Recently, a military judge, presiding over a court marital, found a soldier not guilty of sexual assault. The complainant alleged that she was assaulted in a Toronto hotel room. In ordering the case dismissed, the judge noted problems with the woman’s account, including that she willingly attended a strip club with the accused, despite claiming to have been sexually assaulted by him earlier.

This acquittal comes in the wake of a spate of other high-profile acquittals, including that of three Toronto police officers accused of rape and related charges last year. In that case, the trial judge concluded that the “believe the victim” campaign, part of the broader #meToo movement, has no place in the courts because it deprives the accused of the presumption of innocence. While critical of stereotypes invoked by the defence, such as suggesting that the complainant was dressed in immodest clothing, the trial judge was left in reasonable doubt by various implausibilities in the complainant’s story as well as pictures showing that she was not too intoxicated to consent.

Before that, there was the 2016 acquittal of Jian Ghomeshi. In that case, the credibility of the complainants was vigorously challenged by the defence, who brought out that some of the women had continued contact with Ghomeshi after the alleged assaults, and had sent selfies to him. One of the women sent him a picture of herself in a bikini as well as an email complimenting him on his show and including her own cellphone number.

All of these cases demonstrate how crucial it is to vigorously fight false sexual assault allegations. The #meToo movement has only grown stronger and it is important to hire the right lawyer to defend you. The consequences are too serious to do otherwise.

We are getting phone calls like this “Hello, I have been wrongly accused …” And we are commonly asked, “Who is the best lawyer for sexual assault crime”. Sexual assault is a broad offence that can range from uninvited sexual touching to a brutal rape. The right lawyer to defend sexual assault allegations is the one who will knows the law and will turn over every rock, investigate all possible witnesses, and pursue every avenue of defence to either convince the prosecutor to drop the charges, or secure a “not guilty” verdict. No lawyer can guarantee an acquittal, but if you retain us, we can guarantee that we will bring every resource to the table to fight for you.