‘I spent 12 months preparing to testify approximately one of the most painful experiences of my life,only to be mocked in open court. Now I know I never had a chance’In the eyes of the law, Jian Ghomeshi is not guilty. He has been acquitted of four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking. He was acquitted despite the fact that three women, and myself included,testified to what he did to us at his trial in February. He was acquitted because the judge said we were “inconsistent” with our memories, that our motives were questionable and that we had deliberately lied in court.When the verdict came down, and I was sitting in front of the judge,William Horkins, in the same Toronto courtroom I had testified in. I listened to him call my testimony “unreliable” and say that I had wanted to be a “heroine for the cause” – accusing me of seeking media publicity.
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Source: theguardian.com