Its release follows Terfry’s dramatic Facebook confession this past April, where he posted then deleted a cryptic apology to “good people” he had hurt, lied to and manipulated. Terfry has discussed this post frequently in promotional interviews about his book.

Several women who believe themselves to be among the “good people” Terfry was apologizing to have come forward to CANADALAND, and have provided documentation of their involvement with Terfry.

They each tell CANADALAND that Terfry told them a very similar story to the account found in his book. They say he presented to them, as fact, an account of being jailed for weeks by police in Paris following a false assault accusation from a vengeful female admirer.

As we wrote earlier this week, if Terfry’s story is true in any way and he has indeed been accused of assault, we’d like to get the woman’s side of it.

CANADALAND first reached out to Terfry with questions in April. We received no response. We asked again last week, seeking comment through his editor, his management, and Terfry directly. We received no response, so we sent a reporter to his book-signing at a Toronto library. She was also denied comment.

Yesterday, Rich Terfry responded to CANADALAND:

“In response to your questions, I have never been jailed nor accused of assault.”

CANADALAND then asked Terfry to respond to the following email exchange, in which he was asked about his arrest in Paris:

CANADALAND asked Terfry if he was telling the truth in the emails above. He replied: