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LIVEBLOG: Verdict in Jian Ghomeshi sexual assault trial
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Lucy DeCoutere says first conversation with
#Ghomeshi
was "playful and fun and sort of flirtatious"
by
Christina Stevens
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:40:10 PM
"It seemed he was asking me out"
@lucydecoutere
said of meeting
#Ghomeshi
said they exchanged "hilarious" "cheeky" and "fun" emails
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:40:45 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
said she wanted to "explore"
#Ghomeshi
's personality more, said they also spoke on the phone but email was more frequent.
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:41:53 PM
DeCoutere said she asked
#Ghomeshi
if he was American when they first met because she wasn't familiar with his work.
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:42:39 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says
#Ghomeshi
and her exchanged emails about "weird slang" for "outrageous" sexual acts, but didn't intend to follow up
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:44:17 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
and
#Ghomeshi
talked about "rusty trombone" sex act in emails. Says they were "cheeky" "playful" "funny" emails.
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:44:53 PM
"These were always meant hypothetically"
@lucydecoutere
says of "sexual" emails to
#Ghomeshi
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:45:35 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says
#Ghomeshi
tried to engage in "phone sex" with her but she found it "out of place" because they didn't know each other
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:46:09 PM
Lucy DeCoutere says she exchanged joking emails with
#Ghomeshi
referring to slang for outrageous sexual acts.
by
Christina Stevens
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:46:09 PM
"It was something that I was not interested in"
@lucydecoutere
says of alleged proposed "phone sex" from
#Ghomeshi
says she shut it down
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:46:43 PM
Lucy DeCoutere testifies her humor can be "bawdy" and emails to
#Ghomeshi
referring to sexual acts were "more metaphor than literal"
by
Christina Stevens
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:47:27 PM
DeCoutere testifies she and
#Ghomeshi
exchanged emails about weird slang for sexual acts. Never meant it literally.
glbn.ca/XWfqs
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:47:51 PM
DeCoutere says she went to Toronto in July 2003 to visit friends and spend time with
#Ghomeshi
to see if they could "pursue a relationship"
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:48:15 PM
DeCoutere says she might have been a "little naive" but wanted to spend time with him and see if potential for relationship with
#Ghomeshi
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:48:51 PM
DeCoutere testifies nothing more attractive than someone with a "dark" "edgy" sense of humour.
#Ghomeshi
.
glbn.ca/XWfqs
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:49:23 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says she then met
#Ghomeshi
for dinner at a restaurant on the Danforth. Said conversation was "easy" but a bit "awkward"
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:49:49 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
said
#Ghomeshi
said if they were to be involved she would have to contend with rumours he was gay and he was funded by PLO
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:50:53 PM
DeCoutere says initially with
#Ghomeshi
"I felt like he was going to be an interesting person to get to know, I was looking forward to it."
by
Christina Stevens
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:50:54 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says
#Ghomeshi
said he'd like to go back to his house and "listen to music and just hold you"
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:52:48 PM
DeCoutere says went for dinner with
#Ghomeshi
at Danforth restaurant & he talked about rumours about him & his success
by
Christina Stevens
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:53:18 PM
"It's not like he's going to kill me"
@lucydecoutere
says of
#Ghomeshi
since enough people had seen them together at dinner.
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:53:34 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says "I knew that there was a chance that we might be intimate" but that she wasn't going to have sex with
#Ghomeshi
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:54:40 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says
#Ghomeshi
was trying to kiss her but it was "not the right time" and felt "chronologically forced"
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:55:08 PM
On an alleged dinner date DeCoutere testified
#Ghomeshi
said she'd have to contend with rumours that he was gay.
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:55:32 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
well-composed and confident on the stand as she speaks of alleged night with
#Ghomeshi
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:56:04 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says she can't remember if she kissed
#Ghomeshi
on the way back to his house.
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:56:36 PM
"He said I'd like to go back to my house and listen to music and just hold you." DeCoutere says it felt "forced" and "cheesy."
#Ghomeshi
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:58:14 PM
.
@lucydecoutere
says
#Ghomeshi
house was "perfect" "very together" and "tidy"
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:58:28 PM
DeCoutere testified
#Ghomeshi
tried to kiss her while walking to his house, she felt timing was off, says he gave her a tour of his home.
by
Christina Stevens
via
twitter
2/4/2016 4:59:37 PM
DeCoutere testifies
#Ghomeshi
gave her a tour of his house, showing her the inside of his closet. Shirts in coloured order.
#Ghomeshi
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:00:06 PM
"He started kissing me and then he took me by the throat and pushed me against the wall" DeCoutere says
#Ghomeshi
then slapped her 3 times
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:00:15 PM
"He hit me a couple of times, then was looking at me, then hit me again," Decoutere says, then
#Ghomeshi
allegedly stopped.
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:01:09 PM
DeCoutere says she was "totally surprised" by alleged slaps by
#Ghomeshi
and that he didn't say anything to her when it allegedly happened
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:08:43 PM
DeCoutere testifies
#Ghomeshi
hit her hard enough to get her attention but not hard enough to leave a mark.
#Ghomeshi
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:08:57 PM
DeCoutere says "it's impossible to consent to something you're not asked" so did not consent to alleged slaps, push by
#Ghomeshi
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:09:21 PM
"It's impossible to consent to something you're not asked," testified DeCoutere.
#Ghomeshi
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:09:31 PM
DeCoutere said she "did not have any idea how to react to what happened" when
#Ghomeshi
allegedly slapped her
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:10:08 PM
DeCoutere testifies
#Ghomeshi
slapped her 3 times and during it didn't say anything "I was totally surprised" and "bewildered"
by
Christina Stevens
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:10:54 PM
DeCoutere says she didn't leave or want to be "rude" after alleged attack, says she wanted to "placate the situation" with
#Ghomeshi
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:11:42 PM
DeCoutere says she didn't want to anger
#Ghomeshi
and says "it didn't feel sexual" and it wasn't very "passionate" didn't feel "fully safe"
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:12:37 PM
DeCoutere says the message she perceived from
#Ghomeshi
was "I could kill you or do some serious damage," wasn't sexual but "something else"
by
Adam Miller
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:13:52 PM
DeCoutere: "The hits, they didn't feel sexual. That's not what it was.". Cont....1/2
#Ghomeshi
by
Jennifer Tryon
via
twitter
2/4/2016 5:14:39 PM
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