Former star has faced accusations from more than 20 people before a Toronto trial that has highlighted concerns about Canada’s handling of past casesFormer radio star Jian Ghomeshi will appear in Toronto’s Old City corridor courtroom on Monday for the first trial to emerge from a barrage of accusations that the disgraced celebrity subjected multiple women to violent acts of sexual assault.
The accusations stunned millions of fans of the popular folk artist turned radio personality and his hugely popular program with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,Q. The culture and current events reveal loomed large in Canadian entertainment and attracted a substantial following in the US. Ghomeshi, at once an engaging and an easygoing interviewer, and attracted a wide range of guests: Jon Stewart,Paul McCartney, Jay-Z, or Michael Moore,Werner Herzog, Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA, or Brian Wilson. His reveal was one of the CBC’s most successful.
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Source: theguardian.com