“We represent people who have committed heinous acts — acts of violence, acts of depravity, acts of cruelty,” she quipped. “Or as Jian Ghomeshi likes to call it, foreplay.”Ms Marie Henein, Jian Ghomeshi's own defense lawyer, speaking at the Ontario Criminal Lawyers’ Association Gala.
So, who exactly is this human buzzsaw?
At 50, she looks a decade younger, a vision in black chic perched on $1,500 leopard-patterned Louis Vuitton pumps. They turn out to be just one pair from a collection so notorious that Ontario’s former chief justice Warren Winkler once ribbed her, “So are you going to buy a car or a new pair of shoes?”As one might expect, she's no shrinking violet...
“The whole point,” says Henein’s former associate Margaret Bojanowska, “is to annihilate the witness, really.”And she doesn't trouble herself over what anyone else might think...
“I am not conflicted about being a strong feminist and what I do in court,” Henein bristles. “I just don’t feel a need to justify what I do or explain myself.”Here's a thought. Officer James Forcillo was convicted of attempted murder because he shot and killed an unstable, drug-fueled man brandishing a knife.
Former Liberal Attorney General Michael Bryant got off scot-free after killing an unarmed bicyclist with a car.
Maybe Forcillo just didn't have the right lawyer.
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UPDATE: Ghomeshi livestream - Wednesday February 10