Marie Henein - Wikipedia
Notable cases
In 1998, with Greenspan, Henein defended former
Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan on sexual-misconduct charges. The Supreme Court of Canada denied Regan's appeal, but he was ultimately acquitted of all charges.
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In her first case at her own firm, Henein defended Daniel Weiz, who was one of the young men charged in the 1999 death by beating of Toronto teen Dmitri Baranovski. Weiz was acquitted of all charges.
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In 2008, Henein defended hockey agent
David Frost, who was acquitted of the charges of sexual exploitation.
[5] Frost called her "my shark."
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Henein represented Marvin Sazant, a Toronto doctor accused of tying up several young boys and repeatedly forcing sex on them. In 2009 the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario revoked Sazant's licence "concluding that in three of the four cases, the allegations had been proved".
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In 2009, Henein represented Bradley Harrison at the Supreme Court of Canada. The charges of possession of 35 kilograms of cocaine (worth about $4 million) were dropped.[5]
Henein represented former Ontario attorney general Michael Bryant after he was charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death for dragging a man with his car causing his death after a collision when the cyclist he struck became enraged. On May 25, 2010, all charges against Bryant were withdrawn.[8][11] Bryant said she "seemed to channel Hannibal Lecter."[4]
In 2011 Henein's client John Magno received a twelve-year sentence in connection with an arson resulting in a death and
one of the largest fires in Toronto's history "forcing the evacuation of 50 nearby homes on Danforth Avenue and requiring the services of more than 170 firefighters."
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In November 2014, former CBC radio host
Jian Ghomeshi hired Henein to defend him.
[14][4] He was charged in four cases of sexual assault and one case of choking a woman.
The first trial of Ghomeshi began on February 1, 2016.
[15] The trial lasted eight days.
[16] On 24 March 2016, the judge delivered the verdict. Ghomeshi was acquitted of all charges, on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to establish proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Henein represented
Mark Norman during his trial for Breach of Trust, a charge that was eventually stayed on May 9, 2019.
She's like the female Cochran