Open Letter to Toronto Mayor's Alleged Assaulter's Lawyer, Law Society and Toronto Star.
For your client to send an email to the media via the Toronto Star as reported by one Carys Mills an employee of the Star is itself far more inappropriate and unfortunate than any comments alleged by yourself to have been utter by the Mayor concerning your clients alleged and independently witnessed assault against the Mayor of Toronto.
It
is my opinion that your client's side of any story relating to her being
charged with assault has one place only to be heard and that is in the courts
and not through the media and I am sure that the law society would
overwhelmingly agree.
Therefore
as a lawyer and member of the law society, you must be fully cognizant of the
fact that it is not the Mayor, the media or any other citizen that allows Ms.
Everett to have her day and yours in the court in front of a judge to plead her
story or case.
It
has already been widely publicized in the media and not the courts that your
client is allegedly a creative and very intelligent person, according to one
Jesse LaFleur himself an alleged former high school acquaintance.
One
would conclude that in our civil society, whether your client has never been
involved with the police prior to this charge as reported by the media, a supposedly educated, intelligent or level headed individual would not find
herself or himself charged for assault against another human if they had full
control of their faculties?
Finally
this is all about your client’s credibility and perhaps those individuals who
might have witnessed the alleged assault and NOT the victim who in this case
apparently was the Mayor of Toronto.
To
quote, Justice J..E. Scanlan, “guilt or innocence is NOT based on rumours,
speculation or reputation. An accused is not tried in the media, courts or
public opinion based on what he/she may have done before rather the evidence to
the matter in issue”
In
my humble opinion as a mere mortal, lately unprofessional conduct be it by
lawyers, editorials, journalistic stories have unfortunately forgone any sense
of professionalism and basic human decency.
Perhaps it is because of their distinct motives based on their particular political ideologies and philosophies and to heck with the laws!
Perhaps it is because of their distinct motives based on their particular political ideologies and philosophies and to heck with the laws!
I
am not sure but it sure seems that way of late.
Warmest
regards,
Peter
Clarke
Well put Peter! :D
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