Sexual assault
271. Everyone who commits a sexual assault is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years and, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months and, if the complainant is under the age of 16 years, to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.
He is scheduled to appear in court early this afternoon. We will notify the media of the court location well in advance of the appearance.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7474, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
A sexual assault is any form of unwanted sexual contact. It includes, but is not limited to, kissing, grabbing, oral sex and penetration. To learn more about sexual assault, including how to report a sexual assault, please visit our Sex Crimes website.
Toronto Police @TorontoPolice Jian Ghomeshi court appearance is at College Park Court 444 Yonge St at 2pm Wed Nov26. Toronto Police are not doing any media interviews ^sm
The Star's Tim Alamenciak describes Ghomeshi in the courtroom: "He is clean shaven. His hair is cropped shorter than usual and tousled. His complexion is wan and he's starting straight ahead as the hearing proceeds, looking through half-lidded eyes. There are bags under them."
Henein has requested the 517 ban, so I cannot report evidence or allegations.
Jian Ghomeshi's mother is in the courtroom to hear the case against her 47-year-old son
#JianGhomeshi out on $100,000 bail. Must live with his mother. Must surrender passport, not leave Ontario @CityNews
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After Ghomeshi's court appearance, Lucy DeCoutere, released the following statement: "The past month has seen a major shift in the conversation about violence against women. It has been an overwhelming and painful time for many people, including myself, but also very inspiring. I hope that victims' voices continue to be heard and that this is the start of a change that is so desperately needed."
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Statement from Marie Henein, lawyer for Jian Ghomeshi, that amplified microphones have picked up from that brief stop on the stairs: "Mr. Ghomeshi will be pleading not guilty. We will address these allegations fully and directly in a courtroom."
I forgot to post this here at the time, but Jesse Brown of Canadaland had an episode discussing this recently. Episode 56 for anyone interested. It's a not particularly insightful interview with a one-time co-worker who witnessed Ghomeshi "humping" a female co-worker. Anyway, for the last 5 minutes of the podcast, Brown talks about how it hit the media. I'd definitely recommend listening to it.
Brown working with the Toronto Star had received information from an alleged victim back in June and decided to investigate. Ghomeshi was aware of their inquiries. Because there was no actual evidence, Brown couldn't publish anything. Then in October, Brown mentioned on Canadaland that he had a shocking story about a well known CBC figure coming up in the future. Ghomeshi freaked and went to CBC and then obviously published his Facebook post.
Except Brown's upcoming story was actually about Terry Milewski. Brown said that it was Ghomeshi going public that allowed everybody to report on it. If he didn't make that Facebook post, the story may never have come out.
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Billy Bob was being just as much of a toolbag by destroying the interview (and their entire Canadian tour) over something so minor. He just wanted to be one of the crew yet he bit so hard over something so little that he ensured he wasn't just one of the crew.
