Vegan activist Tash Peterson and her boyfriend declare bankruptcy and surrender passports following failed defamation action

Vegan activist Tash Peterson has declared bankruptcy and surrendered her passport following failed defamation action with a vet.

Vegan activist Tash Peterson and her boyfriend Jack Higgs have declared bankruptcy and surrendered their passports after failed defamation action with a vet.

The pair lost a defamation case initiated by Bicton Veterinary Clinic owner Kay McIntosh and her husband Andrew over comments Peterson made in a video she shared to social media.

WA Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Quinlan found Peterson and Higgs published defamatory claims and were ordered to pay $280,000 in damages.

Vegan activist Tash Peterson and boyfriend Jack Higgs on their way to the bankruptcy office to hand in their passports after losing a defamation case. Picture : Instagram.

Dr McIntosh won bankruptcy orders against them last month.

According to The West Australian, Ms Peterson and Mr Higgs were bankrupted based on $172,911 found owing to Dr McIntosh.

Peterson said in a video posted to social media they were officially bankrupt and their passports were being taken away.

“On top of that, our personal accounts have been wiped, which means we have no money for everyday living expenses,” the activist said.

Perth vegan activist Tash Peterson disrupting people trying to order fast food. Picture: Instagram

“So our money can be taken from us, and so can our passports, but our voices for non human people will never be taken away from us and will never stop speaking up for the victims of animal exploitation and the animal holocaust.”

Higgs said as a result of a defamation trial they were unsuccessful in, they now owed more than half a million dollars to a vet clinic.

“So we’re going to head into a bankruptcy office, and we’re going to officially surrender our passports,” he said.

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