Catherine Lee faces court for first time since alleged graphic Tassie trout video went viral online

A woman who allegedly took part in a sex act with a live brown trout – with a graphic video of the boat incident going viral online – has faced court for the first time since making headlines.

Catherine June Lee, accused of making a bestiality video of herself engaged in a sex act with a brown trout, leaving the Hobart Magistrates Court on Monday.

A woman who allegedly took part in a sex act with a live brown trout on a boat, with a graphic video of the incident going viral online, has faced court for the first time.

Catherine June Lee, 58, appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court on Monday, asking for an adjournment without plea.

The Howden resident faces three charges under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act, including possessing a bestiality product between February 2022 and January 2023.

According to court documents, police alleged the bestiality product was a video depicting “sexual activity” between Ms Lee and a brown trout in Tasmania.

Catherine Lee.

Ms Lee has also been charged with two counts of making or reproducing a bestiality product, dating back to the same period.

Dressed sharply in a black suit, Ms Lee was granted an adjournment until October by Magistrate Marica Duvnjak.

In May this year, Ms Lee’s co-accused, 55-year-old Ashley David Hallam, also faced court.

The Dolphin Sands resident has also not yet entered pleas to his charges, which include two counts of making or reproducing a bestiality product, and three counts of possessing a bestiality product – being a video of sexual activity between Catherine Lee and a brown trout.

The video in question went viral around the globe and depicted a woman lying on a boat on a lake while a male used a live trout to perform a sexual act on her.

Dolphin Sands resident Ashley David Hallam has not yet entered pleas to creating a bestiality product of a woman with a live brown trout in Tasmania.

When Tasmania Police laid charges against the pair in February last year, it said they would also face charges relating to “inappropriate behaviour on a grave”, or “prohibited activities in a cemetery” in Tasmania.

However, the cemetery allegations appear to have been discontinued, with the pair only having faced court over the bestiality product charges.

At the time, the Mercury reported a video had circulated on social media of a man and woman having sex in the Pisa St Mark’s Anglican Cemetery at Cressy, on the grave of late famed Tasmanian artist, David Hammond Chapman.

Police at the time reminded the public that it was an offence to possess or distribute the bestiality-related video.

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