Socialite faces court over alleged drink spiking at Mt Buller

Socialite Amy Tossoun faces court over alleged Mount Buller drink spiking Wed 10 Jun 2026 at 6:07pm In short: Amy Tossoun appeared in Mansfield Magistrates court today over charges relating to an alleged drink spiking incident at Mount Buller. Both the prosecutors and defence lawyers called for a diversion plan to be put in place, however Magistrate Amina Bhai said the offences were too serious for a diversion. What's next? The case will return to court in October. A well-known Melbourne socialite has faced a regional Victorian court charged with spiking a drink at a party at the Mount Buller ski resort. Amy Tossoun, 34, faced the Mansfield Magistrates' Court today over offences related to an alleged drink spiking in July last year. She did not enter a plea regarding charges of possessing an amphetamine and introducing a drug of dependence into the body of a person. Prosecutor Sergeant Karen Knotley told the court that on July 26, 2025, Ms Tossoun and the alleged victim met up with other friends for dinner at the Black Cockatoo restaurant at Mt Buller. The court heard that after dinner and drinks both groups went to the nearby Kooroora Hotel after 10pm. Sergeant Knotley told the court the CCTV footage from the club showed that later that evening Ms Tossoun approached the bar with the alleged victim and another witness. The alleged victim was hugged by a different person, who turned her away from the bar she was standing at and then was led to a dance floor. The court heard that CCTV at the club showed Ms Tossoun place the amphetamine into one of the drinks before mixing it with a straw, and then later gave the drink to the alleged victim. She sipped the drink the accused had given her, thought it tasted strange, then attempted to improve the taste by adding more lime, and then later asked for more soda to be added. Later that evening, the alleged victim left the hotel, walked back to their chalet, and started to feel unwell, the court heard. "She was experiencing extreme dizziness and thought that she was going to faint," Sergeant Knotley told the court. "[The alleged victim] felt that her heart was beating faster and stronger … and feared she was having a heart attack." The court heard the local medical centre was called but there was no answer. Ambulance paramedics later attended, taking her to Mansfield District Hospital in the early hours of the morning of July 27. The alleged victim later tested positive for MDMA, the court heard. Accused could have done more Sergeant Knotley told the court that when Ms Tossoun was interviewed by police she had a small bag of MDMA in her jacket pocket and said she placed it in her own drink. She also told police that the table she was sitting at had a lot of drinks on it, and that if she took the wrong drink the incident was unintentional. Defence lawyer Michelle Button told the court that the set of circumstances arose in a social setting involving "substances and poor judgement". She asked Magistrate Amina Bhai to afford consideration for diversion. "The shame and embarrassment of this matter has been significant for [MsTossoun]," Ms Button said, citing media attention regarding the case. "There is a saying … good people make mistakes and bad people do bad things, and this is a set of circumstances where a good person has made a mistake and she's put herself before the court today with the support … of the prosecution and the complainant to seek that Your Honour grant this diversion consideration." Ms Button told the court that Ms Tossoun spoke to and texted the alleged victim throughout the night of the incident to ask how she was. When Magistrate Bhai questioned whether Ms Tossoun told the alleged victim what she had allegedly done on that night, Ms Button told the court that it was not until the next day that those discussions took place, as there was confusion over what actually had happened. But she said that in hindsight that Ms Tossoun could have done more during the incident. 'Serious offending' Magistrate Bhal said that while both prosecution and defence sought diversion, she believed the alleged offences were too serious and there was a need for general deterrence and denouncement. "You took away the right of another person to say no to consuming a substance, and that being an illicit substance," the magistrate said. "Not only did you take away her right to say no to that, she didn't know what was happening to her as a result of that. "For those reasons I do think it's serious offending." Ms Button then called for a contest motion, saying she challenged the admissibility of CCTV footage and that she wanted to call several witnesses. However, Sergeant Knotley told the court the CCTV was very comprehensive. The matter will return to Mansfield Magistrates' Court in October.