CBC fires Jian Ghomeshi

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Two women come forward to police about Ghomeshi - The Globe and Mail

Two women have come forward to Toronto Police about Jian Ghomeshi and an investigation has begun, police spokesman Mark Pugash said.

Since he was fired by the CBC on Sunday, nine women have come forward to accuse the former Q host of physical abuse. One of those women, actress Lucy DeCoutere, is among the two who came forward to police, the Toronto Star reported Friday.

And then if evidence warrants a charge(s)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/glob...-into-a-criminal-prosecution/article21397934/

To sustain a prosecution, police must gather proper evidence that provides a reasonable prospect of conviction. “Proper” evidence means a lot of things, but two deserve emphasis: First, our criminal justice system recognizes that a person’s fame, social status, or unique talents have absolutely no bearing on the decision to prosecute or not, because we are all equal before the law regardless of our accomplishments. But it wasn’t always that way. Up until quite recently, so called pillars of the community informally got a pass on sex crimes, and we had to learn the hard way how terrible it is to turn a blind eye to sexual or physical abuse committed by the powerful or exalted. Our history is haunted by the anguished cries of children whose abuse was ignored because the perpetrators were, for example, respected religious leaders in residential schools.

But what if it takes years for cases to come forward? Delay in reporting sexual violence is, for many reasons, commonplace. Thankfully, delayed reporting is not an impediment to prosecution, apart from problems around evidence disappearing over time. Minor cases have a six month limitation period, but serious cases have none. And most violent crimes have dual status: they can be treated as either minor or serious depending on the circumstances. So while immediate reporting of crime is always preferable, prosecutors do have tools to accommodate natural delays in reporting that are inherently symptomatic of sexual victimization.

When complainants come forward in bunches criminal courts are comfortable with what lawyers call “similar act evidence”. When multiple complainants all allege mistreatment at the hands of a single accused person, their individual cases can be tried together, so that each complainant’s case is not considered in isolation. Rather, juries can look at the entire pattern of conduct described by the multiple complainants in deciding if any one or more of those complaints is proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Similar act evidence is really just the legal system’s way of saying the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
 
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it would be interesting to profile the women he assaulted,was it all women or was it women who had certain physical characteristics such as blond hair,blue eyes etc.
the more i hear about this man,the more i know he is a creep and has mommy issues,what a loser.
 

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Shipping him "back" to Iran would only be possible if he was "from" Iran. Since he was born in London and raised in Canada, that would be impossible.

I don't know 'bout that. I mean, put him in the proper crate and apply
the appropriate postage and.....


 
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I wonder now if mommy will come forward to say this is how daddy had been treating her too.
 

55Mercury

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assuming Jian does time, what are the odds he's bunk-buddy with Luco?

and who do we suppose would be the b!tch?

Bear can hold the money on any wagers.

aint that right, Bear?

I got a forty dollah bill says Luco be queen of spain!
 

55Mercury

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yikes, guess I should qualify that with: provided they ever should share a cell.

has anyone wondered about Jian's porn collection yet?

have the police?