Jian Ghomeshi, well known, well respected radio host fired for Sexual Assault

[newone]

LE was prompted by MSM reporting.....investigation is in its infancy...2 investigators have been assigned so far as more information comes in more officers will be assigned

 

[newone]

he' s probably at the airport right now

 

[newone]

confirmed....allegations are against Jian ..... assault & sexual assault

 

[matou]

I'm sure that Ghomeshi has destroyed anything and everything he has at this point. Hopefully search warrants will find the evidence they need along with victim statements and the evidence these victims will have. JMO

 

[matou]

I thought I heard a reporter say Ghomeshi was in the United States right now.

 

[newone]

I'm sure that Ghomeshi has destroyed anything and everything he has at this point. Hopefully search warrants will find the evidence they need along with victim statements and the evidence these victims will have. JMO

I agree! There is the ''faint'' hope that the legal team and CBC brass that viewed the video he presented at meeting will testify

 

[newone]

I thought I heard a reporter say Ghomeshi was in the United States right now.

I heard one of the reporters asking that question.....the LEO wouldn't confirm that

I don't think there are too many people wanting to hang out with him in Canada right now -- perhaps he's gone to Vegas

 

[matou]

Chris Doucette ‏@SunDoucette 1m1 minute agoToronto, Ontario
@TorontoPolice are anxious to view the "graphic" video CBC management claims Ghomeshi showed them to prove his "rough sex" was consensual.

 

[newone]

If the LE have a search warrant and he's out of the country, I wonder if they (LE) just enter his home and take a look for what they need?

 

[matou]

Memo released to CBC staff on Friday:

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1351277-conwayonghomeshi.html#document/p1

 

[otto]

I'm sure that Ghomeshi has destroyed anything and everything he has at this point. Hopefully search warrants will find the evidence they need along with victim statements and the evidence these victims will have. JMO

I think it doesn't matter whether he destroyed the video that he showed to CBC because there are now witnesses to the existence of the video and the content therein.

 

[newone]

Memo released to CBC staff on Friday:

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1351277-conwayonghomeshi.html#document/p1

that's in sharp contrast to what one of the victims had to say about her concerns being dismissed by management in the past.....

 

[otto]

that's in sharp contrast to what one of the victims has to say about her concerns being dismissed by management in the past.....

That employee has moved on, and the incident happened several years ago. Perhaps there's no corporate memory beyond two years.

 

[matou]

The first letter, dated June 24, began:

“The Toronto Star is investigating allegations from women who say that you have been physically and verbally abusive to them during sexual encounters. These are very serious allegations and we want to give you every opportunity to respond and give your side of the story. We are continuing to investigate. The women we have interviewed to date, from different parts of the country, tell similar stories. In brief, they say that you physically attack them, without consent.”

“The women allege that you strike them with a closed fist or open hand; choke them with your hands around their neck to the point that they almost pass out; cover their nose and mouth so that they have difficulty breathing; and that you verbally abuse them before, during, and after sex acts. The women have told us that they did not consent to this behaviour,” the Star wrote in the letter.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...wed_cbc_video_of_bondage_beating_sources.html

 

[newone]

''Since Ghomeshi was fired on Sunday, a number of individuals and organizations have severed ties with him. These include Navigator, which sources say dumped him because Ghomeshi lied to them about the extent of the allegations against him, publicity firm Rock-It Promotions and several speakers’ bureaus. "

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...wed_cbc_video_of_bondage_beating_sources.html

 

[matou]

Chris Doucette ‏@SunDoucette 8m8 minutes agoToronto, Ontario
Anyone with information in the Ghomeshi case should call @TorontoPolice Sex crimes Unit, 416-808-7474, or Crime Stoppers, 1-800-222-TIPS.

 

[La Louve]

Ruth Spencer did not experience physical violence by Gomeshi. But she sees their relationship through a new lens, based on revelations from the women that have come forward.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/01/jian-ghomeshi-i-dated-him

"But amid the nights out at premieres and fancy dinners, something wasn’t right. Jian refused to have sex with me. “You’re not ready,” he told me, over and over. I shrugged it off: some people wait, right? Maybe he just really liked me. Maybe something was wrong with him and he wanted to wait until he knew I liked him to reveal it. Now I know what that was.

...He pulled me close one day and pushed me away the next; told me I was sexy but refused to take his clothes off; told me how close he felt to me and didn’t respond to texts; took me to parties but refused to be seen with me in a photograph. He created a relationship that wouldn’t make sense to anyone but us – and it confused me as much as it drew me in.

...As for me, I now believe that Jian was grooming me for the same violence he inflicted on other women. I think he was pursuing and encouraging me because of the existing power imbalance, creating a level of emotional intensity as a preface to his “big reveal” so that I would ether acquiesce or never tell. He trained me to feel sorry for him, to feel guilty about not giving enough of myself to him, to believe I was special to him. And for what? So that one day, when he thought the time was right for us to be more physically intimate, he could hit me? Smash my head against a concrete wall, like he allegedly did to one woman? Choke me with a leather belt, like he allegedly did to another?"

 

[La Louve]

That employee has moved on, and the incident happened several years ago. Perhaps there's no corporate memory beyond two years.

CBC knew full well that memo would leak. They couldn't risk admitting to the harassment complaint that they handled so poorly.

So in a sense, the victim in that incident is being victimized all over again, by being made non-existent in CBC's eyes.

Disgusting.

 

[otto]

CBC knew full well that memo would leak. They couldn't risk admitting to the harassment complaint that they handled so poorly.

So in a sense, the victim in that incident is being victimized all over again, by being made non-existent in CBC's eyes.

Disgusting.

It is disgusting. Given that this former employee has come forward and stated that she went through the proper channels to put an end to workplace abuse and harassment, and that the result was that she was asked what she could do to make the work environment less toxic, does not bode well for CBC. The CBC had better look harder for that report. If the person that the victim spoke to did not make a report, that person should be fired too. The person that put the blame on the victim should also be fired. The reputation of CBC has gone down the toilet as a result of their cover-up and 'condonation' of sexual and verbal harassment by a staff member simply because he improved ratings. I hope the ripple effect goes to the top of the organization and that everyone that knew of Ghomeshi's proclivity for violence against women (which would have been part of his day to day language and attitude) is fired.

 

[newone]

Ruth Spencer did not experience physical violence by Gomeshi. But she sees their relationship through a new lens, based on revelations from the women that have come forward.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/01/jian-ghomeshi-i-dated-him

"But amid the nights out at premieres and fancy dinners, something wasn’t right. Jian refused to have sex with me. “You’re not ready,” he told me, over and over. I shrugged it off: some people wait, right? Maybe he just really liked me. Maybe something was wrong with him and he wanted to wait until he knew I liked him to reveal it. Now I know what that was.

...He pulled me close one day and pushed me away the next; told me I was sexy but refused to take his clothes off; told me how close he felt to me and didn’t respond to texts; took me to parties but refused to be seen with me in a photograph. He created a relationship that wouldn’t make sense to anyone but us – and it confused me as much as it drew me in.

...As for me, I now believe that Jian was grooming me for the same violence he inflicted on other women. I think he was pursuing and encouraging me because of the existing power imbalance, creating a level of emotional intensity as a preface to his “big reveal” so that I would ether acquiesce or never tell. He trained me to feel sorry for him, to feel guilty about not giving enough of myself to him, to believe I was special to him. And for what? So that one day, when he thought the time was right for us to be more physically intimate, he could hit me? Smash my head against a concrete wall, like he allegedly did to one woman? Choke me with a leather belt, like he allegedly did to another?"

This is an excellent article -- a must read for every young woman in general.

This lady realizes she ''dodged'' a bullet and now can have ''closure'' on a befuddling relationship that could have been re-ignited if these allegations had not come to light. (MOO)