Blanchet denies anonymous sexual misconduct allegations, but damage is done

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has vigorously denied the allegations and challenged his accuser to go to the police so charges can be tested in a court of law.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, pictured in Hull on Aug. 8, 2019, denied sexual misconduct allegations last week posted on social media alleging an incident from 1999. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

July 20, 2020

OTTAWA—Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is the latest victim of social media internet justice. Twenty-one-year-old anonymous allegations surfaced last week against Blanchet, accusing him of "sexual misconduct" in 1999 in a biker bar bathroom in Montreal, at an after-party for a roc...

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