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There was more dramatic fallout Thursday from the Ontario Conservative party’s leadership upheaval, as the party fired a firm whose lawyer publicly named and criticized one of former leader Patrick Brown’s sexual-misconduct accusers.

Joseph Villeneuve, who acted for the Tories in at least one court case, posted a number of comments and articles on Facebook questioning the credibility of a woman who says Brown forced himself on her when she was a teenager, and of the TV network that first reported the charges.

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Brown resigned over the issue, but has strenuously denied the accusations.

“I see a pattern of innuendo and allegations masquerading as truth despite no court proceedings!” Villeneuve wrote on Facebook this week.

He also made thinly veiled criticisms of the party he and his firm represented, saying people should demand Brown’s reinstatement as leader or else “do not vote PC.”