Personal Life
Michael Costa currently resides in Wollombi in the Hunter Valley in rural New South Wales with his wife Deborah, a primary school teacher, with their two young children including Valentina. He also has a son and daughter from a previous marriage; an established lawyer and award-winning playwright, respectively. He has revealed that he struggled with bipolar disorder in 2001.
On 14 April 2011, an armed man broke into Costa's home, threatening his wife with a knife before tying her up and fleeing with their car.
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