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Influencer Ruby Tuesday Matthews' fiancé Shannan Dodd pleads guilty to drink driving charge

Influencer Ruby Tuesday Matthews' fiancé Shannan Dodd pleads guilty to drink driving charge

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Ruby Tuesday Matthews ' fiancé Shannan Dodd pleaded guilty to mid-range drink driving and driving with an expired licence in Mullumbimby Local Court this week.
Dodd, who shares daughter Holiday, two, with the influencer, is set to face sentencing on August 6 after undergoing the Traffic Offender Program.
Solicitor John D. Weller, who specialises in driving offences and drug-related crimes, represented Dodd in court, reported The Daily Telegraph.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Matthews and Dodd for comment.
Matthews, 31, and Dodd live in Bangalow with their daughter and Matthews' sons Rocket, nine, and Mars, eight, who she shares with ex-fiancé Ryan Heywood.
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The pair first revealed their relationship publicly in May 2021 and announced their engagement just months later in June.
They welcomed their daughter Holiday together in September 2022.
Matthews recently revealed she is taking cannabidiol (CBD) gummies to ' get through life' and the chaos of raising three children.
Last month, she shared videos to Instagram which showed her popping open some CBD gummies as her kids hung off her at the end of a long day.
In the clips, Matthews looked exhausted as she sat on her couch while her young ones could be heard chatting away in the background.
'What is life today?' she captioned the footage, as she groaned and raked a hand over her face.
The next video saw Matthews opening a bottle of CBD gummies from Hemp Farmacy as one of her sons tried to get her to 'make a face'.
Meanwhile, her second son leaned over and said in her ear, 'I'm not talking,' with a baffled Ruby replying: 'You just did.'
'Lord help me,' she added, as she pulled out a gummy.
'You all need this to get through life.'
Matthews started to laugh in the next clip as she handed the gummies over to her partner Dodd, while one of her children begged her to play a game with him.
'I swear to God if we didn't have these,' she wrote as Dodd tipped two gummies into his mouth.
Hemp Farmacy claims on its website the CBD product will bring users 'a sense of calm, relaxation, and balance' and help them 'unwind after a stressful day, improve sleep, or manage daily tension'.
The company also assures customers they cannot get high from the gummies as they contain 'non-psychoactive CBD' which offers the 'benefits of hemp without the buzz'.
CBD is a chemical found in marijuana; however, it does not contain the psychoactive ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), according to Mayo Clinic.
It is often sold as an oil, but can also be bought as an extract, vapourised liquid or oil-based capsule.
Research on the drug's benefits is still limited, though it is currently being studied as a treatment for a wide range of conditions, including Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and anxiety.
Bioxyne was reportedly the first company to successfully manufacture and deliver pharmaceutical gummies in Australia last year under its Goods Manufacturing Practice certification, reported The Australian.
Prior to the achievement, made through its business Breathe Life Sciences, CBD gummy products used by patients in Australia had to be manufactured overseas and imported.
Medicinal use of CBD has been legal in Australia since 2016, though its production, distribution and consumption is still highly regulated.
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