Married At First Sight‘s Jessika Power has revealed her brother Rhyce was hospitalised following a suicide attempt and fears he will try to take his life again if he continues to be hit with online abuse.
Jessika, 27, took to Instagram stories on Monday to plead with fans to stop trolling her 28-year-old sibling over accusations of domestic violence made by his ex-girlfriend earlier this year.
WATCH this video to see Rhyce respond to the allegations:
The MAFS star began by reminding followers that Rhyce has “never been charged for these allegations” and branded the claims “fake news..from pathetic social climbing women who have simply had their feelings hurt”.
“I know this post will offend many of you but I love my family and I’m sick of watching my brother defend himself constantly!
“I’m sure that anyone of you reading this and getting ready to ridicule or abuse me in my DM’s would do the exact same thing in my position as a loving sister who has watched my brother struggle with suicide for years.
“I will not sit beside a hospital bed again with him,” she said.
Jessika went on to remember her ex-boyfriend Eddy, who died by suicide in 2017.
“I have lost a partner to suicide and I know how important mental health is to men!
“Please let this rest until the law had decided my brother is guilty, until then it’s just he said she said,” she added.
The allegations of domestic violence come from Rhyce’s model ex Vanessa Sierra, who claims he assaulted her on vacation in Thailand in March.
Vanessa filed an intervention order when she returned to Australia, Daily Mail Australia reports.
Rhyce is currently on holiday in Bali and it is unclear when he was hospitalised for suicidal tendencies.
The Perth native shot to fame as Jessika’s ‘hot brother’ after appearing as a guest at her wedding to Queensland farmer Mick Gould on the Channel 9 social experiment in January.
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