Has the defence been paying attention to the prosecution’s case? Maybe not, in it’s final submission, the Crown included a 10-page handwritten letter from Drabinsky to Poppell that indicated she was much more than a “friend.” If the contents of the letter are to be believed, Poppell was indeed in a deep and extramarital relationship with Drabinsky prior to him leaving his wife. According to the letter, the fact that Drabinsky had not left his wife was a source of much friction in their relationship. That, and the fact that Poppell refused to read Drabinsky’s book.

“Eckstein and Messina have not been sentenced,” the defence argues. If they provide ’substantial assistance’ in the prosection (ie, lie) they will not face any jail time for their crimes.

Messina has even more reasons to lie – $2.95 million reasons. That’s the amount of money she has been paid over the past decade working for Livent, the receiver handling the Livent bankruptcy as well as Stikeman Elliot, the lawfirm currently working on a $100 million civil suit againt Drabinsky and Gottlieb and a $450 million lawsuit against Deloitte and Touche – Livent’s old auditors and the firm Messina used to work for prior to joining Livent.