Frog toxin used at retreat where Jarrad Antonovich died caused woman to faint and soil herself, inquest hears

Jarrad Antonovich died an agonising death at a NSW northern rivers retreat in 2021 after taking the frog toxin ‘kambo’ and hallucinogenic tea. Photograph: Pawel Bienkowski/Alamy

The Amazonian frog toxin used at a spiritual retreat where a man died was so strong that it caused another participant to faint and soil herself, an inquest has heard.

Witness testimony in a Byron Bay courtroom paused on Thursday afternoon, the penultimate day of the inquest into the death of Jarrad Antonovich, with only the man alleged to have organised the six-day retreat at which he died and presided over its ayahuasca ceremonies, Soulore “Lore” Solaris, and the man alleged to have conducted its “kambo” ceremonies, Cameron Kite, yet to appear.