Rectal Exam Included Television Actors

In October 2012, a Brampton man named William Fisher underwent a rectal examination at Brampton Civic Hospital while a man and woman introduced as his doctor's colleagues observed. Fisher said he consented because he believed they were medical practitioners or students but later learned that people connected to the CTV medical drama Saving Hope had been conducting research at the hospital. He alleged that Canadian actor Benjamin Ayres was the man, while he remained unsure whether the woman was Canadian actor Erica Durance or medical researcher Maggie Gilmour, so he named all three in the lawsuit. In 2014, Fisher sued them, his doctor, the hospital, William Osler Health System, and the show's companies for $100,000, alleging assault, battery, and breach of privacy.

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