From: brewnoserii@gmail.com   
      
   The Crown is trying to save face by withdrawing its charges for Ghomeshi's   
   next trial - slated for June.  They don't have enough evidence - or   
   credibility in their complainant - to proceed, so they're now trying to make   
   it look like they need a '   
   commitment' from Jian before they withdraw those charges.   
      
   They're asking for a peace bond (!) to be signed by Ghomeshi to stay away from   
   the woman who filed the criminal complaint.  Are we kidding here?  Has he   
   shown any impulse to contact *any* of the women who've accused him of the   
   bullshit assaults that    
   never happened?   
      
   And from my recollection, this particular one, who was a co-worker at CBC, has   
   long left CBC and is now somewhere in southern United States working for   
   another company.   
      
   Like we saw from the interview of Jesse Brown, she had never filed a formal   
   complaint against Ghomeshi when the alleged 'sexually explicit' whispering had   
   taken place.  Without a formal complaint, CBC was not obliged to follow   
   through on any kind of    
   investigation.     
      
   The Crown knows this . . .  they also know that puts them in a very foolish   
   position to move forward into a trial of Ghomeshi.  They want out - but they   
   also want to save face by withdrawing charges against him, so they want to   
   make it look like he has    
   to be 'restrained' from contacting the lying woman by asking him to sign a   
   peace bond.   
      
   If Marie Heinen is as smart as she has so far proven to be, she will advise   
   Ghomeshi to sit tight . . . . let the Crown decide without any kind of   
   bullshit 'peace bond' whether they have enough to proceed - or not.  A peace   
   bond would make it seem as if    
   Ghomeshi is some kind of stalker or obsessive - which he's proven very clearly   
   he's not.  He is the one who walked away from the women who accused him - not   
   the other way around.   
      
   Don't sign any peace bond, Jian.  You've suffered enough damage to your   
   reputation through bullshit and lies by your complainants.  Let this one twist   
   and turn, along with the incompetent Crown lawyers, in deciding whether to   
   proceed or not.  Or make    
   sure that signing any such bond has the condition that it no way impedes your   
   option to take action against any of the complainants or the CBC.   
      
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   The Canadian Press - Monday, May 9, 2016   
      
      
   Ghomeshi won't face second sex assault trial   
      
      
   TORONTO -- A sexual assault charge laid against former CBC radio star Jian   
   Ghomeshi is expected to be withdrawn Wednesday, a source has told The Canadian   
   Press.   
      
   In exchange, Ghomeshi will first have to sign a peace bond.      (¬‿¬)凸   
      
   The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the   
   arrangement means Ghomeshi won't have to face a trial that had been scheduled   
   to start on June 6.   
      
   Instead, the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General was to announce on   
   Tuesday that the case had been brought forward to Wednesday.   
      
   The source confirmed a Postmedia report that Ghomeshi is slated to appear at   
   Ontario Court of Justice to sign the peace bond -- a Criminal Code provision   
   most commonly applied in domestic disputes.   
      
   Ghomeshi's defence lawyer and the Ministry of the Attorney General did not   
   immediately respond to requests for comment on the matter.   
      
   The trial would have been the second faced by the former host of "Q."  The   
   first trial ended in March with his acquittal on all charges: sexual assault   
   and choking related to three complainants -- including actress Lucy Decoutere,   
   the only one who agreed    
   to be identified publicly.   
      
   The trial and not-guilty verdicts -- Judge William Horkins said he simply did   
   not find the complainants credible -- sparked an emotional and at times angry   
   debate across the country about how the justice system treats sexual assault   
   complainants.   
      
   Those complaints related to events that allegedly took place in 2003.   
      
   The charge related to the June trial involved a former CBC employee who   
   alleged he had sexually assaulted her in 2008.  The woman's identity is   
   protected by a publication ban. Ghomeshi had pleaded not guilty to that charge.   
      
   Under Section 810 of the Criminal Code, a person can enter a peace bond or   
   recognizance in which they agree to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.    
   The bond can be for up to a year. It's not clear what specific conditions   
   might be imposed on    
   Ghomeshi, who has been on bail throughout.   
      
   If no further incidents occur during that period, the bond expires and the   
   legal proceedings end.   
      
   Normally, a justice of the peace hears evidence from both sides before   
   requiring the peace bond be signed.   
      
   They are frequently used in domestic disputes or other cases where the   
   authorities feel obliged to respond to a complaint but may not be sure that a   
   criminal offence has occurred or might occur.   
      
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