N.S. Liberals accused of turning their back on ex-staffer after domestic assault
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is staying mum after a former staffer says the Liberals turned their back on her when she was assaulted by another party staffer — her partner.
In an interview with The Coast newspaper, Michelle Coffin spoke in detail about a 2014 assault at the hands of the premier’s former communications director, Kyley Harris, her then-boyfriend.
Once a Liberal insider who had herself held the top communications job, Coffin says the party turned its back on her when the domestic violence case came to light.
Coffin confirmed her account in The Coast to The Canadian Press on Thursday but declined to comment further.