CANADA
Vancouver Sun
BY GORDON HOEKSTRA
OCTOBER 29, 2013
Former 2010 Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong is trying to halt a speech by Laura Robinson, a journalist and author of a controversial article alleging he abused former First Nations students.
Robinson is slated to give the speech today at a Danish sport conference called Play the Game. The title of the speech is Truth, Lies and History: John Furlong and Canadian Sport’s Moral Vacuum.
More than 300 journalists, scientists and sports officials from 30 to 40 countries are expected to take part in the eighth iteration of the world communication conference on sport and society, which has tackled such issues as doping and corruption.
Furlong and Robinson are locked in a series of lawsuits related to the original article published last fall in the Georgia Straight. He claims her allegations are false and libellous. She, in turn, filed a countersuit defending her story, claiming it was true and in the public interest.
In an interview Tuesday, Furlong said he is speaking out to defend himself against her speech in front of an international audience.
“This campaign of harassment – and making false allegations has continued and continued and continued,” he said Tuesday afternoon.
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