A judge will decide in June whether to approve a $9.5 million settlement involving the Calgary Stampede. (Photo: Chris Wedman / Calgary Stampede)
Judge to decide on approving $9.5M-settlement in Stampede abuse class-action lawsuit
May 1, 2024 | 8:27 AM
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CALGARY, AB – A Calgary judge will determine in June if he will approve a proposed settlement for complainants in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the Calgary Stampede allowed a performance school staffer to sexually abuse young boys.
The agreement is related to the case of Philip Heerema.
Heerema received a 10-year prison sentence in 2018 after pleading guilty to charges including sexual assault, sexual exploitation, child pornography and luring.
Heerema admitted he used his position with the Young Canadians School of Performing Arts — which performs each year in the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show — to lure and groom six boys into sexual relationships between 2005 and 2014, as well as in 1992.
