A teenage beauty therapist who turned to drug dealing when work dried up during Covid had no idea she was selling cocaine to an industry icon until police swooped on them.
Brooke Moody was arrested alongside celebrity eyebrow artist Kristin Fisher after police found them both in possession of cocaine during a traffic stop in Bondi on July 17.
The 19-year-old, who graduated from $5,000-a-year Cerdon College in Merrylands in 2019, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to supplying Fisher 1g of cocaine as part of a ‘dial-a-dealer’ syndicate.
When cops pulled her Kia Rio over, they found several small bags of white powder in the car and Moody couldn’t tell them the name of her passenger or how she knew her.
Fisher, meanwhile, was ‘frantic’ in the passenger seat as she attempted to evade police and leave the car, court documents revealed.
Police then realised they had ‘disturbed a drug transaction’.
Brooke Moody (pictured) was arrested alongside celebrity eyebrow artist Kristin Fisher after police found them both in possession of cocaine during a traffic stop in Bondi on July 17
Kristin Fisher was convicted and fined $550 after she failed to appear in Waverley Court last Tuesday charged with possessing a prohibited drug and failing to comply with public health orders
The 19-year-old, who graduated from $5,000-a-year Cerdon College in Merrylands in 2019 (pictured on graduation day), pleaded guilty on Tuesday to supplying Fisher 1g of cocaine as part of a ‘dial-a-dealer’ syndicate
The leading beautician allegedly told officers she’d been picked up from her Double Bay home to purchase the drugs – but claimed she hadn’t handed over any cash.
Waverley Local Court heard Moody’s beauty therapist job hunt was flailing because of Covid and she had instead been recruited by a ‘dial-a-dealer’ drug syndicate.
The teenager opened her own small business, By Brooke Moody, back in January but struggled when Covid lockdowns forced the closure of all beauty therapy services back in July.
On the night of her arrest, Moody had made $650 before she got the call to sell 1g of cocaine to the celebrated eyebrow queen.
Magistrate Julie Huber told the court on Tuesday she was particularly disturbed by how easy it was for Moody to join the sophisticated dial-a-dealer syndicate when she was short on cash.
The teenager opened her own small business, By Brooke Moody, back in January but struggled when Covid lockdowns forced the closure of all beauty therapy services back in July
As police swooped, Kristin Fisher (pictured) was ‘frantic in the passenger seat, attempting to leave the vehicle and evade police interaction’, according to court papers
The teenager, from Merrylands in the city’s west, admitted one count of supplying a prohibited drug and one count of dealing with proceeds of crime.
‘It is of some concern that you were able to become involved in such a formal and organised manner of dealing,’ Ms Huber told Moody, reported the Daily Telegraph.
‘Dial-a-dealer means you must have had some connections with people that one can only regard as being unsavoury.’
She said it was particularly concerning that Moody was motivated to distribute drugs within the community by making ‘a quick dollar’
‘All I can say, is I imagine your family are very disappointed and surprised with regard to your previous good character,’ Ms Huber said.
Moody was placed on a community corrections order with supervision for 30 months and fined $3,000, court records confirmed.
Police had also fined her on the day of her arrest for breaching Covid restrictions by travelling from Merrylands to Bondi without a reasonable excuse.
Teenager Brooke Moody turned to drug dealing after Covid halted her dream of being a beauty therapist – but she had no idea she was selling coke to industry icon Kristin Fisher (pictured)
Meanwhile mum-of-two Fisher, 36, who goes by her married name Barnes in court papers, was last week convicted of drug possession and fined $550 but has vowed to appeal.
Fisher’s case will return to court on October 6 when she will fight her conviction, which was handed down in her absence after she missed the hearing.
Her solicitor Michael Bowe insists Fisher wasn’t aware of her court date last week and would have been present if she had known.
Fisher cooled off at Nielson Park Beach, in Sydney’s east, last Friday with a friend as her lawyer lodged the legal application.
She has maintained a relatively low profile since the latest court hearing, but shared several pictures relaxing in the sun on Friday afternoon.
Fisher is one of Sydney’s most in demand beauticians and runs a salon in the affluent suburb of Double Bay.
Before the government agreed to reopen beauty salons when the state achieved a 70 per cent vaccination rate, Fisher offered to provide her services to clients as a workaround to Covid-19 health orders.
Fisher (pictured) is one of Sydney’s most in demand beauticians and runs a salon in the affluent Double Bay
The services would only be offered to fully-vaccinated customers and who live within a 5km radius as groups of five double jabbed residents are now allowed to gather outside together.
‘Eyebrows in the park from September 13. Who’s in?’ She posted to Instagram last month.
Some of Fisher’s most well-known clients jumped at the opportunity to have their brows touched up sooner than expected.
Instagram influencer Indy Clinton was one of the first to lock in an appointment, saying: ‘I will be there before the sun even rises. Count me in’.
Celebrity stylist Suze Eskaner instantly asked where she could book, while model Steffanie Tzeneros joked: ‘Pls my eyebrows are connecting’.
Kate Waterhouse, the daughter of horse trainer and businesswoman Gai, and designer Brooke Testoni both also indicated they’d be keen to book an appointment.
Celebrity eyebrow artist Kristin Fisher was in the back of Brooke Moody’s Kia Rio when police spotted it being driven erratically in Curlewis Street in Bondi in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs