A defamation court case brought against a notorious vegan activist has exposed the huge amount of money she makes from Onlyfans.
Tash Peterson is making so much money posting half-naked photos of herself that she is among the top 4 per cent of earners on the platform, the WA Supreme Court has heard.
The court was told Ms Peterson earned more than $400,000 in the 2021-2022 tax year, but declared only $70,000 in trading profits to the Australian Taxation Office.
When his bank statements were brought up in court, he could only point to a $100 donation to an animal charity, the Western Australia reported.
Ms Peterson, her boyfriend Jack Higgs and their company V-Gan Booty are being sued by the owners of Bicton Veterinary Clinic over a video they posted on social media in September 2021, accusing the clinic of promoting “slavery animal”.
A court case brought against notorious vegan activist Tash Peterson (pictured) has exposed the huge amount of money she makes from Onlyfans and how little she appears to donate to animal rights causes.
Ms Peterson (pictured) is making so much money posting half-naked photos of herself on Onlyfans that she is among the top 4 per cent of earners, the WA Supreme Court heard.
Dr Kay McIntosh and her husband Andrew claim the video damaged their reputation and that Ms Peterson and Mr Higgs created it to gain publicity and make money.
They claim Ms Peterson used her vegan tricks to get people to sign up to her Onlyfans account and pay her for access to her racy photos.
The video, which is still on Ms. Peterson’s social media account, He also accused Dr. McIntosh of being an “animal abuser” who “eats her own patients.”
Chief Justice Peter Quinlan said he had discovered that there was other evidence showing that V-Gan Booty had filed a 2021-2022 tax return of $267,000.
The court heard the tax return was created by Ms Peterson’s accountant.
Martin Bennett, the McIntosh’s lawyer, said that figure still left about $130,000 “missing” from that financial year.
V-Gan Booty was created in December 2021 on the advice of Ms Peterson’s accountant, due to the money she was earning from her Onlyfans account, which had been created about seven months earlier.
Bennett suggested that the increase in subscribers coincided with high-profile stunts that Peterson pulled off, including at luxury stores, Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
The court was told Ms Peterson (pictured) earned more than $400,000 in the 2021-2022 tax year, but declared only $70,000 in trading profits to the Australian Tax Office, although this figure was later disputed .
Peterson disagreed, saying the sharp increase in subscriptions came after a video about his Onlyfans account was posted on YouTube.
Although the activist could only point to one definite donation to an animal rights charity on her bank statement, she said she also used a PayPal account to make donations.
Some of the payments on her bank statement included receipts for the purchase of a new car, a holiday in Italy, a money transfer to her boyfriend and a “jet ski loan” to her father and brother, the court heard.
The case continues in the WA Supreme Court.