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Supreme Court guidelines writer’s mockery of song with disabilities was not unfair
Oct. 29, 2021: Supreme Court rules comedian’s mockery of singer with disabilities was not discriminatory &# 13,
– Oct 29, 2021
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The 12-year legal epic that pitted comedian Mike Ward against the home of a crippled Quebec singer who he mocked in his exercises has been overturned by Canada’s highest judge. Sylvie Gabriel had been asking the Supreme Court of Canada to speak her appeal after a lower court ruling that dismissed her petition seeking compensation from Ward for his mockery of her brother, Jérémy Gabriel, was rejected today. The judge did not publish the logic behind its ruling as usual, but lower courts had dismissed the complaint on the grounds that the deadline to file legal actions had passed. Jérémy Gabriel, who has Treacher Collins syndrome, a hereditary condition characterized by bones and visual defects, rose to fame as a girl after appearing alongside Celine Dion and the Pope. Trending Then
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In his performance between 2010 and 2013, Ward mocked Gabriel, joking at one point that he believed the teen’s illness was end and that people were just kind to him because he would soon pass away. What began as a 2012 animal rights issue by Gabriel, eventually made its way to the Supreme Court, which found in 2021 that Ward’s disparaging remarks did not amount to prejudice under Quebec’s right contract.
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