A contestant on FBoy Island who previously made headlines for harassing women and being accused of sex offences has been hit with a string of further charges.
Queensland veterinarian Riccardo Valenza, 31, was arrested on Monday for offences allegedly committed against multiple women between July 2023 and November 2025.
Valenza on Tuesday was charged with 31 offences including 11 counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of administer stupefying drug.
Daily Mail previously revealed Valenza was charged in September 2025 with three counts of rape, which are separate from Tuesday's charges, along with two counts of sexual assault and one of unlawful stalking, intimidation, harassment or abuse.
Police on Tuesday alleged Valenza 'engaged with multiple women via social media where he solicited sexual activities for money'.
'He then allegedly groomed the women before assaulting them,' Queensland Police said in a statement.
He was also accused of seven counts of using a carriage service to menace and harass, six counts of stalking and four counts of recording in breach of privacy.
His alleged victims were aged between 26 and 35 years old. Investigators believe several more women were allegedly victimised by Valenza and urged them to report to police.
Queensland veterinarian Riccardo Valenza (above) was arrested on Monday
Valenza (left) was charged with 31 offences including 11 counts of rape
Valenza fronted Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was remanded to custody ahead of his next court appearance in April.
The news follows several months of legal battles for the ex-reality TV star.
Valenza was already on a good behaviour bond imposed in February after pleading guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.
Some of that offending took place while the 31-year-old Sunshine Coast resident was appearing on the original season of FBoy Island.
The show first went to air in May 2023.
Valenza had also pleaded guilty in December last year to another charge of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence in relation to a different woman.
He was also last year further charged with using a carriage device to menace, harass or cause offence and 'contravening an order about information necessary to access information stored electronically'.
That last charge usually refers to an alleged failure to comply with a court order to provide details such as a password to police so they can access a digital device.
Valenza is best known for his 2023 appearance on reality TV show, FBoy Island (above)
Valenza (pictured, right, during his arrest on Monday) was previously convicted for harassing a woman
On November 25, Valenza was back before the same court where he was charged with driving without a licence.
FBoy Island was produced for Foxtel's Binge streaming service and the local version of the US dating format was hosted by influencer Abbie Chatfield.
The show followed three women searching for love among 24 men whose true character and intentions they had to work out.
Twelve of the men were secretly 'nice guys' who wanted a relationship and the other half 'FBoys' - or 'f*** boys' - characterised as womanisers competing for money.
If the women chose a 'nice guy' after 10 rounds of elimination the couple divided $50,000 but if they chose an 'FBoy,' he could keep the total prize.
Valenza, from Mooloolaba, did not progress to the final stages of the program which ran from May 30 to June 26, 2023.
He was charged in June 2024 with unlawful stalking, intimidation, harassment or abuse of a woman between December 8, 2022 and June 29 the following year.
That charge was eventually dropped and Valenza pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence in relation to the same Queensland woman.
The combined charges from Monday and September means Valenza (right) is facing 14 counts of rape
Townsville Magistrates Court heard in February this year that Valenza had met the woman on social media in June 2022 and they continued communicating until September.
The woman stopped talking with Valenza in November that year and blocked him on social media.
The court heard Valenza continued to call the woman 51 times from a private number, including 11 calls one evening in less than two hours.
Valenza pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence in Brisbane Magistrates Court in December 2024, admitting he contacted another woman 15 times over a two-minute period.
On that occasion he was ordered to pay $1,000 compensation and put on a two-year good behaviour bond. No conviction was recorded.
Defence lawyer Chris Lumme said in February that Valenza had lost his job after his veterinary practice received 'intimidating' calls as a result of a Facebook post about his conduct.
Mr Lumme said Valenza, who was born in Italy and has a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from James Cook University in Townsville, had been in a 'stable relationship' for 10 months.
Magistrate Viviana Keegan described Valenza's offending as 'persistent and harassing' but did not record a conviction.
Valenza was placed on a good behaviour bond, imposed in February, for unrelated harassment crimes
Instead, she placed him on another two-year good behaviour bond and ordered he pay the victim $1,000 in compensation.
'If you come back with anything similar you most definitely will have convictions recorded, do you understand?' Ms Keegan said.
He said he understood.
Valenza will next appear in court on April 13.
