Book by Sarah Polley | Allegations of a violent encounter with Jian Ghomeshi

(Toronto) A report from the New York Times on a forthcoming book by Toronto filmmaker Sarah Polley says it includes allegations of a decades-old violent encounter between her and former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi.

In an article published Thursday, the Times summarizes sections of M’s next essay^me Polley Run Towards the Dangerand claims the actress, writer and director describes an incident with Mr Ghomeshi when she was 16 and he was 28.

The journalist from TimesDave Itzkoff, focused on a chapter titled “The Woman Who Kept Silent”, and recounted a passage saying that Mr Ghomeshi “became violent during a sexual encounter during which he ignored her pleas to stop hurting her.

The article says Mr Ghomeshi did not respond to requests for comment sent to Roqe Media, where he is the host, CEO and executive producer of an online interview program focusing on the Iranian diaspora.

The Canadian Press also sent Mr. Ghomeshi a request for comment via Roqe Media on Friday, as well as lawyer Marie Henein who defended Mr. Ghomeshi against several sexual assault charges that resulted in his acquittal in 2016. Both requests went unanswered Friday afternoon.

A media representative of the publisher of M^me Polley, Penguin Random House Canada, declined Friday to provide a review copy until next week and declined any interview requests with M^me Polley.

M^me Polley, 43, is quoted in the article by New York Times saying she felt “a deep ethical obligation” to tell the story.

the Times said that M.^me Polley writes in the essay that friends and lawyers discouraged her from coming forward as allegations against Mr Ghomeshi began to surface in 2014 because her memory and sexual history might be in question.

She writes that she and Mr. Ghomeshi had exchanged amusing emails and participated in friendly radio interviews in the years following the incident, the article in the newspaper said. Times.

Mr. Ghomeshi was acquitted in March 2016 of four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking involving three complainants. In May 2016, he apologized to a fourth complainant and signed a peace bond which saw another count of sexual assault dropped.

Run Towards the Danger should be released on 1^er March.