A former Afghan translator has sought $1.75 million from a federal employee and $1 million from the Government of Canada for punitive damages and mental anguish for her sexual and verbal assault.
Details of the case come after a former Afghan translator filed an indictment against a federal government employee at Global Affairs, and the employee is currently being criminally prosecuted in relation to the allegations in the lawsuit.
It is worth noting that this case is not the first against this federal employee, whose name is “Jalaluddin Ali,” who is 64 years old and a resident of Ottawa. He was charged with 11 charges, including multiple charges of sexual assault, sexual exploitation of a young man, assault, and threats. And blackmail.
It is noteworthy that the charges against the federal employee state that the former translator claims the federal employee "Jalaluddin Ali" sexually abused her multiple times between 2011 and 2013. The nature of the charges causes an automatic publication prohibition for her name.
Her legal lawsuit seeks about $1 million from the government of Canada for punitive damages, mental suffering and loss of future or previous economic profits in addition to $1.75 million from Ali.
According to the woman, she met Ali in Afghanistan's Camp Nathan Smith She claims he assisted her in arriving in Canada under an Afghan specific immigration scheme.
She says Ali started mistreating her right away after she arrived in Canada, when she was seventeen. She further claims that Ali intimidated her to persuade her not to publically discuss the abuse.
According to Ali's LinkedIn page, he worked for the Canadian International Development Agency as a technical advisor in Kandahar from 2009 to 2012 and has been employed in Global Affairs Canada for the past ten years. Ali's lawyers filed a defense memorandum rejecting the allegations included in the lawsuit.
According to court records, Ali was released on bail but was advised to turn in his passports, not be in the presence of any girl under the age of sixteen, and not contact the woman in issue, or any member of her family.
Ali's criminal attorney indicated that although it would be "inappropriate" to remark on the charges while they are before court, they will be "viguously defended".
Global Affairs was invited to provide comments and clarify whether Ali is still employed at the ministry. She hadn't responded by deadline, and Ali is expected to show up for court on May 28.