Superyacht worker’s Whatsapp messages emerge in court documents

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A worker on a $12million superyacht allegedly threatened to release a nude video of his former partner to make her start talking to him again before he abducted her, court documents reveal. 

Ethan Davis, 23, from the NSW Central Coast, sent more than 200 messages to his ex-partner and colleague after she called off their relationship, prompting him to send her an intimate video of herself and threaten to share it publicly, the NSW Supreme Court heard. 

Davis sent his ex-partner 85 messages on the evening of September 5, court documents alleged. She answered after he said doing so would ensure her safety. 

After meeting in person and asking if she wanted to spend one last night together, the car woman declined before Davis continued the conversation on WhatsApp at 3.45pm, where he began: ‘You disappoint me.’

At 7.05pm, after she had ignored more than 50 messages, Davis warned: ‘If you want to be safe, I suggest you answer.’ 

Ethan Davis, 23, (pictured) from the Central Coast, sent his ex-partner 85 messages in one night which culminated in him threatening to leak an intimate video of her, a court has heard

Details of the allegations against Davis and the messages he had sent are set out in a police fact sheet which was tendered during his bail application. Digital mock-up above

Davis was released on bail on Friday after spending more than two months in jail on remand for allegedly abducting the woman and threatening her safety. 

On WhatsApp during their early September exchanges, he sent more than a dozen one- or two-word messages demanding she ‘answer’ or ‘pick up’, the court heard.