Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy said she could not rely on the complainant’s testimony, which she found inconsistent, implausible at times and contradicted by – on the key issue of her capacity to consent – video recordings and a toxicologist. “Although the slogan ‘Believe the victim’ has become popularized of late, it has no place in a criminal trial,”
Justice Anne Molloy, who presided over the case, said in her ruling that the rising movement to ‘believe the victim’ has no place in the courts
Source: ‘Believe the victim’ has no place in courts, judge says in sexual assault ruling