Mark Latham's porn star ex Nathalie Matthews converted to Islam three years ago - while he was One Nation's leader in NSW

Daily Mail​

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Between her days as a secret porn star and debuting a doomed relationship with volatile politician Mark Latham, versatile businesswoman Nathalie Matthews converted to Islam.
Ten days have passed since Ms Matthews first emerged to accuse Latham of inflicting 'a sustained pattern' of psychological, financial and emotional abuse but her colourful background continues to shock.
The 37-year-old, born Nathalie May Darrough, was originally described only as a Liberal Party member who owned a global logistics firm with a presence in Sydney, Dubai and Perth.
It later turned out the racing enthusiast had until recently operated an OnlyFans account under the name Bondi C** S***, apparently while she ran for Sutherland Shire Council in 2021.
Daily Mail Australia can now reveal the daughter of an assistant principal at a Catholic school pledged herself as a Muslim in November 2022 to become Maryam Abdullah.
A 'Certificate of Declaring Islam' issued by the United Arab Emirates shows Ms Matthews using her date of birth and maiden name Darrough to formally embrace Islam.
A demure picture of Ms Matthews wearing a hijab appears at the top of the certificate which lists her previous religion as Christian.
The document welcomes Ms Matthews into the Islamic fold with the induction: 'We praise Allah who guided her to Islam so she should adhere to the rulings of Allah and abstain from the forbidden.'
Among acts forbidden by Islam are fornication - consensual sex between two people who are not married - while gambling and drinking alcohol are frowned upon.
A Certificate of Islam is not required for a person to become a Muslim but some organisations provide an official document for legal or travel purposes.
To gain such a certificate in the Muslim-majority UAE a convert must provide a valid passport, other identification, and one personal photo in which a woman should be wearing a hijab.
Ms Matthews declined to comment on Wednesday night why she converted to Islam or whether she still considered herself to be Muslim.
To become a Muslim, Ms Matthews would have recited the Shahada: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.'
Latham, a former member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party, has supported a travel ban on certain Islamic countries and a decade ago said 'in western Sydney there is a Muslim problem'.
Hanson removed Latham as One Nation's NSW leader in August 2023 and he subsequently resigned from the party to sit as an independent in the upper house.
If what Latham has called a 'situationship' with Ms Matthews commenced sometime before May 2022, as she has said, his One Nation membership and her newfound faith overlapped.
Daily Mail Australia confirmed Ms Matthews and Latham as a couple in July 2023 after they each posted pictures of themselves to social media in the same row of seats at Wimbledon on Court 1.
Ms Matthews describes herself as the managing director of Skynet Global Logistics, a company engaged in freight forwarding, a role which according to LinkedIn she has held for 19 months.
Her LinkedIn profile says she has advised for Compass Logistics International, managing and developing trade between Australia and the Gulf Cooperational Council, over the same period.
LinkedIn also shows Ms Matthews has been a freelance host of Import Export TV – '[the] world's first and only channel dedicated to international trade and global supply chains' - since 2023.
Ms Matthews states 'over the past few years' she has been working across the UAE and Australia 'helping to build companies, launch ventures, and unlock opportunities'.
Earlier position with freight forwarding, supply chain and logistics companies date back to 2009, after Ms Matthews spent three years as a fulltime receptionist with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
Ms Matthews married British-born Ross Matthews about seven years ago - both were Liberal Party members - but the pair reportedly parted ways in 2022.
Police are now seeking an apprehended violence order to protect Ms Matthews from her ex-husband, who has pleaded not guilty to using a carriage device to menace, harass or offend.
Ross Matthews has distanced himself from his ex-wife, only breaking his silence on social media to address the ongoing furore about her dispute with Latham.
'Please stop messaging me,' he posted on X after the scandal erupted. 'I don't speak to Nathalie and do not care. Thank you.'
Daily Mail Australia revealed on Wednesday that Ms Matthews had previously been in a relationship with a man she met through the transport and logistics industry who was about 20 years older than her.
After they broke up, police sought an AVO against Ms Matthews - as Nathalie Darrough - to protect the man but in June 2015 the application was withdrawn.
In February 2018, Ms Matthews - still known as Darrough - pleaded guilty to shoplifting from the Camilla fashion boutique at Westfield Miranda in Sydney's south.
She was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond without conviction and ordered to pay $449 to the store.
None of that was known - or likely ever would have been known - until after The Australian newspaper reported on July 14 that Ms Matthews had privately sought an AVO against Latham.
The AVO application follows a messy break-up of what Latham has called a 'sexed-up, consensual, open arrangement'.
Ms Matthews alleges 64-year-old Latham committed degrading acts including forcing her to have sex with other people and 'defecating on me before sex and refusing to let me wash'.
Following the original story in The Australian, intimate WhatsApp messages between Ms Matthews and Latham were leaked to The Daily Telegraph.
'Very hard thinking about you,' Latham wrote to Ms Matthews during parliamentary sitting hours, shortly after 11am on February 20.
'Need badly to taste you,' he wrote that afternoon, alongside an emoji of a tongue.
Latham has denied all abuse accusations, claiming that he had 'scores of documents' which would vindicate him, and enjoyed a 'fantastic' sex life with Ms Matthews.
Daily Mail Australia revealed last Friday that Ms Matthews worked as an OnlyFans porn star for years before she started dating the former federal Labor leader.
Ms Matthews' posts - where she enhanced her appearance with AI face-tuning technology - included raw video footage of herself engaged in sexual intercourse with another person, as well as hundreds of explicit images.
Her account has since been taken down from OnlyFans, but the material she posted had spread to online fan sites and forums.
Although Ms Matthews is thought to have been living in the Cronulla area at the time, it is understood she believed the OnlyFans venture would bring in more revenue by using 'Bondi' rather than 'Sutherland' in her online profile.
Latham's lawyer Zali Burrows served WiseTech global billionaire Richard White and Ms Matthews with subpoenas related to her AVO application last Friday.
The subpoena requested emails, text messages, and OnlyFans direct messages between Mr White and Ms Matthews, who connected on LinkedIn in 2023.
Latham has said the subpoenas requesting communications between Mr White and Ms Matthews had not been intended to intimidate her, as she claimed.
Instead, Latham insisted he wanted access to those communications to test Ms Matthews' allegations that he had forced her have sex with other men.
Mr White is not accused of any wrongdoing and this publication is not suggesting he and Ms Matthews engaged in a sexual relationship.
Daily Mail Australia is also not suggesting any wrongdoing by Latham, only that Ms Matthews has made allegations against him as part of applying for an AVO.