It is a transparent ducking of the real issues released just before a major holiday in hopes that he wouldn’t face any scrutiny over his response.” Five women, including four of his former pupils, came forward in January 2018 with allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour by the 43-year-old.... At the time, Franco said the allegations were “ not accurate ” but that he did not want to “ shut down ” people who “ did not have a voice ”.... The allegations in the lawsuit had referred to a “