A defamation court docket case taken towards a infamous vegan activist has uncovered the large amount of cash she earns from OnlyFans.
Tash Peterson is making a lot cash posting semi-clad pictures of herself that she is amongst its prime 4 per cent of earners on the platform, WA’s Supreme Courtroom has heard.
The court docket was informed Ms Peterson earned greater than $400,000 within the 2021-2022 monetary yr, however declared simply $70,000 in enterprise earnings to Australian Tax Workplace.
When her financial institution statements have been talked about in court docket, she might solely level to at least one $100 donation to an animal charity, the West Australian reported.
Ms Peterson, her boyfriend Jack Higgs and her firm V-Gan Booty are being sued by the house owners of Bicton Veterinary Clinic over a video they placed on social media in September 2021, accusing the clinic of selling ‘animal slavery’.
A court docket case taken towards infamous vegan activist Tash Peterson (pictured) has uncovered the large amount of cash she earns from OnlyFans and the way little she appears to offer to animal rights causes
Ms Peterson (pictured) is making a lot cash posting semi-clad pictures of herself to OnlyFans that she is amongst its prime 4 per cent of earners, WA’s Supreme Courtroom has heard
Dr Kay McIntosh and her husband Andrew declare the video broken their fame and that Ms Peterson and Mr Higgs created it to get publicity and generate income.
They declare Ms Peterson used her vegan stunts to get folks to enroll to her OnlyFans account and pay her for entry to her risque pictures.
The video, which remains to be on Ms Peterson’s social media account, additionally accused Dr McIntosh of being an ‘animal abuser’ who ‘eats her personal sufferers’.
Chief Justice Peter Quinlan mentioned he had found one other exhibit existed that confirmed V-Gan Booty had submitted a tax return for 2021-2022 of $267,000.
The court docket heard that tax return was created by Ms Peterson’s accountant.
Martin Bennett, the McIntoshs’ lawyer, mentioned that determine nonetheless left round $130,000 ‘lacking’ from that monetary yr.
V-Gan Booty was arrange in December 2021 on the recommendation of Ms Peterson’s accountant, as a result of cash she was making from her OnlyFans account, which had been arrange about seven months earlier.
Mr Bennett advised the rise in subscribers coincided with excessive profile stunts Ms Peterson carried out, together with at luxurious shops, Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
The court docket was informed Ms Peterson (pictured) earned greater than $400,000 within the 2021-2022 monetary yr, however declared simply $70,000 in enterprise earnings to Australian Tax Workplace – although this determine was later disputed
Ms Peterson, disagreed, saying the sharp rise in subscriptions got here after a video about her OnlyFans account was posted to YouTube.
Although the activist was solely capable of level to at least one particular donation to an animal rights charity on her financial institution assertion, she mentioned she additionally used a PayPal account to make donations.
A number of the funds on her financial institution assertion included receipts for getting a brand new automotive, a vacation in Italy, switch of cash to her boyfriend and a ‘jet ski mortgage’ to her father and brother, the court docket heard.
The case continues within the WA Supreme Courtroom.
