Charlotte Dawson confronts Twitter troll

It appears that while Charlotte Dawson can leave the country, she can’t escape some kiwi controversy.

The TV personality, who now lives in Australia, reportedly confronted a Twitter user who works at Monash University this month after they tweeted an abusive message directed at Dawson and one of her followers.

The Herald Sun reports that one user had posted: “@LouisIsaako: excuse me @MsCharlotteD on behalf of NZ we would like you to please GO HANG YOURSELF!!!”

One of Dawson’s followers tweeted: “my fiance hanged himself HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.”

Another user, who Dawson was to confront, tweeted: “if I was your fiance I’d hang myself too #gohangyourself.”

Dawson rang the user, ex-pat kiwi Tanya Heti, who posted the final remark, after finding her phone number on a business card posted online, to ask why she had posted the message.

Dawson then contacted the woman’s employer, the Pro Vice Chancellor for social inclusion at Monash University.

The University released a statement yesterday saying: “Monash University does not condone or endorse the comments made by Tanya Heti in relation to her Twitter exchange with Charlotte Dawson.

“The University has directed Ms Heti to take leave with pay and is in the process of investigating the matter at this time. No further comment on the matter can be made until these investigations have concluded.”

 

Read our follow-up to this article here.

 

Source: Herald Sun

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  • Mike Steinberg

    Tanya Heti sounds like she has a nasty racial animosity against europeans (“well to do white girl”?!). It is disgusting that she is employed as a “mentor” at Monash University.

    • John Walker

      You’re only seeing one side of the story. IMO a “well to-do white girl” is a LOT more civil than the abuse she received from Charlotte.

      She used her status with the media in her personal vendetta versus Tanya. This is because she failed to get a rise out of her after her “confronting” phone call, and after the university commented that it “encourages free speech”.

      This whole matter has been exacerbated by the media (who have been extremely one-sided throughout the whole event), and one-sided views such as your own. Who are you to attack her? You don’t know her.

  • Ex-mentee

    I know tanya heti as she use to be my mentor in NZ…it is soooo her to be immature and bully people. I’ve seen it first hand. I thought this was normal, cause i was 17 at the time and immature myself. To look back at how she was with the kids back at my old school, she was harsh and used her power as a mentor coordinator to screw with peoples minds. I say good on the media for portraying her for the twitter troll that she really is…cant believe shes still got a job, its ridiculous!