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Defendant says sorry to former UBC professor days before defamation trial to start
Rooney said she spread unproven accusations and helped gather complaints, as the former UBC professor seeks damages in a trial set to start Monday.
- Chelsea Rooney, a defendant in an upcoming defamation trial against former UBC professor Steven Galloway, issued a lengthy public apology days before the case begins on Monday.
- Galloway, a former tenured professor and author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, was fired following sexual assault allegations he firmly denies; a report by retired Supreme Court judge Mary Ellen Boyd concluded the claims were unsubstantiated.
- Rooney admitted she circulated unproven allegations and helped collect complaints to build a case against Galloway, recognizing her conduct was "serious and harmful."
- Published in the National Post, her apology joins eight others as the Supreme Court cleared the way for this defamation trial in 2024 after dismissing an appeal by Galloway's accusers.
- In a 2021 ruling, Supreme Court Justice Elaine Adair stated that if defendants' arguments were true, "there would be no legal consequences of any kind" to publicly calling someone a rapist.
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Defendant says sorry to former UBC professor days before defamation trial to start
VANCOUVER - One of several accusers of former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway has issued a lengthy apology just days before a defamation trial in the case is
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