Cocaine Cassie Sainsbury reveals the true story behind her nude online pictures - and says she's split from her lesbian lover who has already moved on with a new mystery girlfriend
- Cassie Sainsbury is on parole in Colombia for a drug smuggling attempt in 2017
- She served three years in prison before being released on parole in April 2020
- The 25-year-old is reportedly selling explicit photos of herself to make money
- In an interview on Friday morning she denied the claims she was selling photos
- She also revealed she had split with her prison girlfriend 29-year-old Joli Pico
- Sainsbury's mother Lisa has pleaded with the Australian Government to help her
- She will have to stay in Colombia for the next 23 months as part of her parole
'Cocaine' Cassie Sainsbury has denied she was paid cash by men in Australia in exchange for semi-naked pictures while serving out her parole in Columbia.
The 25-year-old said on Friday morning in an interview with Brisbane radio station B105 that she was 'not paid for any photos' and also revealed she had split with her prison girlfriend Joli Pico.
Last week, one reported online exchange between Sainsbury and an Australian man had shown she was 'happy' with a $400 a week offer in exchange for photos and calls.
While behind bars, Sainsbury (pictured left) became engaged to fellow inmate Joli Pico, 29, (pictured right) from Venezuela
'It actually didn't go down the way it has come out in the media. I did not receive any money at all for any photo,' Sainsbury said.
She was then asked by hosts Stav, Matt, and Abby if she had setup an account on adult site OnlyFans where users are paid for racy content.
'I had never even heard of this page until I got a whole heap of messages from people saying 'What's your OnlyFans ID?' And I was like 'What? What is that?' Sainsbury replied.
She also said she had ended her engagement to fellow inmate Joli Pico, 29, from Venezuela after a nine month romance behind bars.
Pico, who is still serving her sentence for theft in Columbia, had moved on with another inmate according to, according to Sainsbury.
'Unfortunately things with Joli, they didn't last. I came out of prison and then she became a different person, and she got with somebody else inside as well.'
When asked if her former girlfriend had cheated on her she replied it was 'difficult' and had her doubts about whether the relationship would last once one of them was on the outside.
Last week, her mother had pleaded with the Australian Government to help her daughter who she said was struggling to make ends meet while stuck in Columbia.
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Sainsbury spent three years locked up in the notorious El Buen Pastor prison in Colombia after being convicted for smuggling 5.8kg of cocaine hidden inside headphones in April 2017.
She is now stranded in the Colombian capital Bogota where she will serve part of the remainder of her six-year sentence on parole.
Cassie Sainsbury, 25, is reportedly making $400 per week from a man who she sends explicit photos to and exchanges phone calls with
Cassie Sainsbury was arrested with 5.8 kilograms of cocaine (pictured) concealed in her luggage at Bogota's El Dorado International Airport in April 2017
'So I'm thinking about starting a petition to get help for my daughter Cassie,' Ms Evans posted on social media.
'I need our government to help this kid. I can't fight the Colombian judicial system by myself. I need them to help her while she is in the country. Or help me get her home.
'Cassie receives no help from our government during this pandemic. She cannot work etc.
'Side note... our government repeatedly ignores my requests for help!!!'
Sainsbury is making $400 a week from a man who she sends explicit photos to.
One photo shows the South Australian lying on a bed wearing lacy underwear showing her distinctive stomach tattoo.
Sainsbury has resorted to selling nude photos to Australian men to make money, prompting her mother Lisa Evans to call on Scott Morrison to intervene and bring her home
Sainsbury's mother Lisa Evans (left) said she is going to start a petition for the Australian Government to help her daughter
'Well I'm happy with the amount you offered, like I'm not the sort of person to be like, no that's not enough give me more,' she wrote to the man, according to the Courier Mail.
She also wrote: 'How do I know that you sent the money?' and explained that the photo could be verified by her Facebook profile picture.
In June Sainsbury took to Facebook to say she was struggling financially in locked down Bogota.
Sainsbury worked at Club 220 in western Sydney in a desperate bid to make ends meet in 2017, prior to her drug smuggling attempt Pictured: Sainsbury on the Club 220 website
'To everyone that has been asking, yes I'm okay. The situation is definitely difficult here in Colombia and more so when there's no work and no way to receive my visa, but hoping things will get better soon. However I'm okay and staying safe,' she wrote.
While behind bars, Sainsbury became engaged to fellow inmate Joli Pico, 29, from Venezuela.
'Honestly, it was the least thing that I expected to find in prison,' she told 60 Minutes in April.
'It started as a friendship and then out of nowhere it just turned into a relationship.'
The pair were together for nine months before Pico - who is serving time for theft - proposed to Sainsbury in front of their cell mates late last year.
Earlier this year Sainsbury spoke about her former job as a sex worker in western Sydney prior to her thwarted drug smuggling attempt.
She worked at Club 220 in early 2017 in a desperate bid to make ends meet after her and then-fiance Scott Broadbridge's gym went under.
'Everyone makes mistakes and I was looking for a way to get out of the hole I was in. It got to a point where I had rent to pay and bills and shopping, everything was piling on top of me,' she told WHO Magazine.
'Everyone assumed that because I worked at the brothel, then I was guilty of being involved with drugs. For a lot of people, sex work and drugs go hand in hand.'
Sainsbury claimed she only intended to work as a receptionist, but after arriving at the brothel her bosses convinced her to become a prostitute.
'I got there and [they said] ''you're not the type of person to be a receptionist, you're the sort of person who needs to try and be a sex worker'',' she said.
'I wasn't comfortable doing it, I didn't like doing it. [But] if it wasn't that then it was like ''what else?''
Sainsbury will have to stay in Colombia for the next 23 months as part of her parole conditions.
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