Titus Day arrives at the Downing Centre on Thursday.Credit:Brook Mitchell
Sebastian,the inaugural winner ofAustralian Idol,was managed by Day at agency 22 Management from 2007. He joined Day’s company 6 Degrees as his marquee client in 2009 before their relationship reached an acrimonious end in 2017.
The pair were engaged in Federal Court civil proceedings when Day was arrested at his Bondi home in 2020.
Judge Timothy Gartelmann,in Sydney’s Downing Centre District Court on Thursday afternoon,jailed Day for a maximum of four years with a non-parole period of 2½ years.
Day sat silently in the public gallery and did not react visibly as the sentence was handed down. A court staffer asked Corrective Services officers to give him two minutes,and Day hugged and kissed his supporters before being handcuffed and led away.
Day,pictured on Thursday,is the former manager of Guy Sebastian.Credit:Dean Sewell
Gartelmann said Day’s misappropriation of $187,524,relating to Sebastian’s support of Taylor Swift in 2013,was in the medium to high range of seriousness and would have warranted a sentence of 18 months on its own.
He said Day had no criminal record,and was unlikely to commit another crime in the future,but noted the offences were ongoing and involved a breach of trust.