The massively scrutinized sex assault trial of former CBC star Jian Ghomeshi had begun in the same building on the same day Ururyar’s trial started. In his 179-page judgment, parts of which Zuker read aloud, he sarcastically referred to Gray’s alleged touching as “sexual assault number two” and “sexual assault number four”. Why would a veteran judge tee off on a man he was convicting of sexual assault and rail against him as though he were indistinguishable from a vicious serial rapist like Paul Bernardo? The only evidence supporting either of their stories — and arguably, it supported both versions — were some texts Gray sent a friend the next morning. As he told the Toronto Sun in a 1993 profile, he’s always been interested in the inequities facing women.

Source: National Post July 27, 2016 23:37 UTC