A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sexual predator.
Montreal musician Frederik Durand, who performs under the name Snails, has been awarded $1.5 million in a defamation lawsuit against a California Instagrammer who posted allegations of sexual impropriety. Snails, the alias of Montreal DJ and producer Frederic Durand, is seen in an undated publicity handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Frederik Durand,CALGARY - A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta“It was terrible.
“All the material was aimed at branding Mr. Durand a criminal and sexual predator who engaged in sexual misconduct ranging from non-consensual intercourse to unwanted advances, including towards minors,” Edmonton Court of King's Bench Justice Nicholas Devlin wrote in a Feb. 26 judgment. Devlin noted Durand kept voluminous electronic data records to prove his case while Higgins, while protesting having the matter heard in Alberta, otherwise did not offer a defence.
“The Me Too movement has served a salutary and long overdue purpose in bringing the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment to the forefront of public attention,” Devlin said.“This to me was the right result in this case, one hundred per cent. Based on what I was able to see … objectively from the record provided me. It was persuasive that he was essentially victimized,” said Lew in an interview.
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