Update for reality TV star accused of selling coke to undercover cop

A former reality TV contestant is struggling to fund her fight against allegations she supplied a massive quantity of cocaine to an undercover cop while working for an international drug ring.

Police claim Marjorie Griffiths was a major player in a criminal network that supplied large quantities of drugs before laundering the illicit earnings through an international syndicate.

She allegedly sold 1kg of cocaine to an undercover police officer on March 7 before supplying 1kg of MDMA to an unknown person in June.

The 26-year-old is also accused of knowingly dealing with hundreds of thousands of dollars that were the proceeds of a crime.

Just months after she appeared on The Bachelor, Ms Griffiths was woken by heavily armed specialist police officers and arrested during a dawn raid on her home in Umina Beach on the NSW Central Coast.

On Thursday, her lawyer told the court there had been “a delay with funding” the former reality TV contestant’s defence against the charges.

A public defender had been appointed to handle Ms Griffiths’ matter but had not yet started work, she explained.

Magistrate Jennifer Price adjourned the matter until September to allow the parties to hold a case conference.

She noted Ms Griffiths should enter pleas when she returned to court if the conference had been held.

The former reality TV contestant has been charged with two counts of supplying a large commercial quantity of an illegal drug, four counts of knowingly dealing with the proceeds of a crime, and one count of failing to give police access to her phones.

She spent nearly two months behind bars before she was released on bail by the NSW Supreme Court in December last year under strict conditions.

The court ordered Ms Griffiths be fitted for an electronic monitoring device, subject to a strict curfew and abstain from drugs and alcohol.

She is also forbidden from possessing an internet capable device and must have only one phone in her possession at any time.

Prior to her arrest, the 26-year-old appeared on season 10 of the hit reality TV series, The Bachelor.

She was paired with Thomas Malucelli, a 35-year-old restaurant manager, but left the show after 12 weeks.