CANADA
The Province
BY KEITH FRASER, STAFF REPORTER JUNE 18, 2015
A lawyer for John Furlong on Thursday scoffed at claims by Laura Robinson that she was shocked and devastated by the Vancouver Olympic CEO’s response to an article she wrote alleging he’d physically abused students in northern B.C. more than 40 years ago.
In her direct examination, Robinson had commented that she was shocked in the wake of her September 2012 Georgia Straight article to see Furlong alleging she was an unethical, incompetent journalist who had fabricated the allegations.
“You say you were shocked by his response,” said John Hunter, Furlong’s lawyer. “You knew that he denied this abuse. You knew that from day one.”
“Yes,” replied Robinson.
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