Unpublished Newswire
A former Olympic hopeful who alleges she was raped in July 2024 by one of her fellow sailing competitors has launched a lawsuit aimed at the governing bodies of the sport, seeking $9 million in damages.
The woman, who was 21 at the time of the alleged sexual assault in Halifax, names Sail Canada, Sail Nova Scotia, and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, as well as several individuals within those organizations, as defendants in her statement of claim filed at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston.
“She’s not actually suing for the assault because then it gets into...
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September 24, 2025 - 17:35 | | The Globe and Mail
A woman in British Columbia is accusing three sailing organizations and several of their employees of failing to act when she reported being sexually assaulted by a fellow sailor.
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