Breaking: Canadian abuse charity cuts ties with Q107 radio host John Derringer following verbal abuse allegations.
A Canadian charity that focuses on abuse awareness has cut ties with Q107 morning manafter his former co-hosts complained of years of verbal abuse. The annual fundraising campaign by Derringer and his show brought in more than $400,000 last year, the charity says.
Corus Entertainment said Tuesday that Derringer and his morning show have been taken off the air pending the results of an “external” investigation. The four former co-hosts have also complained that station managers and HR staff were told of the behaviour and did not properly address it. A Corus spokesperson has not addressed specific allegations raised by the Star, saying that decision is “out of respect for confidentiality and privacy of those involved and the formal process underway.
The radio morning man’s association with the charity began about 17 years ago, said Campbell, who had earlier founded the charity to raise awareness of all types of abuse. She met Derringer at a time she was lobbying against the practice of judges sentencing individuals convicted of sexually abusing children to house arrest.
Last December, on a Global TV spot featuring the charity, Derringer was interviewed about the importance of what the charity does, and he lauded Ellen Campbell for her work. “Ellen deals with some very very difficult situations and not everybody can do that. I couldn’t personally, I don’t think I have it in me. I don’t think most of us do. I think it takes a very special person to deal with people who have been to hell and back and to hold that person’s hand and bring them back.
Campbell said that when the association began with Derringer he was made a director of the charity for the first year, but after about a year he said it was too difficult to make board meetings due to his schedule. Then he was made an honorary director, but Campbell said he has not had that position for some time.
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