Dr Vahid Reza Adib, partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, charged with rape

Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (left) and Dr Reza Adib have been together since 2021. Photo / Instagram

Dr Vahid Reza Adib, the partner of former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, has been charged with rape.

In a statement, Queensland Police said detectives from the Gold Coast Investigation Branch had charged Adib, 65, with three counts of rape, two counts of deprivation of liberty and one count of sexual assault.

“It will be alleged the man sexually assaulted a woman in her 30s at a Goodwin Terrace residence on March 30,” the statement said.

“Following extensive investigations, on April 30, detectives executed a crime scene warrant at the property where several items were seized.”

Adib is due to appear at Southport Magistrates Court on May 14.

Palaszczuk is not believed to have any involvement in the investigation.

Forensic officers inspected the Burleigh Heads apartment and removed items from the property, 7News reported.

The former premier gave a talk at the Robina Library on the Gold Coast on Thursday evening as part of a book tour.

About 200 people were at the launch, with some overheard discussing the raid, according to the Courier Mail.

Palaszczuk reportedly showed no sign of distress during the event, but said she couldn’t comment on the raid when asked during a Q&A.

She recently published a memoir about her life in public office, The Politics of Being Me, and had been on a media blitz during this week.

She first went public with their relationship in 2021 while she was still in office.

The couple had been spotted together at The Caloundra Cup on the Sunshine Coast that year.

They met at the Stradbroke Day races and met again through mutual friends.

Palaszczuk told the Courier Mail that Adib was a warm, caring and intelligent man with a great sense of humour.

Dr Reza Adib established the Brisbane Obesity Clinic in 2004. Photo / Brisbane Obesity Clinic website

“We are just enjoying getting to know each other,” she said.

“We make time when we can to see each other. It’s not easy, but when we do see each other we like to go out to dinner and go on long walks, and what has been nice for me is that he also makes me take a break from work every now and again.”

Adib is a surgeon at the Brisbane Obesity Clinic, which he established in 2004.

He has performed tens of thousands of operations and weight loss procedures.

He began his surgical career at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1994 and has studied in Australia and Europe.

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