REALITY TV star Charlie Newling has died just weeks after the birth of his second child.
The 36-year-old, who appeared on The Bachelorette Australia in 2018, was found dead after his car fell from a cliff in Dover Heights in Sydney.
Emergency services rushed to the scene on Saturday night and found his car on fire at the bottom of the 70-metre cliff, Daily Mail Australia reports.
Police said his death is not being treated as suspicious.
Charlie – who was working as a builder – is understood to have welcomed a baby girl with his partner Kristal Taylor just eight weeks ago.
He also has a 13-year-old son from a previous relationship.
Charlie was an immediate front-runner on Ali Oetjen's season of The Bachelorette – eventually coming fourth in the show.
He was nicknamed "Mr Perfect" by Channel 10 viewers after boasting of his strong "family values".
Charlie's Bachelorette co-star Danny Harris-Wolf reacted to his tragic death on Instagram, writing: “Oh geez, Charlie was a decent bloke to me."
After the show, Charlie dated Dasha Gaivoronski from the Honey Badger's season of The Bachelor and later struck up a romance with influencer Esme DeWitt in 2019.
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He had been in a relationship with Kristal since 2021.
The TV star maintained a low profile until September last year when he was charged with threatening to torture and kill his stepdad.
During the trial, Charlie's lawyer said his client had struggled with alcohol abuse.
The magistrate acknowledged Charlie had suffered childhood trauma after his father died in 2018 from an overdose.
He spent one month in custody and served the remainder of his 13-month prison sentence in the community.
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