Sarah Polley Discusses Alleged Sexual Encounter With Jian Ghomeshi When She Was 16, Reveals Why She’s Coming Forward Now
etcanada.comCanadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley is opening up about an alleged sexual encounter with former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi when she was just 16.
The now 43-year-old is set to release a new book of essays titled Run Towards the Danger on March 1, and she told the host of CBC Radio‘s “The Current”, Matt Galloway, that she feels “strong enough” to handle some of the stories now.
Recalling the alleged sexual encounter with Ghomeshi, who was said to have been 28 at the time, when she was a teenager in an essay titled “The Woman Who Stayed Silent”, Polley explained how he had ignored her pleas to stop. READ MORE: NY Times Profile On Sarah Polley Reveals ‘Violent’ Sexual Encounter With Jian Ghomeshi When She Was 16 Years later in 2014, the presenter was accused of sexual assault and harassment by multiple women, but he has insisted the incidents were consensual.
After being charged, he was then acquitted on four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking involving three complainants in 2016, CBC reported.
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