the concerned journalist comes out of her silence

Journalist at 18-year-old charge of badual misconduct against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released silence Friday through a statement sent to CBC, to confirm the facts described at the time. An unsigned article from a local newspaper, which recently resurfaced, accused Justin Trudeau, then 28, of political responsibility in 2000, of "groping" a journalist at a music festival in Creston. , in British Columbia, in western Canada. "The incident mentioned in the article has taken place," confirms the journalist concerned, Rose Knight, in a statement "reluctantly written in response to increasing media pressure" of recent weeks.

The text, published at the time in the "Creston Valley Advance", did not name the journalist and did not give any other details about the gestures or reproaches to Justin Trudeau. He also claimed that he apologized saying that he would have been more cautious had he known that the journalist was working for a national newspaper. "Mr. Trudeau apologized the next day. I did not respond to this incident at the time and will not give it further, "adds the former journalist. "The debate, if it continues, will continue without me".

Justin Trudeau: "I do not feel I have acted inappropriately at all"

Justin Trudeau reacted publicly for the first time to this accusation last Sunday during a visit to Regina (Saskatchewan) on the occasion of Canada's National Day. "I remember that day in Creston (…). I had a good day that day. I have no memory of any negative interaction, "he said. "I do not feel that I have acted inappropriately, but I respect the fact that someone else has been able to live this way differently," Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

The Canadian Prime Minister often describes himself as a "feminist". When he came to power, he formed a government with as many women as men and adopted a policy of zero tolerance for badual aggression in his party or government.

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