#267 Jess Rigby — A Suspicious Death in Fiji, 60 Minutes & the Gold Coast Mum Fighting for Justice

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This episode contains open discussions about pregnancy loss, miscarriage, anxiety, endometriosis and the suspicious death of a family member. Please take care of yourself first. If you're not in the right headspace, come back to this one when you're ready.

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This week I sat down with Jess Rigby, and this one is one of the most powerful conversations I have had on this show.

Jess is a Gold Coast entrepreneur, mother of four and author of While the Baby Slept, a memoir publishing November 2026. She lost her first daughter at eighteen weeks. She fought endometriosis for nine years before anyone listened. She went through miscarriages and divorce before building a blended family of six from scratch. She manages anxiety daily, the kind that lives in the body before it lives in the mind.

And then in December 2024, her brother in law Jason Rigby was found dying in his staff apartment at the Crowne Plaza Nadi in Fiji. He was 40 years old, three days from his 41st birthday. The official ruling was suicide. His family has never accepted that ruling. The case has been featured on 60 Minutes Australia, a follow up story is in development, and the investigation is still active.

Jess has been fighting for justice across international borders from a kitchen table on the Gold Coast while raising four kids and running two businesses.

This is a conversation about what it actually takes to keep going when life keeps asking impossible things of you. About grief, anxiety, repair and choosing the people in front of you every single day even when your body is telling you it has had enough.

In this episode we cover:

Losing her first daughter at eighteen weeksNine years fighting to be heard with endometriosisMiscarriage, divorce and building a blended family of sixManaging anxiety and panic attacks dailyTherapy, medication and the tools that actually workThe death of Jason Rigby in Fiji in December 2024Why the family disputes the official rulingFighting for justice across international bordersThe 60 Minutes investigation and where the case standsHer memoir While the Baby Slept publishing November 2026

Justice for Jason

https://www.jessicarigby.com