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GordonBlue · 10-30-2018, 09:53 AM

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...sexual-assault

In a last-ditch attempt to stop people from calling him a rapist and worse, former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway is now suing the woman who first accused him of sexual assault and two UBC professors and a group of former students and others who “recklessly repeated” the woman’s allegations on social media.

n the fall of 2015, with the university saying there were serious allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment against him, UBC suspended Galloway. He was fired in June of 2016, despite a report which effectively cleared him of wrongdoing.

Even using the lower civil standard of “on a balance of probabilities” — Former B.C. Supreme Court judge Mary Ellen Boyd said of one purported assault that she couldn’t conclude it had occurred when alleged “or at all.”

Collectively, the allegations serve as a harsh reminder that for the online mob, judicial and quasi-judicial findings, like verdicts in criminal trials, don’t count.

10-30-2018, 09:53 AM	#1598
GordonBlue Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Alberta Exp:	https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...sexual-assault In a last-ditch attempt to stop people from calling him a rapist and worse, former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway is now suing the woman who first accused him of sexual assault and two UBC professors and a group of former students and others who “recklessly repeated” the woman’s allegations on social media. n the fall of 2015, with the university saying there were serious allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment against him, UBC suspended Galloway. He was fired in June of 2016, despite a report which effectively cleared him of wrongdoing. Even using the lower civil standard of “on a balance of probabilities” — Former B.C. Supreme Court judge Mary Ellen Boyd said of one purported assault that she couldn’t conclude it had occurred when alleged “or at all.” Collectively, the allegations serve as a harsh reminder that for the online mob, judicial and quasi-judicial findings, like verdicts in criminal trials, don’t count.