Australian fitness entrepreneur Sam Wood selling $7.15 million Brighton home while behind bars

Sam Wood is proceeding with plans to sell the Brighton home he shares with his wife, Snezana, while he remains in custody on domestic violence charges.

The former The Bachelor star and Snezana had intended to list the $7.15 million property just days before Wood was arrested.

According to the Herald Sun, the listing was reportedly “days, if not hours, away” when Wood was taken into custody.

The sale preparations have since moved forward, with pre-market work reportedly underway at the Brighton residence.

Jellis Craig agent Michael Hingston is expected to oversee the online campaign, which is due to launch this week.

The Wood family bought the property for approximately $7 million in September 2025, several months after selling their Elsternwick home for $6.6 million.

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom home includes a swimming pool and tennis court. Wood and Snezana moved into the Brighton property earlier this year.

Wood, 46, remains behind bars after being transferred on Tuesday to a prison that houses some of Australia’s most notorious convicted killers, rapists and paedophiles.

The personal trainer was arrested and charged with domestic violence offences more than a week ago following an alleged assault at the couple’s $3,000-a-night holiday home in Noosa on October 3.

Wood was denied bail last Thursday when he appeared at Maroochydore Magistrates’ Court over the allegations involving Snezana, who is supporting the decision for the charges to proceed.

Prosecutors allege Wood pushed Snezana into a wardrobe, grabbed her by the throat, threw her against a wall and hit her head against the floor. The incident was allegedly witnessed by her 21-year-old daughter, Eve, who called triple-0.

During the Queensland court hearing, police prosecutor Sergeant Jeanette Grigoris also told the court that Wood had allegedly choked Snezana during an earlier, similar incident.

Sergeant Grigoris said Wood had not been charged in relation to the earlier alleged incident, but described his behaviour as “escalating”.

The court heard that an argument allegedly erupted in Noosa before the couple were due to return to Melbourne, during which Snezana was reportedly pushed into a wardrobe before Eve intervened.

Eve allegedly told Wood to stop shouting, after which he approached her “aggressively”. Snezana then reportedly attempted to step between them.

Wood is then alleged to have put his hands around Snezana’s throat and forced her to the floor, where he pinned her down and banged her head, leaving her unable to breathe.

She told police she thought ‘this was it… her life was going to end’. She said she thought Wood was ‘going to kill her’, the court heard.

Snezana had also told police Wood was ‘volatile and prone to angry outbursts’, and said she had to ‘walk on eggshells around him’.

Mr Cuskelly said his client suffered from severe depression and might rely on self-defence if the case went to trial.

While a paramedic had stated there was an injury to the left side of Snezana’s head, Mr Cuskelly said two tendered photographs did not show that injury.

The lawyer added: ‘He repeatedly denied that this had occurred. Where’s the injuries to her throat? They’re not there.

‘My client denies committing these offences.

‘He’s never been before the courts before. He’s a businessman [and] Mr Wood’s depression is regarded as extremely severe.’

Meanwhile, Snezana stepped out in public on Tuesday for the first time since the charges. 

In exclusive pictures obtained by the Mail, 46-year-old Snezana was seen without her wedding ring during an outing in Melbourne.