Courts / Queensland

Former Bachelor star Sam Wood charged with domestic violence

The Guardian Australia Stephanie Convery

5 Oct 2026 11:56 AEDT Summary

From the report

The fitness influencer and reality TV star Sam Wood has been charged in Queensland with domestic violence offences.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The Guardian Australia Former Bachelor star Sam Wood charged with domestic violence plain
The West Australian Former Bachelor star Sam Wood arrested over alleged domestic violence incident plain
Brisbane Times Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences plain
The Age Reality TV star Sam Wood denied bail over alleged domestic violence plain

Headline check

One of the two things this headline claims did not turn up in the report.

“Former” is named in the headline. We could not find it in the report.

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How it is written

Niral Score 7.2 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

Highlighted in the text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

domestic8violence7charged5alleged4fitness4personal4company3court3police3reality3show3star3arrest2business2case2family2influencer2man2offences2season2third2trainer2weekend2

Sentiment -0.4 hostilefavourable Sourcing 72 unattributednamed sources Mood 48.5 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

How the article is written, not whether it is correct. How each is measured.

Measured on The Guardian Australia’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by The West Australian, Brisbane Times, The Age, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
The Guardian Australiaas they published this story	7.2	7	72	-0.4	48.5
7NEWS	7.7	3	65	-0.6	30.9

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The same event elsewhere

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The West Australian Former Bachelor star Sam Wood arrested over alleged domestic violence incident Niral 1.7 · calm political 0 7NEWS Former Bachelor star Sam Wood arrested over alleged domestic violence incident Niral 7.7 · calm political 0 Brisbane Times Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences Niral 6.2 · calm political 0 The Age Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences Niral 6.2 · calm political 0 WAtoday Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences Niral 6.2 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Sam Wood charged with domestic violence offences Niral 6.2 · calm political 0 The Age Reality TV star Sam Wood denied bail over alleged domestic violence Niral 1.7 · calm political 0 WAtoday Reality TV star Sam Wood denied bail over alleged domestic violence Niral 1.7 · calm political 0