Partner of Yummy Mummies star Maria DiGeronimo faces court
The partner of Yummy Mummies TV star Maria DiGeronimo has been charged with “a prohibited act with human biological material,” but says she knows nothing about the charges.
Carlos Vannini was due to appear before the Adelaide Magistrates Court this week and while details of the alleged offense remain unclear, he will be heard next month.
The 39-year-old rose to fame on Yummy Mummies for spoiling fiancé Maria with luxury goods while running Signature Cut Barbershop in the South Australian capital.
Carlos is charged with committing a prohibited act involving human biological material against another man in Nailsworth in Adelaide’s northern suburbs on January 29.
He did not plead the charges, which usually involve spitting, when the case was first mentioned Tuesday.
The partner of Yummy Mummies star Maria DiGeronimo was in court Tuesday charged with committing a “prohibited act involving human biological material.” Carlos Vannini, 39, rose to fame on the program for spoiling Maria with luxury goods (pictured together)
When Daily Mail Australia contacted him, Carlos said, ‘What are you talking about, I have no court and nothing has been charged, what are my charges?’
“What is a prohibited act involving human biological material???? I don’t know what you’re talking about…” he wrote.
Carlos said he did not know the alleged victim named in the court documents and declined an invitation from Daily Mail Australia to show him the charge sheet.
“My lawyer will handle it,” he wrote.
Maria and Carlos were the most controversial couple on Yummy Mummies which aired on Seven Network in 2017 and 2018 before being shown on Netflix.
The program followed wealthy mothers-to-be as they supported each other through pregnancy and parenthood. It was slammed by critics and poorly reviewed.
When Daily Mail Australia contacted him, Carlos said, ‘What are you talking about, I have no court and nothing has been charged, what are my charges?’ He is in the picture with Maria
Episode one of the first season drew 755,000 viewers nationwide before that figure crashed to 207,000 in the eighth episode.
One reviewer called the program “fabricated, contrived, boring, meaningless, pointless tripe.”
Another wrote, “To call Yummy Mummies car crash television is to underestimate how gaudy, stupid, weird, poorly executed and dutifully offensive it is.”
Seven’s website stated that Maria was “privileged to be a well-groomed woman and live a glamorous lifestyle financed by her partner Carlos, a hairdresser.”
Carlos and Maria were known for their love of designer clothes and luxury cars. In one episode, Carlos spent over $20,000 on Maria.
In another, Maria celebrated daughter Valentina’s impending arrival with a $4,000 Versace-themed baby shower.
Network Seven’s website for Yummy Mummies described Maria as “privileged to be a well-groomed woman and live a glamorous lifestyle funded by her partner Carlos, a hairdresser”
After the ceremony, Carlos presented Maria with a $7,000 “bouquet” and jewelry worth $15,000.
“I know you don’t like flowers,” he told Maria. “So I bought you a bunch of money.”
When Maria said Carlos worked as a “part-time” hairdresser, the motorcycle enthusiast took to Instagram and said he spent 45 hours a week at Signature Cut Barbershop.
Cosmopolitan called Maria the “spiciest and most extravagant cast member … and her lifestyle, quite frankly, really confuses us.”
“The salary of a part-time hairdresser doesn’t seem to match the couple’s obsession with labels.”
Despite being Yummy Mummies’ biggest stars, the pair did not return for the second season, with Carlos claiming that Maria “wasn’t portrayed accurately” in season one.
“Initially, we agreed to the show under the assumption that it would be an ‘observational documentary’ where we understood we would live our lives with the added extra camera to document it,” Carlos said at the time.
“But … that wasn’t the case at all.”
Carlos and Maria announced their split in September 2018, saying their performance on the program was partly responsible for the end of the four-year relationship.
“The pressure and judgments of the public took their toll to some extent.” Carlos told Adelaide Now.
“The pressures of the show and the producers’ expectations during the pregnancy and after Valentina’s birth with the TV crew around all the time didn’t allow us to have the close family time we needed. ‘
The split didn’t last long, and according to court documents, Carlos and Maria still live in the four-bedroom house in Northeast Adelaide’s Golden Grove that was featured on Yummy Mummies.
Maria, who was a brunette on the show, is now blonde. She and Carlos now also have a son.