Prominent surgeon Dr Reza Adib, the partner of former long-serving Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.
Police allege Adib sexually assaulted a woman in her 30s at an address at Goodwin Terrace at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast on March 30.
Officers were seen coming and going from the beachside unit yesterday afternoon and leaving with bags of evidence.
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Adib presented to Southport Police Station earlier today, where he was charged before being released on police bail this afternoon.
He left the station with his lawyer and did not answer questions from the waiting press pack.
He is due to appear in Southport Magistrates' Court on May 14.
Adib is a bariatric surgeon at the Brisbane Obesity Clinic.
Authorities have stressed Palaszczuk was not involved and there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on her part.
The pair have been together since 2021.
More to come.
