Natalya Scudder, known for her role on “Below Deck: Mediterranean,” shared a distressing incident where she was detained and deported from the United States.
The Australian stewardess, recognized from Seasons 7 and 8 of the Bravo hit, described spending a day in unpleasant conditions after she landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
“I was pulled aside from the main waiting area and taken behind the scenes at the airport,” Scudder revealed to TMZ. This occurred after noticing unusual delays during her immigration process.
Officials allegedly told her she had taken photos on American soil and profited from them in 2024, thus violating the terms of her visa by working illegally.
In the holding room, Scudder encountered “dirty blankets on the floor” and observed “stains all over the walls,” highlighting the facility’s poor conditions.
The reality star remembered being the “only girl” there and a shower consisting of a “shared loofah” and no towels — with officers telling her to dry herself off with her dirty clothes and put them back on.
Scudder said she also asked for a blanket because she was “freezing” and was told, “This isn’t the Beverly Hills Hotel.”
This was to be her home for “one to five days,” she claimed.
What’s more, the OnlyFans creator said when she was detained officers took her iPhone and “went through absolutely everything.”
“Whatever you think’s deleted on your iPhone, it’s not deleted,” she said, alleging officials looked through her ChatGPT history, text messages, notes and “every single thing you’ve ever screenshotted, taken a picture of, Googled.”
“It’s really embarrassing just having everyone kind of stare at you and laugh when they come out of this room and gaze over,” she said.
After she was finally “dead-ass asleep” around 3 a.m., Scudder said she was shaken awake and told to wake up for her “official interview” — where she claimed officials had “already decided” to deport her back to Australia.
“17-hour flight there, 30 to 40 hours between when I landed to the whole lock-up situation and then 17 hours back,” she said of her travel nightmare.
While Scudder said she still “love[s] America,” she issued a stern warning to other content creators to be wary of following the rules for whatever visa they are issued.