<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An accused drug-trafficking socialite has won a bid to have her </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="bail"><span>bail</span></a><span> conditions loosened.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Brynne Edelsten appeared before </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> Magistrates Court today, facing a string of charges including trafficking and possessing methamphetamine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 42-year-old has been on bail since her arrest in December and has been required to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment program.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/rebel-wilson-defamataion-trial-hollywood-stars-role-in-malicious-smear-website-probed/790ee742-6ac2-4155-93fb-48d3ccf0ec5b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Hollywood star Rebel Wilson's role in malicious smear website probed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Defence barrister Veronika Drago requested that program be removed as a condition on her client's bail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Magistrate Donna Bakos described Mrs Edelsten's progress in the program as positive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's important I acknowledge you have participated to the best you can, which is excellent," the magistrate said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/disgraced-socialite-brynne-edelsten-wins-bid-to-loosen-bail/3b2294dd-c29d-4e09-b217-bcebbc178d5a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When the magistrate stressed that her counselling journey was not over, Mrs Edelsten nodded, and said "no it's not".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The participation was removed from 42-year-old's bail conditions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The former wife of late businessman Geoffrey Edelsten is accused of trafficking a commercial quantity of methamphetamine and possessing other drugs, including ketamine, 1.4-Butanediol and vials of steroids.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/prosthetic-leg-mid-north-coast-nsw-scotts-head/da8c11df-8ab0-4d3b-a1a7-ab30b9b44878" target="_blank"><strong><span>Prosthetic leg washes up at popular fishing spot, police investigating</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Edelsten rose to fame in the 1980s as the then-owner of the Sydney Swans AFL club along with a string of 24-hour GP superclinics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police charged Mrs Edelsten with the nine offences on December 30 after searching her Fitzroy home in Melbourne's inner-north.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was released on bail, but the case returned to court on Wednesday so her mother, Mariel Gordon, could provide a $5000 surety.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mrs Edelsten's other bail conditions included reporting to police three times a week and surrendering her passport so she could not travel overseas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Flanked by an unknown man, she did not respond to reporters' questions as she left the Melbourne court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She is due to return to court in July.</span></div></div>