Overview
- Steven Galloway has testified in his B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial that the three sexual‑assault incidents alleged by the woman known as A.B. are false or mischaracterized.
- A.B.’s lawyer has amended her statement of defence to withdraw any explicit assertion that Galloway sexually assaulted her and has removed defences of justification and fair comment without admitting the claims were false.
- Galloway told the court he was “floored” by emails disclosed in earlier arbitration and the litigation that described him as a violent predator, including one sent to the UBC president that was copied to a CBC journalist.
- Multiple defendants named in the original 2018 lawsuit have since settled with Galloway and issued apologies, narrowing the live dispute to A.B. and a small number of remaining parties.
- The trial is now focused on documentary evidence, the legal effect of withdrawn defences versus a formal finding of falsity, and requests over sealing and publication bans that could limit what the public learns next.