Convicted drug mule ‘Cocaine Cassie’ Sainsbury joins the cast of SAS Australia

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Cassie Sainsbury has joined the cast of brutal reality show, SAS Australia

The convicted drug mule, who has been nicknamed ‘Cocaine Cassie’, will star alongside Craig McLachlan and boxing champion Anthony Mundine. 

She’ll also compete against Olympians Stephanie Rice, Peter Bol and Matthew Mitcham, as well as Balinese princess Lindy Klim, Thai cave rescue hero Dr Craig Challen and Brownlow medallist Jason Akermanis. 

For the first time on SAS Australia, these men and women will travel offshore to a secret base in the Middle East. 

They will eat, sleep and train together in punishingly hot and arid conditions, with no allowances or exceptions made for their celebrity status or gender.

Convicted drug mule ‘Cocaine Cassie’ Sainsbury joins the cast of SAS Australia

Cassie Sainsbury (pictured) has joined the cast of brutal reality show, SAS Australia

The celebrities will be pushed beyond their limits like never before, as they’re subjected to extreme physical endurance, sleep deprivation, interrogation and psychological testing in unforgiving, dramatic terrain. 

Some will reach breaking point and withdraw, the show’s press release promises. 

In September, Sainsbury returned to Australia for the first time in five years with her new wife Tatiana, 34, by her side after she was locked up on the other side of the world.

Sainsbury, 27, is set to live between Australia and Colombia where she spent 27 months in jail after she was caught trying to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine out of the South American country in April, 2017.

She was sentenced to six years in jail but was released early from the notoriously tough El Buen Pastor prison in Bogota in April, 2020.

Sainsbury was forced to stay in Colombia as part of her bail conditions but last year, more than five years after her arrest, she finally touched down on home soil.

Although she is keen to get back to her tiny hometown of Yorketown, 90km from Adelaide, the former inmate previously told Daily Mail Australia that married life would probably involve living between Australia and Colombia.

‘[Tatiana has] never been to Australia,’ Sainsbury said.

‘We’ll probably end up between Australia and Colombia because obviously her family is here so it will be like, some time here, some time there type of thing.’

Sainsbury said her whirlwind romance with Tatiana, which began in 2021, was completely unexpected.

Sainsbury is set to live between Australia and Colombia where she spent 27 months in jail after she was caught trying to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine out of the South American country in April, 2017. She is pictured above at the time of her arrest in Colombia in April 2017

Sainsbury is set to live between Australia and Colombia where she spent 27 months in jail after she was caught trying to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine out of the South American country in April, 2017. She is pictured above at the time of her arrest in Colombia in April 2017

‘We had shared a group of friends and one night we went out for a birthday and we literally hit it off,’ she said.

The pair quickly took their relationship to the next level with Tatiana getting down on one knee during a romantic beachfront dinner at Cartagena, Colombia in November.

At the time Sainsbury showed off her glitzy engagement ring on social media and posted about being flustered over trying to choose a wedding dress.

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‘I feel like I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. It’s nice to feel like I can be myself with no judgement from someone who is always there for me.’ 

Sainsbury confirmed she had exchanged vows with Tatiana in a Instagram post to her followers in March 2022. 

Before her arrest, Sainsbury was a barmaid and later went into personal training. 

Her life spiralled dramatically in 2017 when she was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine inside 18 boxes of headphones. 

After her release, she tearfully revealed how her life had hit one low point after another. 

In September, Sainsbury returned to Australia for the first time in five years with her new wife Tatiana by her side, after she was locked up on the other side of the world. Pictured together

In September, Sainsbury returned to Australia for the first time in five years with her new wife Tatiana by her side, after she was locked up on the other side of the world. Pictured together 

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