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

Former Australian of the year shares screenshots on Twitter purportedly from the now-suspended account of the man who repeatedly abused her in 2010

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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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