When Q first started I was favourably disposed because I loved Moxy Fruvous however part way through the first show I listened to I turned it off because all I could hear was the falseness to his charm and a nauseating narcissism.
I recall when he used to sub for Shelagh Rogers on Sounds Like Canada. At that point it was kind of refreshing, because Shelagh just seemed phony (forced happiness, I think -- turns out she was suffering from depression -- I felt kinda bad upon learning that. Anyway, when I heard her later on a literary show I felt she sounded fine since she was no longer the fake happy happy joy joy persona she had been). Mind you, Ghomeshi would start the Sounds Like Canada show by playing the Talking Heads or Bowie, which had squat to do with Canada. So, an early sign of self-obsessed smarm that led me to find him annoying by the time he began Q. Regardless, I was surprised upon learning of his firing. But unlike others who, after his odd FB post, initially jumped to defend him and castigate the CBC as a bunch of stodgy old suits, I figured that there must be something serious given both his star status and his being a union employee. Also to me his Facebook post was just weird.
Hopefully he'll be found guilty. From his FB post, the CBC reports that 'He alleges that a "jilted ex" had launched a smear campaign against him, claiming that their "adventurous forms of sex" were not consensual, something that he disputes.' So, Heinen has tried to create a reasonable doubt about the claim of lack of consent. I went through the postings from the trial, and I don't think that Heinen has created a reasonable doubt. To me the description of the shock of the violence the complainants unexpectedly encountered from him is not shaken by some of the contradictions of after-the-fact encounters (as seen from email/letter) with what was told to the police. The basis of the complainants' stories of the shock of the unexpected assaults, despite any actions or rationalization after the fact, still remains. In LD's case, this will be further bolstered by the additional witness. Now, I ain't no lawyer (thank god!) so I dunno, but I do know that in my own little private parallel universe, he's guilty! No question.