LOL What's up with these liberals and the groping
Former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell investigated in England after woman accuses him of sexual assault
The Daily Telegraph (London) is reporting that former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell is the subject of a sexual assault investigation in England.
The newspaper says Campbell is accused of groping a female London embassy worker in 2013 while he was serving as Canadian High Commissioner to Britain.
The complaint has been passed to the British Foreign Office, which is facilitating discussions between Scotland Yard and the Canadian authorities.
British government sources indicated that Canada may open its own inquiry and could waive Campbell’s diplomatic immunity if asked to do so.
A spokesman for Campbell said: “This complaint was transparently disclosed and became the subject of a full due diligence investigation at the time by the government of Canada and was found to be without merit.”
Campbell’s alleged victim, Judith Prins, accuses him of groping her before a meeting at Canada House, the country’s embassy in Trafalgar Square.
Prins, then a Canadian embassy worker, had been climbing the main staircase of Canada House to a meeting, unaware that Campbell had been following close behind her.
In a formal complaint submitted later to the embassy, Prins claimed she had been made to feel “humiliated and disrespected.” But at that moment, she simply “froze.”
“In that moment it just felt as though someone had just invaded my home or robbed me,” she said, speaking to The Daily Telegraph about the incident for the first time.
“I distinctly remember this hand went up my backside. It was significant. It wasn’t, ‘Oops, sorry I brushed you.’ It was definitely someone having a feel.”
Campbell, she said, couldn’t have reacted more differently. “I was shocked when we were in the meeting because he just carried on as if it was business as usual.
“He was just unashamedly being normal, absolutely no regard for what he had just done to me. I think that’s just where I had to file it away in my mind. I didn’t know how to process it at the time.”
The Dutch-Canadian mother-of-three, who lives in the U.K., told The Telegraph she chose to speak out in the wake of the MeToo movement.
Prins, 54, made her formal complaint in January 2014, which she resolved on terms she is prohibited from discussing. However, she passed details of the complaint to The Telegraph, describing the allegation plus several more claims of inappropriate behaviour over a seven-month period.
She also claims she was warned by Mark Fletcher, the then consul general, that three other women raised concerns about Campbell’s behaviour before she took up the role.
Prins says while the decision to waive her right to anonymity is “extremely daunting,” she believes her experiences are similar to other women who have felt unable to speak out against those in a “position of privilege, respect and power.”
Prins made a formal allegation of sexual assault to police last month.
In a statement, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers were “investigating an allegation of sexual assault that occurred in 2013.”
https://nationalpost.com/news/local...8e-4d11-8784-e7f65851bf78?video_autoplay=true
Former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell investigated in England after woman accuses him of sexual assault
The Daily Telegraph (London) is reporting that former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell is the subject of a sexual assault investigation in England.
The newspaper says Campbell is accused of groping a female London embassy worker in 2013 while he was serving as Canadian High Commissioner to Britain.
The complaint has been passed to the British Foreign Office, which is facilitating discussions between Scotland Yard and the Canadian authorities.
British government sources indicated that Canada may open its own inquiry and could waive Campbell’s diplomatic immunity if asked to do so.
A spokesman for Campbell said: “This complaint was transparently disclosed and became the subject of a full due diligence investigation at the time by the government of Canada and was found to be without merit.”
Campbell’s alleged victim, Judith Prins, accuses him of groping her before a meeting at Canada House, the country’s embassy in Trafalgar Square.
Prins, then a Canadian embassy worker, had been climbing the main staircase of Canada House to a meeting, unaware that Campbell had been following close behind her.
In a formal complaint submitted later to the embassy, Prins claimed she had been made to feel “humiliated and disrespected.” But at that moment, she simply “froze.”
“In that moment it just felt as though someone had just invaded my home or robbed me,” she said, speaking to The Daily Telegraph about the incident for the first time.
“I distinctly remember this hand went up my backside. It was significant. It wasn’t, ‘Oops, sorry I brushed you.’ It was definitely someone having a feel.”
Campbell, she said, couldn’t have reacted more differently. “I was shocked when we were in the meeting because he just carried on as if it was business as usual.
“He was just unashamedly being normal, absolutely no regard for what he had just done to me. I think that’s just where I had to file it away in my mind. I didn’t know how to process it at the time.”
The Dutch-Canadian mother-of-three, who lives in the U.K., told The Telegraph she chose to speak out in the wake of the MeToo movement.
Prins, 54, made her formal complaint in January 2014, which she resolved on terms she is prohibited from discussing. However, she passed details of the complaint to The Telegraph, describing the allegation plus several more claims of inappropriate behaviour over a seven-month period.
She also claims she was warned by Mark Fletcher, the then consul general, that three other women raised concerns about Campbell’s behaviour before she took up the role.
Prins says while the decision to waive her right to anonymity is “extremely daunting,” she believes her experiences are similar to other women who have felt unable to speak out against those in a “position of privilege, respect and power.”
Prins made a formal allegation of sexual assault to police last month.
In a statement, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers were “investigating an allegation of sexual assault that occurred in 2013.”
https://nationalpost.com/news/local...8e-4d11-8784-e7f65851bf78?video_autoplay=true
