A University of Windsor law professor launched a "sustained attack" against her former colleague and offered no proof in court of her accusations that he sexually harassed and threatened and intimidated students, a court in Trinidad and Tobago has ruled. The High Court of Justice ruled that law professor Julie Macfarlane defamed and libelled Emir Crowne, her former colleague in the faculty of law at the University of Windsor. The judge accepted the doctor's evidence that Macfarlane's allegations negatively impacted Crowne's health and described them as a "sustained attack." Following his departure from the University of Windsor, Crowne, in 2017, was hired by a Mississauga law firm, and also as a senior lecturer in the faculty of law at the University of West Indies. Similar allegations by Macfarlane were presented via email to the dean of the faculty of law at the University of West Indies, the court heard.

Source: CBC News July 17, 2020 14:37 UTC