The Canada Brief

Canada · 6 d ago

The Law Courts, Vancouver

Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Publisher says Steven Galloway's career vanished after assault claims

Publisher Louise Dennys told a Vancouver court that speaking engagements and sales for the author disappeared "almost overnight" after unproven sexual assault allegations. Galloway denies the allegations.

"It was extraordinary and I had not seen that before ever."

— Louise Dennys, publisher

What we know

  • A former judge found the claims unsubstantiated
  • The accuser's name is under a publication ban

Not yet

  • The outcome of the defamation trial

Galloway is suing his accuser, a former UBC student, for defamation. A former judge found her claims unsubstantiated, and the trial continues.