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The complainant said Howarth was an assistant fight director who worked under the show’s lead fight director to choreograph combat scenes and make sure they were safe and realistic.
Howarth and the complainant first met in 2006 during a production at the Citadel Theatre. Postmedia is not naming the play to protect the identity of the woman, which is under a publication ban.Article content In her testimony, the complainant said Howarth singled her out for attention, sitting with her on breaks and engaging her in deep conversations about her career aspirations and family trauma.
They also disagreed on when and how the sexual part of their relationship began. The woman said Howarth brought her to a motel on Gateway Boulevard after lunch one day, and that she was shocked and flattered when he kissed her and touched her thigh before taking her inside. “We talked about it a lot and she would reassure me and say, ‘I know what I’m doing, I make my own choices. This is what I want,'” he said. “Later on in our relationship she would say, ‘I was always taught to make my own mistakes, but this isn’t a mistake, and we’re not doing anything wrong.’ I said, ‘I’m cheating and that’s wrong,’ and she said, ‘But you deserve some happiness.’ I felt really reassured by that.
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