Community barbecue planned outside house of vegan woman who took neighbor to court for cooking meat and fish
Soon after reports of a vegan woman taking her neighbors to court over the smell of their barbecue cooking emerged, over 2,000 meat lovers vowed to attend a community barbecue at her home to get back at her, according to reports.
The woman, identified as Cilla Carden, from Australia, said in her complaint that she cannot enjoy her own backyard because of the smell of meat and fish coming into her garden, which she believes is cooked "deliberately" in an attempt to irritate her. "They’ve put it there so I smell fish, all I can smell is fish... I can’t go out there," Carden, a massage therapist, while talking to Nine News, said. Reports state that she has been embroiled in a battled with her neighbor Toan Vu, his wife, and his children since late 2018.
The subject sparked a fierce on social media and multiple meat lovers lashed at her for her aggressive stance against her neighbor. Carden, in an interview with Daily Mail Australia, said that she respected the rights of meat-eaters, however, she thinks the issue has been "blown out of proportion."
"This issue has been blown out of proportion," Carden said. "And this is not about a vegan versus meat issue. I respect the right of people to eat meat! I have no problem with barbecues. The real issue is one between neighbors."
Carden also said that she has asked her lawyers to take action after someone created a Facebook event to take place at her home. The Facebook page states that the event called "Community BBQ for Cilla Carden" is being hosted by "Bailey Mason." After the page was created, over 2,000 people said that they would attend the event while 6,000 said that they were "interested" in attending.
One person wrote on the page: "Awesome, this muppet needs to be put in her place...i'll have a big bbq here in vic the same day."
Mason, in the "details" section of the event, wrote: "Don't let Cilla destroy a good old Aussie tradition, join us for a community BBQ and help Cilla Carden GET SOME PORK ON HER FORK."
Carden's lawyer, John Hammond of Hammond Legal, told the outlet: "Ms Carden has no objection to meat-eaters and has no objection to anyone having barbeques. She believes barbecues are part of the Australian way of life." He also added that any person who attends the event would face criminal charges.
"Any person who seeks to attend Ms Carden's property on Saturday, October 19, 2019, or at any other time in relation to this event or matter will be referred to the WA police on the grounds of trespass," Hammond said. "Security cameras will be installed to obtain vision of any person attending the property and the vision will be provided to the police."
Carden reportedly applied to the Supreme Court of Western Australia for the right of appeal after her claims were rejected by a tribunal court earlier this year. However, the high court turned down her appeal in July.
She said she believed that her neighbors were "absolutely deliberate” in allowing the smells of their barbecue to cross into her yard. Carden added that she was not just annoyed by the smell of meat, she was also furious over the smell of cigarettes and the sound of children playing with basketballs from the neighboring house.
“It’s been devastating, it’s been turmoil, it’s been unrest, I haven’t been able to sleep,” Cilla said.
Meanwhile, her neighbor, Vu, in his statement said that he just wanted to "keep the peace" and had removed the barbecue from his yard. He reportedly even banned his children from playing basketball.