The Trial of Jian Ghomeshi
- Episode aired Mar 25, 2016
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The Trial Of Jian Ghomeshi
If three different women accuse a man of assault, then he is guilty, even if these allegations are made a decade and more after the alleged event, even if the women lie under oath and tailor their evidence to fit the allegations, even if they pursue their alleged assailant with sexual intent after he supposedly assaulted them, and even if two of them conspire openly to destroy him. That is what appears to be the message of this documentary. The trial of Jian Ghomeshi was a sensation in Canada, and has even been covered by the liberal media in the UK, in particular the "Guardian" which gave space to false accuser Lucy Decoutere to spew her poison to its readers after the same lies had been eviscerated in open court.
Although it cannot bury the facts entirely, this programme comes down on the side of these liars, running the narrative that "survivors" of sexual assault need to be better prepared by the prosecution - and believed uncritically. What it demonstrates however is the need for statutes of limitations in Canada and elsewhere for especially sexual offences, because if Ghomeshi had not keep correspondence and e-mails from a decade and more ago, he would be sitting in a prison cell at this very moment while these shameless liars and perjurers made big bucks selling their non-stories to scurrilous tabloids
Although it cannot bury the facts entirely, this programme comes down on the side of these liars, running the narrative that "survivors" of sexual assault need to be better prepared by the prosecution - and believed uncritically. What it demonstrates however is the need for statutes of limitations in Canada and elsewhere for especially sexual offences, because if Ghomeshi had not keep correspondence and e-mails from a decade and more ago, he would be sitting in a prison cell at this very moment while these shameless liars and perjurers made big bucks selling their non-stories to scurrilous tabloids
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