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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Calla Wahlquist

Grace Tame alleges ‘threats and harassment’ on social media came from her abuser

Grace Tame at the National Press Club
Grace Tame reported the tweets to police, calling them ‘targeted harassment’. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Grace Tame has reported “open threats and harassment” on social media that she alleges came from the teacher who sexually abused her when she was 15 years old.

The former Australian of the year shared screenshots on Twitter that were purportedly from the account of Nicolaas Bester, who repeatedly abused Tame in 2010 when she was a student at St Michael’s collegiate school in Hobart. Bester, then 58, was her maths teacher.

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