TikTok star and model engaged to actor Hugh Sheridan before dramatic break-up is charged with a violent crime after weekend drama
- The ex-fiancée of TV idol Hugh Sheridan has been accused of violent crimes
- Reckless injury maximum penalty 7 years in prison
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A model and TikTok star who was once engaged to actor Hugh Sheridan before dramatically ending their romance has been charged with a violent crime.
Kurt Ackerman, 31, was charged with recklessly wounding another man during a brief court hearing at Sydney’s Downing Center on Wednesday.
Mr. Ackerman, who regularly shares videos of himself dancing shirtless online, looked very different from the image he presents on his social media under the name Kurt Roberts.
He appeared in a disheveled gray suit and worn boots – which was a far cry from his glamorous modeling photos.
Court documents seen exclusively by Daily Mail Australia allege Mr Ackermann recklessly injured another man, Joshua Jimenez, in a domestic violence-related incident between midnight and 1am last Saturday.
Kurt Ackermann, known on social media as Kurt Roberts, after leaving court on Wednesday where he briefly appeared on charges of recklessly injuring another man
Kurt Ackermann looked very different from his online social media posts as he appeared in court after police alleged he committed a serious violent crime after midnight last Saturday
Mr Ackerman made headlines in January 2021 when photos emerged of him passionately kissing the Logie Award-winning actor in the surf at Bondi.
Sheridan, who starred in Packed to the Rafters, House Husbands and The Masked Singer Australia, later revealed he introduced Kurt to his family and they lived together in his Bondi home.
After just three months of dating, the couple announced their plans to get married and Sheridan made his non-binary and bisexual status public on Instagram.
But after an eight-month engagement, Sheridan made a shock announcement in November 2021 that the couple had split.
Less than 24 hours later, Kurt Roberts celebrated his 30th birthday and documented the festivities in animated photos and clips on Instagram.
TV idol Hugh Sheridan (right) got engaged to Kurt Ackermann (left) after a three-month romance in 2021, but the couple split after another eight months
Hugh Sheridan with the TikTok star known as Kurt Roberts after the actor proposed to the male model
Following the end of his engagement to Hugh Sheridan, Mr Ackermann moved out of the actor’s Bondi home and now lives in the inner Sydney suburb of Potts Point, where the alleged injury occurred.
Kings Cross detectives arrested and charged him on Saturday afternoon and issued a warrant for Mr Ackerman’s arrest on behalf of Mr Jimenez.
He was granted bail and a lawyer asked Magistrate Megan Greenwood for a week’s adjournment of the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.