{
  "id": 15829862,
  "title": "Galloway defamation trial hears of ‘inflated and outrageous’ email rhetoric",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/galloway-defamation-trial-hears-of-inflated-and-outrageous-email-15829862",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T20:52:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/20/galloway-defamation-trial-hears-of-inflated-and-outrageous-email-rhetoric/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial, former UBC professor Steven Galloway faced allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. A former creative writing student, Cara Woodruff, testified that she received an email from Chelsea Rooney, a fellow student investigating the allegations, in November 2015. Woodruff described the email as containing \"inflated and outrageous\" rhetoric and expressed her shock and horror at its content. Rooney had been collecting complaints against Galloway, allegedly on behalf of a woman known only as A.B. Woodruff was unaware of the alleged sexual assault and had urged Rooney to report the allegations to the police. Rooney later issued a public apology, acknowledging that her conduct was \"serious and harmful\" and expressing regret for contributing to Galloway's suffering. A.B. is not present in the trial and has not testified that the allegations against Galloway are true. Galloway, a tenured professor and the chair of the creative writing program at UBC, was fired from his position following the allegations.",
  "summary": "VANCOUVER — A former creative writing student told a B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial that she was \"shocked\" and \"horrified\" at language used in a mass email by a fellow student who was investigating misconduct allegations against author and former UBC professor Steven Galloway.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Galloway defamation trial hears of ‘inflated and outrageous’ email rhetoric",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/galloway-defamation-trial-hears-of-inflated-and-outrageous-email",
        "published": "2026-10-20T20:52:55.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}