Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp.: Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee President And CEO John Furlong

Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong Dept: VANCOUVER - Three defendants being sued by former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong over a September 2012 newspaper article that accused him of abusing students more than 40 years ago have filed court papers defending their work, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Georgia Straight publisher Daniel McLeod, editor Charlie Smith and Vancouver Free Press Publishing Corp. state in their response to a civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday that the article was not defamatory or even capable of being defamatory and former Vancouver Olympic organizing committee president and CEO John Furlong reads a statement in Vancouver on September 27, 2012. Three defendants being sued by Furlong over a September 2012 newspaper article that accused him of abusing students more than 40 years have filed court papers defending their work.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck The story in question, published Sept. 27, 2012 in the Georgia Straight, quoted eight former students who alleged Furlong was physically and verbally abusive while he was a volunteer teacher in northern B.C. in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.