Canadian journalist’s memoir accused of depicting sexual assault as consensual

Film-maker Zoe Greenberg says she raised concerns with Penguin Random House Canada over Leah McLaren’s bookA Canadian film-maker who was allegedly sexually assaulted as a teenager has accused the country’s largest book publisher of knowingly releasing a memoir by one of her alleged assailants that depicts the incident as consensual.In a 6 December post on Medium, Zoe Greenberg claimed she was subjected to a sexual assault in her youth. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2022-12-08 14:58:26 UTC ]

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