PATTI BREAKS HER SILENCE THE TRUTH ABOUT MY SON!

THE NEWTON FAMILY FINALLY OPEN UP ABOUT MATTHEW

They live thousands of kilometres apart and thanks to the pandemic have been unable to see each other for months. But now it seems Patti Newton is at least finding reassurance that after years of difficulties and controversy, her son Matthew appears to have found peace living in the US.

In fact, the wife of TV legend Bert, took to Instagram last week to reassure her followers that all was finally well with Matthew, announcing, “He’s happy”.

Now an insider close to the family confirms the former actor is flourishing in his new life away from Australia.

“The past decade has been a tough road for the entire Newton family and, at times, there’s been an awful strain between Matthew and his parents,” says the source.

“But the recent years have marked such a change and a very different Matthew has come through it.”

In the late Noughties, Matthew made headlines for assaulting ex-girlfriends Brooke Satchwell and Rachael Taylor, as well as breaching the terms of an AVO, assaulting a Sydney taxi driver and, after moving to the US, attacking a hotel receptionist in Miami. He avoided conviction on grounds of diminished mental health and later revealed he was struggling with issues including addiction.