Ex-footy cheerleader takes luxury holiday while on bail

Regan Yerbury is one talented woman - a former footy cheerleader, actor, model, dancer and a finalist in a men's magazine modelling contest.

But now the spotlight is on Regan for all the wrong reasons.

The blonde bombshell has been charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception, after allegations she falsely claimed a $30,000 car insurance payout between May 2017 and April 2018.

Her alleged accomplice is her mother, Karen Yerbury, a NSW police senior sergeant. Karen is facing two charges - dishonestly obtaining financial advantage or cause disadvantage by deception and misconduct in a public office.

Their alleged associate, Gavin Dunn, has been charged with driving disqualified and participating in a criminal group.

The mother and daughter are yet to enter a plea, and Karen has been temporarily suspended from police duties.

So how on Earth was the 23-year-old beauty allowed to go on a luxury holiday around the globe while on bail? Well, luckily for Regan, her father paid $10,000 bail security to guarantee his daughter’s return, and a magistrate agreed to vary Regan’s bail conditions so she could travel.

It's an itinerary many of us could only dream of.

On the 29th of December 2018, Regan set off from Sydney to Los Angeles.

From LA she flew to Miami and then onto Cancun, Mexico. She stayed at the Grand Oasis Palm, where a room can cost up to $300 a night.

Next stop - Playa Del Carmen for four days, before Regan hopped on board a seven-day cruise departing Cozumel.

Adios Mehico, hello Caribbean!.

Next, New York - and from the Big Apple, Regan jetted off to Lisbon, Portugal.

She then spent two-and-a-half weeks touring Morocco, where she swapped bikinis and the beach for selfies in the Sahara.

Then onto Doha, and from Doha she travelled to Denpasar.

Six long weeks later, Regan returned home, finally ready to report for bail at her local police station, and A Current Affair was there.

Sporting a pair of denim cut-offs and a designer belt, Regan was defiant, telling our cameras her holiday was "good" asking "what happened to innocent until proven guilty?"

"It's very unusual to see that someone goes overseas when they're on bail, and the reason for that is because people go overseas and never come back," lawyer Richard Mitry told A Current Affair.

"They've both been charged with fraud. Fraud is considered a very serious offence and each of them could get up to 10 years in jail if they're found guilty."

Regan and Karen Yerbury are to due back in court on June 11. A Current Affair will stay across the story.