From Cairns schoolgirl to $37m sex lawsuit
KRISTY Fraser-Kirk was one of Trinity Anglican School's brightest pupils with a promising dancing and music career.
The 27-year-old spent seven years at TAS’s Kewarra Beach and White Rock campuses from 1991 to 1998.
Now, she is a focus of the nation, the centre of a record $37 million sexual harassment case against retailer David Jones and its former CEO Mark McInnes.
Her life is now being scrutinised with revelations yesterday a private investigator had been commissioned by the legal team which is defending the case.
Leaving with her family for New South Wales at the end of year 10, Ms Fraser-Kirk was one the biggest personalities at TAS, excelling in sport and performing arts.
"She participated heavily in a lot of activities," TAS principal Christopher Daunt Watney said.
"She was quite a talented music student and was involved in dancing, swimming and netball."
The publicist made headlines after taking on former CEO Mark McInnes over sexual harassment claims.
A former schoolmate, who asked not be named, said Ms Fraser-Kirk was involved in the rock eisteddfod and her parents were school association members.
"She was a great dancer and a big personality," she said.
Mr McInnes, one of the nation's top executives who was earning $5 million a year, resigned when the allegations of inappropriate behaviour became public.
The former CEO returned to Sydney from the US on Sunday, vowing to "vigorously defend" the allegations.
In her statement of claim lodged in the Federal Court, Ms Fraser-Kirk said Mr McInnes made unwelcome sexual comments and advances towards her on May 23, 2010.
Private eye Frank Monte confirmed at the weekend he had been hired to investigate Ms Fraser-Kirk.
It also emerged last week that the former TAS student filed a harassment complaint against her former boss, a police sergeant, when she worked as a civilian with the New South Wales police.
Sgt Michael Magill was transferred from the Operational Information Agency to the highway patrol after Ms Fraser-Kirk claimed he had invaded her personal space.
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