A “high profile” child pornography suspect was just granted a “conditional discharge” by the courts, according numerous vague reports in the Canadian media. Because of the quaint opaqueness of Canadian law, neither the victim nor the accused have been named.
Anonymous, however, seems to have an agenda outside the bonds which bind the mainstream Canadian press. Members of this stand-alone complex have been investigating the case ever since Warren Kinsella demanded their assistance in April of 2013. The results of their research have now been posted to the text-sharing site Pastebin.
Specifically, in addition to identifying Rehtaeh Parsons as the victim of a heinous assault, they name one Cole Shippien as the photographer. Also accused of sexual assault are Kyle Brimicombe, Cody Allen Gosbee and Cole’s younger brother Hunter Shippien. In addition, the document lists several other suspects who were ruled out over the course of the investigation, along with further “dox” information and evidence.
Of course, the probative value of information gleaned from anonymous sources is almost always zero. All reporting on the court case recently concluded has been so heavily redacted that we can’t know if it’s even related to Parsons’ tragedy at all. That said, however, given the current push towards an open dialog surrounding sexual assault in Canada, and whereas Rehtaeh is dead and unable to seek recompense at her own behest, and whereas even her own parents are barred from publishing her name, by a law ostensibly enacted in her honour, our moral duty to act as her voice overrides our possible proscribed duty under statute to shut the fuck up and not talk about it.
Are these boys actually guilty? Are they even related to the proceedings that just concluded? We have no idea. Perhaps journalists in Canada should stop hiding behind the law, and ask them.
“We speak for the dead,
to protect the living.”
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