Bridges back in pap's lenses

Celebrity fitness instructor Michelle Bridges didn't appear at court when a magistrate threw out her attempt to stop a paparazzo from taking more photographs of her.

Magistrate Joanne Keogh dismissed the application against photographer Liam Benoit Mendes at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Friday, saying she believed that while his behaviour had annoyed and frustrated the former Biggest Loser host, it had not made her genuinely fearful.

Ms Bridges, 46, had told the court she felt "threatened" and "violated" while being photographed on several occasions.

These included when she was grocery shopping and leaving a restaurant with her family.