Parenting influencer 'gave her ex-partner's details to avoid three speeding tickets'

Published: 07:03 EST, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 07:38 EST, 15 November 2026 A social media influencer and mother-of-six gave the name of her jailed ex-partner to avoid three separate speeding penalties, a court heard.Parenting influencer Nicole Wong – known as The Wisdom Family on social media – pleaded guilty to three charges of perverting the course of justice.The offences occurred in August 2022, May 2023 and July 2024 when Wong, 34, who gives followers an insight into her life with young children, provided the details of her incarcerated ex-partner after being caught speeding.Lincoln Crown Court heard Wong – who has 325,000 followers on Instagram and 153,000 on TikTok – responded to each of the speeding notifications by nominating her former partner as the driver when he was actually in prison between May 2022 and February 2025.Wong, of Leeds, had access to the victim's driving licence number and used his bank details to pay the fines, the court was told.The error was not discovered until May 2025 by which time Wong's ex-partner, who knew nothing of the deception, had been released.Extracts of a statement from Wong's former partner were read out in court on Friday in which he stated that he no longer believed her actions were malicious and had forgiven her.The court heard Wong had three previous convictions for five offences and was last before the courts in February 2024 when she received a 12-month community order for assaulting her ex-partner's new girlfriend at a set of traffic lights in Leeds. Nicole Wong provided the details of her incarcerated ex-partner after being caught speeding Wong gives insights into her life as a mother-of-six online, where she has 325,000 followers on Instagram and 153,000 on TikTok Recent videos uploaded by Wong show her preparing Sunday lunch or carrying out DIY tasks at homeMichael Cranmer-Brown, mitigating, argued it was not the most serious example of perverting the course of justice.'The defendant on three occasions in three different years used the details of her ex-partner, who was in prison, to evade prosecution for speeding when she was behind the wheel,' Mr Cranmer-Brown admitted.Mr Cranmer-Brown told the court two of the offences were for doing 48mph in a 40mph zone, while the third was for travelling at 46mph.'It was not her idea,' Mr Cranmer-Brown explained. 'It was the suggestion of the man she was living with at the time.'Mr Cranmer-Brown added it was not the wish of the victim in the case to see Wong go to prison.'His own personal view is he doesn't want to see his former partner incarcerated, not least for the impact it will have on their six children who they co-parent.'Recorder Ann Marie Trussler sentenced Wong to ten months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months.Wong must also complete a probation requirement, 100 hours of unpaid work in the community and was disqualified from driving for 28 days.The influencer films herself modelling new outfits, carrying out DIY, blitzing messy bedrooms and preparing meals such as Sunday dinner for her social media followers, with recent clips focussing on Christmas stocking fillers and gift boxes for her children.She appeared in court in February 2024 after attacking a love rival while stuck in traffic at a set of red lights in Leeds.A District Judge was told that Wong got out of her car, went around to the driver's side window of her victim's car and punched the woman to the head, leaving a 'large lump'. Shocked motorists had to intervene to pull Wong away from the car.She was handed 12-month community order at Leeds Magistrates' Court, ordered to undertake five days of rehabilitation activity and carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.At that court hearing, the judge was told Wong regarded herself as a part time aesthetics practitioner and social-media influencer.