{"id":204896,"date":"2021-03-17T23:49:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mohammad-movassaghi-charged-with-hosting-pandemic-parties\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T23:49:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T20:49:09","slug":"mohammad-movassaghi-charged-with-hosting-pandemic-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mohammad-movassaghi-charged-with-hosting-pandemic-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mohammad Movassaghi: Charged with hosting pandemic parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mohammad Movassaghi: Charged with hosting pandemic parties<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n A Vancouver man is accused of hosting parties and running a makeshift nightclub in his penthouse condominium suite. He’s fighting the charges, which haven’t been proven in court.\n <\/div>\n
\n To police who suspected Mohammad Movassaghi might be hosting parties at his three-level Vancouver penthouse\u2014a violation of British Columbia\u2019s emergency health orders\u2014the delivery driver showing up with 100 McDonald\u2019s cheeseburgers no doubt pointed to something more than a small get-together.<\/p>\n

It was the wee hours of a Saturday in late January, and this wasn\u2019t the Vancouver police\u2019s first visit to the suite. Earlier that month, they had received a 911 call reporting loud noises and party sounds. A week later, they got another about a large gathering at the condo. On both occasions, the police department was short on resources and sent no one, according to an app<\/a>lication for search warrants. But the following week, the application said, \u201call noises ceased and the occupants refused to come to the door\u201d after officers knocked.<\/p>\n

They went to the suite yet again on Jan. 23, after a call from someone who claimed to have been invited to a party there, but left after what she saw: exotic dancers on a strip<\/a>per pole, bartenders, a DJ booth, guests instructed to remove their shoes upon arrival to limit noise. Police allege that Movassaghi again wouldn\u2019t let them inside, telling them through the door: \u201cI refuse any charge you have against me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no party here,\u201d Movassaghi told the Vancouver Sun<\/i> after fines were issued for that incident. \u201cIt was a few neighbours here and we watched the fights.\u201d He later filed a complaint against Vancouver police, alleging they were occupying the fire exit hallway for hours and trying to film inside his unit via the peephole.<\/p>\n

A final call to the cops came from the building\u2019s concierge, according to warrants, and Movassaghi again refused to open his door. This was the weekend of the cheeseburger delivery, which was followed by a search warrant, the arrest of Movassaghi and charges against him of failing to comply with public health orders and of selling liquor without a licence. Some 77 guests at the suite\u2014none wearing a mask, according to a police report\u2014also faced fines.<\/p>\n

The allegations have not been proven in court, and Movassaghi\u2019s lawyer (who is also his brother), Bobby Movassaghi, did not return requests from Maclean\u2019s<\/i> for comment. But a previous statement from the lawyer reminded the public and press \u201cthat at this point in time these are unproven allegations, and like anyone else charged with an offence in Canada, he enjoys the presumption of innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n

A couple days after his arrest, a GoFundMe campaign launched under the name Mo Movassaghi. \u201cI was arrested on Sunday, January 31st, 2021 in my home because of a party among consenting adults,\u201d the webpage said. \u201cOnce upon a time before November 2020, parties were legal.\u201d The campaign cited financial losses of $10,000 in cash, $5,000 in liquor, property damage, fines, legal fees\u2014plus a \u201csmear campaign\u201d from \u201cthe powers that be.\u201d The fundraising target was $100,000, but the campaign had reached only $260 when Movassaghi deactivated it.<\/p>\n\n

This profile appeared in the April 2021 issue of\u00a0<\/em>Maclean\u2019s, where we\u00a0gave our magazine over to a 22,000-word special report, \u201cYear One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada.\u201d Sign up to read that whole story, and\u00a0learn why we did it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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