On the other hand, as Christie Blatchford pointed out in the Post last night, a criminal complaint would likely provide them with greater protection from such attacks (as a result of
the inevitable publication ban on the name of the victims) then the mess that's playing out now — I assume they will be named in Mr. Ghomeshi's civil suit.
Last fall, in a bid to forestall the
inevitable glare on Ghomeshi's four accusers, Gillian Hnatiw, the Toronto lawyer representing Lucy DeCoutere (the only complainant to request not to have a
publication ban on her name) issued a statement: «Fundamentally, the case is about the alleged behaviour of Mr. Ghomeshi,» it read in part.