Marc had been slated to receive a lifetime achievement award, with Jodie scheduled as a keynote speaker

Vice reports that rep for the Legalized Summit in Vancouver, B.C., tweeted that the Emerys had been uninvited from the event–set to take place in May 2019–“due to serious allegations of inappropriate sexual advances & sharing class A narcotics with minors.”

Marc had been slated to receive a lifetime achievement award, with Jodie scheduled as a keynote speaker.

The Emerys have been plagued by reports in recent weeks of sexual assault, harassment, and impropriety. Although rumours have followed Marc Emery for years, the most recent wave of allegations surfaced when freelance journalist Deidre Olsen started a Twitter thread detailing Emery‘s inappropriate behaviour towards her when she was 17.

https://twitter.com/DeidreLOlsen/status/1084661545169240064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1084661545169240064&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftoronto.citynews.ca%2F%3Fp%3D1934475

Emery is alleged to have given LSD and ecstasy to underage girls; created an environment of sexual harassment in the workplace at Cannabis Culture and Pot TV; and written diatribes describing how to coerce women into having unwanted anal sex, among many other consistent accusations.

Marc denies sexually harassing Olsen or others, although he has admitted that his past behaviour may have crossed a line.

“I can and have apologized, goodness knows I’ve said stupid things. But I’ve never done anything with a conscious intent to degrade or diminish anyone,” he wrote online. “There’s a stand-up comedian inside of me that is too anxious to shock, entertain as well as feed my own ego, which is a weakness I’m trying to correct.”

Marc’s estranged wife Jodie Emery, who has run Cannabis Culture for the last decade, is not accused of sexual impropriety. However, Marc’s statement that Jodie “told him to go in Feb. 2016” as a result of “offending her” with what he calls his “exhibitionism” suggests that Jodie was not unaware of the allegations.

Jodie Emery lashed out at Legalized Summit organizers on Twitter.

Marc was never part of this event. It was only me. You are lying.



This is a false comment, based on false allegations. I’m grateful to not be included in this event, as I refuse to be involved in any way with liars. — Jodie Emery (@JodieEmery) January 30, 2019

“Marc was never part of this event. It was only me. You are lying. This is a false comment, based on false allegations. I’m grateful to not be included in this event, as I refuse to be involved in any way with liars,” Jodie EmeryLisa Campbell, with whom she clashed earlier this year, for their ousting from the event.

“Lisa Campbell was involved with the decision. She’s part of the event, which @vicecanada did not note in the newest hit piece. She tells people nonstop to distance themselves from (and damage the reputation of) me, CC and/or Marc, or face damage from false allegations themselves.”

Earlier this week, Marc was removed as a speaker from a conference in Argentina scheduled for February 4, where he was set to discuss “Cannabis and its uses, regulation and activism.”