Australian 'Trout Lady' Catherine Lee Faces Court Hearing Years After Viral 'Trout For Clout' Video

Catherine June Lee, 58, who's better known as the "Trout Lady," faced Australian court this week two years after the infamous "Trout For Clout" video went viral on Reddit and Twitter / X.

Photos obtained by The Mercury show the Tasmanian woman leaving a court hearing on Monday. Lee has been accused of bestiality, centered on a brown trout that she allegedly "put in the wrong place."

For those in the dark, back in late 2022, a shock video started circulating the internet that showed an older woman wearing a camo baseball cap and reflective sunglasses on a fishing boat. The portrait-mode clip panned down to the woman's crotch, seemingly held by a male videographer. It was then revealed that the fisherwoman had a brown trout "inside herself." The couple was reportedly Tasmanian.

The video originally went viral on the Australian web before spreading to other regions. The video quickly gained the moniker "Using a Trout for Clout" akin to the gross, backward "clout-chasing" that required a live trout and zero shame.

The "clout-chasing" idea largely stemmed from the Trout Lady's alleged influencer dreams. Many Australian internet users claimed, amid the video's spread, that she and her husband were wannabe micro-celebs in the online fishing community.

To make matters worse, it was also speculated back in 2023 by Australian news outlets that the same couple allegedly had intercourse on the grave of the beloved and deceased Tasmanian artist, David Hammond Chapman.

The Mercury reported that, in 2024, "the cemetery allegations appear to have been discontinued, with the pair only having faced court over the bestiality product charges."

It comes as no surprise that the Trout Lady's notoriety still lives on a year later. So, now that she's in court at the mercy of the Australian legal system, the judge and jury will have the final say in her sentencing.

If screened properly, this "jury of her peers" will have never seen any memes about her.