“Even though I knew the allegations were 100 per cent false, I did what I suspected was the appropriate thing to do and immediately passed the email on to my superiors at TVO,” Paikin wrote. Before Paikin released his Facebook statement, Thomson tweeted Tuesday, “Women don’t come forward because they get attacked on social media. Sad how easily he’s playing people.”The allegation comes amid a social justice movement under the #MeToo and Time’s Up banners, which has sparked an international conversation on sexual misconduct, harassment and assault. Paikin said the movement is “too important to be undermined by spurious allegations. “The quest to reclaim my reputation, which you’ve tried to destroy, begins now.

Source: National Post February 07, 2018 00:19 UTC