{"id":639189,"date":"2026-04-29T21:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/639189\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:45:13","slug":"your-fault-bch-cafe-workers-shock-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/639189\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Your fault b**ch\u2019: Cafe worker\u2019s shock claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

A worker at a Melbourne cafe whose teeth were shattered after a plate was smashed into her face has spoken of the ordeal.<\/p>\n

Anais Poupon is a 19-year-old French national on a working holiday who has only been in Australia for a few months.<\/p>\n

Shocking CCTV captured the moment she walked out of La Valley cafe in Essendon holding plates as a woman passed by.<\/p>\n

The woman is seen slapping the bottom of the plates, which strike Ms Poupon\u2019s teeth, and then smacking them onto the ground.<\/p>\n

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Anais Poupon was hit in the face with a tray after a random woman walked past her at a cafe in Essendon. Picture: David Crosling<\/p>\n

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Ms Poupon\u2019s teeth broke. Picture: David Crosling<\/p>\n

\u201cMy teeth broke, (there was) a lot of blood,\u201d she told A Current Affair on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

She said her first thought was that she would lose her teeth.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, a local dentist offered to treat her after seeing footage of the incident.<\/p>\n

Ms Poupon said she doesn\u2019t know why she was targeted but said the person \u201ctold me \u2018it\u2019s your fault\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first I thought we bumped together, but no, she pushed the plate into my face and she says to me \u2018it\u2019s your fault b**ch\u2019,\u201d she told the Herald Sun.<\/p>\n

The owner of the Melbourne cafe have taken to social media to try and track down the woman from the video.<\/p>\n

He told ACA Ms Poupon was covered in food and blood when she came back into the cafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked, disgusted actually to see her come in, she was crying, blood coming out of her mouth, covered in food,\u201d the owner said.<\/p>\n

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The cafe worker faces a potentially costly dental bill. Picture: GoFundMe<\/p>\n

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La Vallee is a popular cafe in Essendon. Picture: Google<\/p>\n

Ms Poupon\u2019s broken tooth has since been repaired and the cafe owner said other local businesses have also offered her free dinners and dessert.<\/p>\n

Restaurant and Catering Australia president John Hart told NewsWire that hospitality workers did not deserve such treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is so disappointing to see an example like this of somebody that has so little regard for their fellow human beings that they would do this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRestaurant and cafe workers are hard workers that are offering service to us each day. They don\u2019t deserve this sort of treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is good to see the support of local businesses \u2013 restaurants and cafe are important hubs in their communities, and businesses like the dentist in this story feel a part of these communities that the interact with every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident happened at La Vallee Cafe on Keilor St in Essendon on Anzac Day.<\/p>\n

The owners of La Vallee said they were \u201cshocked at the abhorrent behaviour of this grown woman\u201d in a statement posted to Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you know her, please send us a private message. We need assistance in identifying this individual. This incident led to one of our beautiful staff members chipping their tooth from the plate she pushed into her face,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

There has been an outpouring of community support towards the victim in the aftermath of the incident, with several local businesses putting their hands up to offer assistance.<\/p>\n

Healthy Smiles, a dentist on Keilor Rd, said it would fix the staff member\u2019s tooth free of charge after the \u201ccoward\u2019s act\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The cafe owners have appealed for members of the public to identify the woman. Picture: supplied<\/p>\n

A local steakhouse chimed in, saying that \u201cwhen healthy smiles gets her teeth sorted, bring her down the road for some steaks with her family on us. Keilor Rd will stand together\u201d.<\/p>\n

Other local businesses also offered support by way of producing CCTV footage.<\/p>\n

Victoria Police said it had received \u201creports of an assault\u201d outside a cafe on April 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe female staff member was bringing food to a table outside the premises on Keilor Rd about 1pm. A woman assaulted the staff member, knocking the plate from her hand before walking off. The staff member sustained damage to her teeth from the incident,\u201d a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe woman was wearing a black long sleeve top, light blue jeans, sunglasses and a distinctive silver necklace with a charm. She was also carrying plastic bottles of iced coffee and a black jacket.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn investigation into the incident is under way. Anyone who witnessed the incident, has dashcam or CCTV footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A worker at a Melbourne cafe whose teeth were shattered after a plate was smashed into her face…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[309524,64,63,3028,60007,309525,44],"class_list":["post-639189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-anais-poupon","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-essendon","tag-local-businesses","tag-ms-poupon","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}