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

Participant in ‘kambo’ ritual tells Byron Bay courtroom of ‘extreme experience’ with drug made from Amazonian frog secretions

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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.

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