Madeleine West has found love with her partner Maximo Bottaro.
The infamously private couple have been dating for more than three years after the former Neighbors star was first spotted kissing and cuddling the environmentalist on the beach in Byron Bay.
At the time, Madeleine, 44, and Maximo were seen passionately kissing and cuddling in the shallow waters of a secluded beach.
Two years later, the mother-of-six and her boyfriend were spotted on the beach at Byron Bay again.
Before their sun-filled day, the couple stopped at a supermarket to pick up some strawberries, coconut water and other supplies for their day out.
Madeleine West has found love with her partner Maximo Bottaro. Both shown
Maximo has been an environmental activist for the past twenty years, having previously worked for Greenpeace, one of the largest environmental organizations in the world.
He co-founded his own environmental protection organization, ReForest Now, in 2018.
Madeleine has been working with ReForest Now on various projects since January 2020.
In March 2020, ReForest Now shared a photo on Instagram of Madeleine helping plant trees, thanking her for her continued support.
The infamously private couple have been dating for more than three years after the former Neighbors star was first spotted kissing and cuddling the environmentalist on the beach in Byron Bay in 2020.
“Madeline supports ReForest Now by promoting our work and inviting the community to our plantings and contributing to the financing of reforestation,” the message said.
Since then, the actress has spoken out about her love for Maximo a handful of times.
'The way he carried himself was so attractive. It went beyond notions of fame, wealth or notoriety,” Madeleine said on the channel No filter podcast.
“Seeing how much he cared about his business and his passion, his self-confidence … was maybe the most attractive thing I've ever seen.”
Elsewhere, Madeleine said Maximo has been her biggest support when it comes to her mental health struggles.
Maximo has been an environmental activist for the past twenty years. Madeleine has been working on various projects with his company ReForest Now since January 2020
“I'm fortunate to have someone who is evolved and compassionate enough to take this journey with me without sugar-coating or trying to avoid the hard moments,” she told Stellar magazine earlier this year.
Madeleine was previously married to Shannon Bennett and had six children.
They split in 2018 after 13 years together, with West later stating that the divorce process “became love toxic.”
Two years after their breakup, she left Melbourne and moved to the Byron Bay area to be near their six children, where she bought her own $4.6 million estate overlooking Tallow Beach.
Madeleine was embroiled in legal proceedings this year with Shannon's elderly father Benny Bennett, who had an AVO filed against her following an alleged clash at the chef's Byron mansion in 2022.
Madeleine was previously married to Shannon Bennett (left) and had six children. They split in 2018 after 13 years together
Two years after their breakup, she left Melbourne and moved to the Byron Bay area to be near their six children, where she bought her own $4.6 million estate overlooking Tallow Beach.
Enforcing the AVO, a magistrate described Madeleine as an 'evasive' and unreliable witness, and her alleged treatment of her ex-father-in-law, 75, as 'verging on aggressive'.
But the decision was overturned when Madeleine appealed to the NSW District Court and won in a ruling by Judge Jonathan Priestley, who said “the evidence of the facts supporting them is light and not supported by” the footage of five different CCTV cameras around Shannon. Bennett's house.
In January this year, West revealed that she had been sexually abused between the ages of five and 10. Her abuser was finally named this month.
Peter Vincent White, 73, pleaded guilty to 33 charges of child sexual abuse against seven children, one of whom was the actress then called Melanie Ann Weston.