As part of the settlement agreement, the Calgary Stampede apologized to the dozens of men who were sexually abused and bullied when they were children performing in the festival’s glitzy evening show
performing in the festival’s glitzy evening show, ending years of legal wrangling as a judge approved a $9.5-million settlement package on Friday.
The men involved in the class action accused the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd. and the Calgary Stampede Foundation of failing to protect them when they were members of the Young Canadians, the song-and-dance troupe best known for starring in the Grandstand Show during the 10-day festival. Philip Heerema was sentenced in 2018 to 10 years in prison for sexually exploitive acts related to six former Young Canadians.
“We appreciate that this does not right the wrongs endured by the class members,” Cory Ryan, a lawyer for the Stampede, said in court. “The Stampede defendants are deeply sorry for the harms endured by the class members. Stampede acknowledge that we failed class members in accepting responsibility for the harms suffered.”
However, when a man, identified in court documents as R.S., detailed his experience with Mr. Heerema, the answer crystalized, Mr. Cowley said. R.S., in documents filed in 2022, alleged he told the Grandstand Show’s top executive in 1988 that Mr. Heerema molested him. R.S. said he told the executive that Mr. Heerema should be kept away from children.
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