CANADA
CBC News
By Jason Proctor, CBC News
John Furlong’s lawyer claimed Wednesday journalist Laura Robinson tried to destroy the former Vancouver Olympics CEO’s reputation with a 2012 story about allegations of abuse at a Burns Lake Catholic school.
John Hunter’s cross-examination of the freelance reporter began in B.C. Supreme Court with a testy exchange.
“Your whole intention was to bring down Mr. Furlong, wasn’t it? he asked Robinson.
“That’s incorrect,” she replied.
‘Had the goods’
Robinson is suing Furlong for defamation in relation to statements he made in several responses to her Georgia Straight article. She says he implied she was unethical, cruel and motivated by a personal vendetta.
She claims to have suffered financial, emotional and physical damage.
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