Defamation trial for ex-UBC professor Galloway: defendant issues apology

Chelsea Rooney apologizes to former UBC professor Steven Galloway days before a B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial is set to begin Monday.

Rooney apologizes to Galloway ahead of B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial

One of the defendants in a B.C. Supreme Court defamation case involving former University of British Columbia writing professor Steven Galloway has issued a lengthy public apology, just days before the trial is set to begin Monday, vancouver.citynews.ca reports.

Chelsea Rooney says she circulated serious and unproven allegations against Galloway and was involved in collecting complaints in an effort to build a case against him. Her apology appears in the National Post and is also published on the website gallowayapologies.com, where eight other individuals have posted statements expressing regret over communications or actions that accused Galloway of sexual assault.

Rooney acknowledges that the communications she distributed led others to believe the allegations were true. She also states she is aware Galloway firmly denies having sexually assaulted a student known only as A.B.

Galloway was never criminally charged. He was dismissed from his position at UBC, but a report commissioned by the university and authored by retired B.C. Supreme Court judge Mary Ellen Boyd concluded the claims against him were unsubstantiated.

The path to trial was cleared in 2024, when the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by Galloway's accusers of a B.C. appeal court ruling that had favoured Galloway.

Source: Google News CA — Crime (EN)