Fall from Grace: What's happening to our Heroes?

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I don't know what to say. It's happened again. Another one of my heroes has fallen from grace.

First it was Lance Armstrong. The ultimate comeback story. Having survived testicular cancer that very nearly cost him his life, he went on to win cycling's greatest, most gruelling race, the Tour de France. Not once, but an astounding seven times. A feat unmatched in history.

This achievement was marred, however, by the fact that he cheated. He took performance enhancing drugs which his team knew about and covered up. Along the way he ruined the lives and reputations of many who sought to expose him. A liar, a cheat and a fraud.

The next person I looked up to and admired who's fallen from grace is former CBC radio personality, Jian Ghomeshi. I had been a regular listener to his CBC Radio One program "Q" for a couple of years now.

It's a talk program where Jian interviewed many well known personalities from actors, to authors, to musicians and everything in between. He was always so well spoken, insightful and intelligent.

Then the bombshell... CBC announced it was cutting ties with Ghomeshi. They fired him from the very show he co-founded. It turns out that they had information on his sexual practices that they found unseemly we'll say.

On his Facebook page, Ghomeshi fired back by saying that he did partake in BDSM (bondage, domination, submission and masochism), but that it was all consensual (contrary on to what he was accused of).

He said a jilted ex-lover was trying to get back at him and that he should not have been let go. He threatened to and made good on his promise to sue the CBC for $55 million.

I, for one (along with many others), supported him initially. I took his word above his three anonymous accusers. That was until more and more women came forward and said he attacked them without their consent.

As well, some of his accusers chose to shed the cloak of anonymity and go public with their claims, unafraid of the possible repercussions of being publicly attacked by his supporters. They put a face to his victims and gave more credibility to their claims.

The full story has yet to be played out. But, at this point, things don't look good for Ghomeshi. I feel saddened, disappointed and betrayed.

To his victims - I hope you recover from your trauma. I hope you find justice for the pain and hurt he caused you. There is no happy ending here. For anyone.