is due to return to court on February 14.
The blonde beauty made headlines in October 2023 when she was remanded in custody on four counts of knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime, two counts of supplying prohibited drug and one of fail to comply with digital evidence access order direction.
Police allege the actress and model was a major player in a criminal network that supplied large quantities of drugs and laundered the illicit earnings through an international syndicate.
Marjorie Griffiths will be sentenced next month following a series of drug-related and other charges (Pictured)
Griffiths was released on bail on Thursday at Sydney's Downing Centre after pleading guilty to failing to supply digital evidence to police.
Just months after her stint on season 10 of The Bachelor, police allege Griffiths sold 1kg of cocaine to an undercover police officer and 1kg of MDMA to an unknown person.
She was woken by heavily armed specialist NSW Police officers and arrested during a dawn raid on her home in Umina Beach, on the NSW Central Coast, on October 10, 2023.
Court papers seen by Daily Mail Australia allege she supplied 1kg of cocaine on March 7 and 1kg of ice exactly three months later, on June 7, both at Hornsby in Sydney's northern suburbs that year.
The controversial contestant who became embroiled in spats with other contestants on the Channel 10 show, was also, police allege, involved in money laundering.
The court documents allege Ms Griffiths knowingly dealt with proceeds of crime in the sums of $136,100 at Randwick, $260,270 at Coogee, $302,000 at Double Bay and $116,500 at Guildford between February and June 2023.
The aspiring actor was snapped by NCA NewsWire leaving Silverwater Correctional Complex, west of Sydney, following her release on bail in December 2023.
Ms Griffiths had spent two months in custody on remand since specialist police officers raided her Umina Beach home.
As she left the prison, she was snapped wearing a white top and grey sweatpants and carrying a small plastic bag filled with her belongings.
Just months after her stint on season 10 of The Bachelor 2023, police allege Griffiths sold 1kg of cocaine to an undercover police officer and 1kg of MDMA to an unknown person
Her partner helped her with another bag of belongings.
The scenario marks a huge change for the former reality TV contestant, who was the fourth wannabe bride to be sent home by bachelor Thomas Malucelli, a 35-year-old restaurant manager.
Ms Griffiths lasted 12 weeks on the show's tenth season.
As part of her extensive and strict bail conditions, she will be required to wear an electronic tracking bracelet, abstain from drugs and alcohol and follow a strict curfew.
She is also not allowed to use any 'internet capable' devices and can only possess one phone.
It comes after a court heard last October that Griffiths was negotiating with police.
Lawyer Serae Kopra told magistrate Miranda Moody on during proceedings that she was seeking an adjournment for Ms Griffiths' matters amid ongoing negotiations with the police prosecutor.
'The matter is not ready to proceed, unfortunately we are still waiting on material to be served by the prosecution that may lead to some outcome in case conference negotiations,' she said.
The police prosecutor told the court the office was reserving its brief of evidence 'for matters that were missing', coming almost a year after Ms Griffiths' arrest and subsequent charging.
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