The girlfriend of Patrick Brown defends the former leader of the progressive conservatives of Ontario

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On Wednesday 21 February 2018 16:22

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On Wednesday 21 February 2018 16:27

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The girlfriend of the former head of the progressive conservative Party of Ontario and candidate for his own succession, Patrick Brown, denounced the media’s treatment of allegations of sexual harassment of which he is the subject.

“The media have abused,” said Genevieve Gualtieri, 23 years old, during an exchange of messages with the “Toronto Star”. The young woman described the politician as “one of the most respectful, decent and concerned” that she knows.

According to the daily toronto, Genevieve Gualtieri has worked as an intern to Patrick Brown while he was a conservative mp in Ottawa. She had moved to Toronto two weeks after he had been chosen leader of the progressive conservative Party of Ontario, in 2015.

Patrick Brown has resigned from his post at the end of January, in the wake of the broadcast of a news report from CTV News featuring the testimonies of two women accusing a politician of sexual assault. The ex-leader of the conservatives has denied these allegations calling the report “fabricated” and argued that it would continue to CTV News.

One of the two alleged victims, who claimed that she was minor at the time of the event that it was alleged that Patrick Brown has since changed his version of the facts to indicate it was major. However, the two women repeated their allegations, CTV News has maintained its version of the facts.

Patrick Brown has launched, last Sunday, his campaign to his own succession. The progressive conservative Party of Ontario needs to choose its leader on 10 march, in advance of the provincial elections of June 2018.