A former contestant on the reality television series FBoy Island, who previously made headlines for harassing women and facing sex offence accusations, has been hit with a substantial array of further criminal charges. Queensland veterinarian Riccardo Valenza, aged 31, was arrested on Monday for offences allegedly committed against multiple women between July 2023 and November 2025.
String of Serious Charges
On Tuesday, Valenza was formally charged with 31 offences, including 11 counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of administering a stupefying drug. The Daily Mail had previously revealed that Valenza was charged in September 2025 with three counts of rape, which are separate from Tuesday's charges, along with two counts of sexual assault and one count of unlawful stalking, intimidation, harassment, or abuse.
Police Allegations and Victim Details
Queensland Police stated on Tuesday that Valenza allegedly engaged with multiple women via social media, where he solicited sexual activities for money. He then allegedly groomed the women before assaulting them. The police also accused him of seven counts of using a carriage service to menace and harass, six counts of stalking, and four counts of recording in breach of privacy. His alleged victims were aged between 26 and 35 years old.
Investigators believe several more women were allegedly victimised by Valenza and have urged them to report to police. Valenza appeared before Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was remanded to custody ahead of his next court appearance in April.
Ongoing Legal Battles
This news follows several months of legal battles for the ex-reality TV star. Valenza was already on a good behaviour bond imposed in February after pleading guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offence. Some of that offending took place while the 31-year-old Sunshine Coast resident was appearing on the original season of FBoy Island, which first aired in May 2023.
Previous Convictions and Charges
Valenza had also pleaded guilty in December last year to another charge of using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offence in relation to a different woman. He was further charged last year with using a carriage device to menace, harass, or cause offence and contravening an order about information necessary to access information stored electronically. This last charge typically refers to an alleged failure to comply with a court order to provide details such as a password to police for accessing a digital device.
On November 25, Valenza was back before the same court where he was charged with driving without a licence. In June 2024, he was charged with unlawful stalking, intimidation, harassment, or abuse of a woman between December 8, 2022, and June 29 the following year. That charge was eventually dropped, and Valenza pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offence in relation to the same Queensland woman.
Background on FBoy Island
FBoy Island was produced for Foxtel's Binge streaming service, with the local version of the US dating format hosted by influencer Abbie Chatfield. The show followed three women searching for love among 24 men, whose true character and intentions they had to work out. Twelve of the men were secretly 'nice guys' who wanted a relationship, and the other half were 'FBoys'—characterised as womanisers competing for money. If the women chose a 'nice guy' after 10 rounds of elimination, the couple divided $50,000, but if they chose an 'FBoy,' he could keep the total prize.
Valenza, from Mooloolaba, did not progress to the final stages of the program, which ran from May 30 to June 26, 2023. The combined charges from Monday and September mean Valenza is now facing 14 counts of rape in total.
Court Proceedings and Sentencing
Townsville Magistrates Court heard in February this year that Valenza had met a woman on social media in June 2022, and they continued communicating until September. The woman stopped talking with Valenza in November that year and blocked him on social media. The court heard Valenza continued to call the woman 51 times from a private number, including 11 calls one evening in less than two hours.
Valenza pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass, or cause offence in Brisbane Magistrates Court in December 2024, admitting he contacted another woman 15 times over a two-minute period. On that occasion, he was ordered to pay $1,000 compensation and put on a two-year good behaviour bond, with no conviction recorded.
Defence and Magistrate's Remarks
Defence lawyer Chris Lumme said in February that Valenza had lost his job after his veterinary practice received intimidating calls as a result of a Facebook post about his conduct. Mr Lumme noted that Valenza, who was born in Italy and holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from James Cook University in Townsville, had been in a stable relationship for 10 months.
Magistrate Viviana Keegan described Valenza's offending as persistent and harassing but did not record a conviction. Instead, she placed him on another two-year good behaviour bond and ordered he pay the victim $1,000 in compensation. She warned, 'If you come back with anything similar you most definitely will have convictions recorded, do you understand?' Valenza said he understood. He will next appear in court on April 13.
