A retired police detective involved in the arrest 20 years ago of the husband of Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, expressed his dismay at Munro's reaction when she learned her husband would be charged for sexually assaulting her daughter. The detective recalled Munro's anger and defense of her husband, despite the accusations made by her daughter.
Munro's daughter, Andrea Robin Skinner, revealed in an essay that she was sexually assaulted by Munro's second husband, Gerard Fremlin, at the age of 9. Skinner detailed ongoing abuse and harassment by Fremlin, which she disclosed to her mother in her 20s. Munro, who left Fremlin briefly but returned to him until his death in 2013, was criticized for not taking action to protect her daughter.
