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Learn about Jian Ghomeshi, a Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, producer and former CBC personality. Find out about his early life, music, radio and television shows, sexual assault allegations, trial, acquittal, and new venture.
In late 2014, Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi was arrested and charged with four counts of sexual assault, and one count of overcoming resistance by choking, in relation to three complainants. [1] He was charged with three additional counts related to three more women on January 8, 2015. [2]
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At the time of Ghomeshi's trial, Polley considered coming forward to tell her story. "I did struggle with this a lot," she said. WATCH | Polley on why she's speaking out now: But she said lawyers she spoke with told her she'd make a "terrible" witness because of inconsistencies in her story and how she interacted with Ghomeshi as a guest on his rad...
Polley says she values the concept of innocent until proven guilty, but believes the adversarial legal system can end up re-traumatizing victims. "Do women need to be destroyed in looking for those shadows and looking for those inconsistencies?" She described how her own memory blotted out things that were too damaging, and that makes it very diffi...
The book marks a new chapter for Polley, who was injured six years ago when a large fire extinguisher, which was hung on the wall, fell on her head as she bent over a lost-and-found box at a Toronto community centre. WATCH | Polley on revisiting deeply personal memories: Polley says it led to three and a half years of difficulty. The first year aft...
The filmmaker and Oscar-nominated screenwriter says she was hurt by the former CBC radio host when she was 16 and ignored her pleas to stop. She writes about the incident and other past trauma in her new book of essays, Run Towards the Danger.
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Mar 10, 2016 · Jian Ghomeshi’s dismissal by the CBC in October 2014, and his subsequent criminal trial, captured the country's attention and generated a national conversation about the reporting and prosecution of sexual assault.
Mar 25, 2016 · Former radio personality Jian Ghomeshi has been found not guilty of all charges against him in a sexual assault trial that riveted the nation. Advocates say the verdict and the...
Oct 26, 2014 · News, opinion, and a Star investigation into the Jian Ghomeshi sexual assault scandal and trial from thestar.com.
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Oct 31, 2014 · The CBC fired Jian Ghomeshi after seeing “graphic evidence” for the first time last Thursday that Ghomeshi had “caused physical injury to a woman,” the CBC said an internal memo sent out Friday.
