Pete Haselhurst, co-founder of the Milky Lane restaurant chain and boss of the CHANGE fitness brand, has been charged with extortion, stalking and drug offences following a dawn raid by police on Queensland's Gold Coast. The case matters because it draws a well-known figure from Australia's hospitality and fitness industries into a serious criminal investigation, with authorities separately pursuing two other men over alleged debt-related demands.

Details of the specific allegations, the circumstances of the raid and the nature of the alleged debt demands were not fully available in the source material. Police are reported to be continuing their search for the two additional men wanted in connection with the case.