He 'immediately knew' the defendant in the trial was Wallace.
Shaheen learned about Wallace's other offending after reading a Herald story in 2019 about the trial of a 'prominent businessman'. Maybe now I can get on with the rest of my life,' Shaheen told the Weekend Herald in an exclusive interview. 'I felt the sooner it was all out in the open, the sooner I could start to put it behind me.
Photo: NZ Herald/ SuppliedĪ man indecently assaulted by Sir James Wallace regrets not reporting him to police earlier and says the veil of secrecy over the case meant the disgraced arts patron was a danger to anyone else lured back to his Auckland mansion.ĭom Shaheen, now in his mid-50s, was abused by Wallace in the early 2000s, and has bravely waived his right to name suppression to speak out about his attacker. Writer and lawyer Dom Shaheen was indecently assaulted by Sir James Wallace during a business meeting at the rich-lister's mansion.
