Damn, the Normans were cool with that?

“I made this clear, back when shorty used to braid my hair on the project stairs” is probably my favorite Bruce Springsteen line.

Let’s reflect on the cognitive dissonance that must occur in order to refer to something as both “ancient” and a “hot new trend.”

Vous prendrez votre québécois et vous l’aimerez.

You can’t use your hands, you idiot.

Here’s another fun fact - we settle these civil disputes in open court, with judges and juries, because they are very rarely open and shut. The only information you have about the case is what you’ve read online. Do you think that makes you qualified to question the character of the attorneys representing the hotel?…

Fun fact: not every civil lawyer is just some one man “hang out your shingle” shop that waits for clients to come in off the street. Dedman works for Spicer Rudstrom, mega firm with six offices and hundreds of attorneys and clients, one of whom is likely the national hotel chain. This case was farmed out by the top…

What happened to Erin Andrews is disgusting and the pervert who did it deserves more than a miserable 30 months in jail, which he will probably get paroled on sooner.

It’s my understanding that Canadian criminal law is akin to US criminal law in that that the accused must be found guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The three complainants lied to the Crown and have done a disservice to sexual assault victims.

I would remember 2 1/2 YEARS of emails to my assailant after the fact.

Of course both can be true. But when you’re trying to convict someone based on someone else’s testimony, that testimony has to be strong and able to withstand cross-examination from the defense. This isn’t the court of public opinion (Ghomeshi already lost his case in that court) - this is actual Court and the…

The reason, specifically, why the case is falling apart is that the victim/survivor/accuser omitted relevant information that would have better prepared the Crown’s case. How is the Crown supposed to know that the victim/survivor/accuser(s) had been communicating prior to the case or know about the emails after the…

They may have omitted them because of the perception that their case would be unwinnable, but having all the information ahead of time allows the Crown to bring in an expert witness to refute the stereotypes by explaining that people try to normalize their trauma. You can’t withhold relevant information, admit that…

I believe the victims, and Ghomeshi is an abusive piece of shit but this case isn’t an example of wacking. The victims just omitted parts of their communication from the Crown which is why they are so badly unprepared on the stand- which is sad.

Guilty or innocent, no one should be convicted when the case as presented by the prosecution is as bad as this one. There were way too many holes and they had a case which relies on testimonies and they had at least two of the victims lie under oath. As for his professional career, it’s dead right now, and probably…

That’s not what happened in this case. The accusers left out important details in their testimony and made it easy for the defense to paint them as unreliable.

It’s called a cross examination. All three accusers had serious problems in their testimony.

Yeah, that’s kinda what I meant by everyone. They all either lied outright or lied by omission. Not a great case to go ahead with and it’s done more harm than good.

The accusers were unreliable as well.