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The Marsden-Donnelly harassment case occurred in 1997, when Rachel Marsden, a student at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in 1997, accused swim coach Liam Donnelly of raping her the previous September. The case became a cause celebre in Canadian media because of the salaciousness of the details, the topicality of sexual harassment, and the procedures for investigating it. The case led to the resignation of SFU President John Stubbs.
Early Contact
Liam Donnelly and Rachel Marsden first met in 1990 at New Westminster’s Hyack swim club. Donnelly was a coach there and Marsden, a teenager, was a swimmer.Marsden refused to do one particular workout; Donnelly relegated Marsden to a less competitive category; Marsdens' parents hired a lawyer in an attempt to have the decision reversed; in the end Marsden left the club. Hyack staff later recalled that Marsden had an unhealthy crush on Mr. Donnelly at the time.
In 1993, Marsden began as a student as Simon Fraser University and tried out for the university swim team. Donnelly was head coach. She quit after a few weeks, saying competition would interfere with her studies." But she did not stay away, instead she studied in a carrell overlooking the pool.
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- "Fired swim coach to seek arbitration Simon Fraser won't change its decision after sexual harassment charge countered", The Globe and Mail, 2 June 1997, C11
- "He says, she says", CTV Television, Inc., W5, November 18, 1997 22:01:50 - 22:15:50 Eastern Time (archived here); "Simon Fraser University’s sinking credibility: a harassment scandal focuses attention on the university’s 'kangaroo court'", British Columbia Report, vol. 8(44) je 30′97 (June 30, 1997), pg 31
- Derek DeCloet, "An improbable 'balance of probabilities', Alberta Report, v. 24 (34), August 4, 1997, pg 36-37
- "He says, she says", CTV Television, Inc., W5, November 18, 1997 22:01:50 - 22:15:50 Eastern Time (archived here)