A Victoria survivor of sexual assault went before a committee of MPs in Ottawa this past week calling for changes to how Canada approaches sexual assault in its courts.
“I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. There were tears, there was a little bit of shaking. But we’ve finally been heard. And for the first time I have hope,” said Kelly Favro, a sexual assault advocate., breaking a six-year court-imposed silence to detail her sexual assault publically.
Once they’re requested, the judge has no discretionary power, meaning the ban is immediately implemented. Two-and-a-half years ago, Geiger was sexually assaulted by her then-boyfriend Ben Kenmare. But because of a publication ban put on her case without her consent, she was silenced.
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