CANADA
AM 730
Marcella Bernardo
June 19, 2015
The editor of the Vancouver newspaper to first publish allegations of child abuse involving 2010 Olympic boss John Furlong has taken the stand at Furlong’s defamation trial in Vancouver.
Charlie Smith says freelance journalist Laura Robinson first approached him in 2011 and he was intrigued by her research.
Smith says he was curious to learn why Furlong’s book Patriot Hearts made no mention of his time in Canada before he officially moved here in 1974.
Smith says Robinson wrote previous articles for the Georgia Straight and he had a lot respect for her.
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