Two stories of sexual abuse of minors
Two deplorable news items Wednesday: onetime journalist Michel Venne has been found guilty of sexual misconduct and exploitation of a woman who was 17 at the time, and Luc Wiseman, who used to be a co-producer of TLMEP, has been ordered to stay away from minors after accusations of perving on someone under 16 years old.
Jack 12:41 on 2021-06-23 Permalink
This a terrible event, but this made it worse. “Le procès s’était également penché sur le rôle de feu Lise Payette dans cette histoire. La première ministre d’État à la Condition féminine avait sollicité en 2015 une rencontre avec Léa Clermont-Dion. Elle lui a alors demandé de signer une lettre pour blanchir l’homme.
Lors du procès, elle a raconté qu’elle n’avait pas été contrainte par Mme Payette de la signer. Mais elle l’avait fait, car elle était « dépourvue de ses moyens ». Lise Payette la lui avait dictée mot pour mot, selon elle.”
walkerp 13:32 on 2021-06-23 Permalink
Man, that generation of feminists did not age well. I thought it was just white male boomer celebrities who had to do the anti-woke heel turn after a certain age, but here in Quebec the female side is representing. Really gross.
thomas 15:18 on 2021-06-23 Permalink
Lise Payette also defended Claude Jutra when he was accused of being a sexual predator.
Janey 10:08 on 2021-06-24 Permalink
Fortunately, there is Denise Bombardier shoring up the side of the angels. Her condemnation of Matzneff on prime-time French TV in the 1990s was fearless. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0LQiv7x4xs
Kate 11:01 on 2021-06-24 Permalink
Denise Bombardier has written many narrow-minded, xenophobically nationalistic things since then, but there’s no denying she stood up against a damagingly laissez-faire French attitude that day.