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Steven Galloway Defamation Trial Resumes After Email Admission

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  • Canadian author Steven Galloway faces a B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial over alleged harassment.
  • A.B. first reported the alleged harassment to UBC security in July 2013.
  • Security officer Stephen Bohnen testified Galloway offered A.B. scotch and sexual invitations.
  • UBC suspended Galloway in November 2015 and dismissed him in 2016 after a judge found harassment.
  • A.B. withdrew truth and fair-comment defenses and admitted falsifying a 2015 email claiming CBC vetted her allegations.