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Ricki-Lee Coulter and former band mate Paulini Curuenavuli.

'It was the elephant in the room'

The pop group, originally made up of former Australian Idol stars Paulini Curuenavuli, Kate DeAraugo, Emily Williams (later replaced by Jessica Mauboy) and Ricki-Lee Coulter, was formed in 2005 and disbanded three years later.

They've all had varying degrees of career success since then, but lately, Curuenavuli and DeAurugo have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

DeAraugo is currently facing up to 15 years in jail on drugs and weapons charges, after allegedly being found in possession of a "trafficable quantity of the drug methamphetamine, [or ice], a large knife, and a tomahawk".

She was also allegedly driving under the influence of drugs at the time.

Meanwhile, Curuenavuli — who currently stars in hit musical The Bodyguard — pleaded guilty earlier this month to bribing an RMS employee with $850 for a fake license, which allowed her to drive illegally on NSW roads for a year, during which time she racked up 11 driving offences.

The original Young Divas line-up was short-lived. The troubling events led Hit 105's Stav, Abby & Matt with Osher to ask Coulter during their interview on Wednesday morning: "What's happened with the Young Divas?!".

Coulter laughed when Curuenavuli's chequered driving past was brought up, adding that she'd "never been in the car with her, thank God.

"We did the Young Divas in 2005 — it was a very long time ago, and we were never driving ourselves anywhere," she explained.

The pair hadn't seen each other for some time, so Coulter admitted it was a bit awkward when they "ran into each other" last week.

"I didn't bring it [the charges] up — it was the elephant in the room," she told the radio hosts. "But in my head I was like 'heyyyyy!'.

Despite the legal drama, Coulter insisted Curuenavuli seemed to be in a good place. "She was happy and fine and normal," she said, before bizarrely adding: "She looks thin, she looks great.

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(News)Bachelorette fave confirms Bach romance - Duration: 2:09.

Luke McLeod has confirmed he was once in a relationship with Bachelor winner Laura Byrne.

Bachelorette fave confirms Bach romance

McLeod, who has been pegged by viewers as one of the early frontrunners for Sophie Monk's heart, said he was in a relationship with the jewellery designer after the end of a previous 10-year relationship.

Luke is a hot favourite to win Sophie's heart. "We did date for a couple of months, I swear to God it was a complete coincidence," he told Confidential of the pair both ending up on reality shows.

"She's an amazing woman, we met through mutual friends, we dated for a couple of months and realised we were better off being really good friends and that's where things are at now.

She's been so supportive of my journey and what I'm going through and she's gone through something so similar. McLeod said he "couldn't believe it" when he saw Laura on an ad for The Bachelor.

"I thought 'what is going on here'. There was no hesitation in reaching out (to her) and I said 'wow, I wish you all the best' and it obviously did work out amazing for her, she met an incredible guy.

She's given me some advice and been incredibly supportive of me finding the same type of person.".

Matty J chose Laura in the season finale. Picture: Toby ZernaSource:News Corp Australia. A host of viewers have already taken to social media to declare Luke as being the winner.

"It's a big compliment," he said. "It is very flattering and I'm really thankful for everyone getting behind me so far because I was really nervous about this whole thing.".