PerthNow reported on 11 December 2024 that vegan activist Tash Peterson said she and her partner, Jack Higgs, were confronted while eating at Lord of the Fries in Northbridge, Perth. The reported incident took place at about 7:30 p.m. on the previous Friday; the article did not give that Friday’s calendar date. Its account of what happened is attributed to Peterson, not independently confirmed by a police statement or another account.
What Peterson said happened
According to PerthNow, Peterson said a woman asked if she was Tash Peterson and then threw a drink in her face. The report says Peterson and Higgs followed the woman outside, where another confrontation allegedly took place.
PerthNow also relayed Peterson’s account to news.com.au that several people attacked her and that Higgs was punched. The article said Higgs was understood to have been hospitalised after the punch landed near his temple. It did not include medical records or an official account confirming the injury or hospitalisation.
What the report says about the setting
The incident was reported at Lord of the Fries in Northbridge, Perth. Peterson said she had been eating a vegan burger. PerthNow reported that she posted CCTV video from the restaurant alongside an Instagram statement; the article’s description does not establish what the footage showed beyond that it was restaurant CCTV.
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Peterson’s response
In the Instagram statement described by PerthNow, Peterson rejected comparisons between her animal-rights protests and being assaulted, and condemned violence. The article quoted her writing, “Let’s stop justifying violence against me or anyone else.” It also relayed her remark to news.com.au: “We were just in a state of shock that night.”
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PerthNow’s 11 December 2024 report presents the central sequence as Peterson’s account. It does not include a statement from police, an account from the other person involved, or independent findings about the confrontation. The reported details should therefore be understood as claims attributed to Peterson rather than a fully verified account of events.
Read PerthNow’s report by Jonathon Nolan, published 11 December 2024.
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