Supreme Court rejects Quebec womans attempt to sue comedian who mocked her son [Video]

Canada’s highest court has put an end to a 12-year legal saga that pitted comedian Mike Ward against the family of a disabled Quebec singer whom he mocked in his routines.

The Supreme Court of Canada today rejected a request to hear an appeal by Sylvie Gabriel, who had been seeking to reverse a lower court decision that dismissed her lawsuit seeking compensation from Ward over his mockery of her son, Jérémy Gabriel.

As usual, the court did not publish the reasoning behind its decision; however, lower courts had dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the deadline to file legal action had passed.

Jérémy Gabriel, who has Treacher Collins syndrome — a congenital disorder characterized by skull and facial deformities — became a celebrity in Quebec as a teenager after he appeared alongside Celine Dion and the Pope.