Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s surgeon partner charged with rape

Brisbane bariatric surgeon Vahid Reza Adib says he will fight charges of rape, sexual assault and deprivation of liberty Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Police have charged prominent Brisbane surgeon Vahid Reza Adib – the partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk – with rape. Adib, a bariatric surgeon who runs an obesity clinic at the private Wesley hospital in Brisbane’s western suburbs, attended the Southport police station on the Gold Coast voluntarily on Friday. He was charged with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault. Adib was granted police bail and will face court at a later date. He made no comment outside the police station. “It will be alleged the man sexually assaulted a woman in her 30s at a Goodwin Terrace residence on 30 March,” police said in a statement. “Following extensive investigations, on 30 April, detectives executed a crime scene warrant at the property where several items were seized.” Television cameras captured footage of police searching Adib’s Burleigh Heads apartment on Thursday. The Qu