'Taking my life back'
WHO|July 10, 2023
NICOLE MADIGAN NEVER THOUGHT THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY SHE SHARED WOULD BE HER OWN
Kylie Walters
'Taking my life back'

The nightmare for Nicole Madigan started in the place where she should have felt the safest – at home. In a joyful mood, washing dishes after having guests over to watch the footy grand final in 2018 with her new boyfriend Adam, the Brisbane journalist heard a new notification ping on her phone. That tiny noise would shatter her peace for years to come.

“It was a message request that came with the most horrible, vile stuff about us, telling me I was taking her sloppy seconds,” Nicole tells WHO. “I was very shaken.”

For the next 24 hours, Nicole was inundated with messages from Karissa*, a woman Adam had briefly dated before they’d met. But worse was yet to come.

“I got a text from my ex-husband just saying ‘Karissa says hi’ and she also contacted my mum,” Nicole explains. “Then she made a fake account pretending to be me and sending messages to people.”

Karissa began tagging Nicole in Instagram posts, attacking her appearance and spreading made-up rumours about her. Nicole would block her, but a new account would pop up in its place within minutes, continuing the abuse. She didn’t realise it at the time, but Nicole was being stalked.

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