Thread by @christophelston

I’m at the Vancouver courthouse waiting for the judge to arrive.

This is regarding the father who has been jailed because he opposed the medical transition of his 14-year-old daughter. He also refused to follow a ridiculous gag order prohibiting him from speaking. Stay tuned.

The father, who we can only name as C.D., has reached a plea agreement with Crown Counsel to be released from jail and to be credited with time served.

One of the issues today is to determine whether or not the judge will allow his criminal record to be removed after 18 months.

The judge has accepted the plea bargain.

Crown wants to read an impact statement from the daughter, A.B.

C.D.’s lawyer questions the legitimacy of such a statement. Who knows who actually wrote the statement or coached the daughter through it?

Crown is trying to say that there are still videos and websites online which name the doctor and the daughter and this is somehow C.D.’s problem.

Sorry Crown, but you’re never going to silence everyone in the world. C.D. has fulfilled his obligation to remove identifying info.

Crown and the judge can’t agree on the specifics of what the publication ban was in February, 2020.

This is getting strange.

Crown is going through each and every breach from an interview given to @ErinBrewerin last year.

Crown is now going through other videos that were made.

A VPD officer visited his Go Get Funding page where a video was posted, and that was the basis for his arrest warrant.

VPD are doing a great job getting hard criminals off the street. 🙄

The judge is angry that a disclosure document naming all of the healthcare providers made it on to a Mass Resistance website, and that document is still accessible.

That website has made it clear that they have no intention of taking the document down.

Correction from earlier: the judge has accepted the proposal of the plea, but is going to hammer out these issues before he decides to accept it or not.

It doesn’t look great for C.D. getting out of jail today. This trial was scheduled for 4 days and they’re taking their time.

We’re on a break. This judge is not happy and he’s stated he’s not handing down a sentence today. Crown is pushing for 45 days in jail.

There are new submissions that Crown is making as well which we have no idea about as of yet.

https://twitter.com/christophelston/status/1382038669024849921

Crown is giving a long dramatic speech about how terrible it is to breach a court order. He even invoked the ‘dark ages’ to make his point.

Lovely soliloquy, Crown Counsel, but cry harder. This father was powerless to stop his daughter from coming to unnecessary medical harm.

Crown is pointing out how this guilty plea will not result in a traditional criminal record because breach of the court order is not an indictable offence.

I’ll let legal minds try to explain that one.

C.D.’s lawyer wants a conditional discharge after probation.

Crown says it’s ‘against the public interest’ to allow a discharge in this case.

We’re on a lunch break and I have to go soon — daddy duty calls — but I’ll be back tomorrow to continue updating.