Former B.C. school trustee arrested after losing 'strip-tease artist' defamation case
Barry Neufeld's supporters gathered outside the Chilliwack courthouse during his arrest. The former trustee says he can't afford to pay the $53,000 defamation order over calling Chilliwack school trustee and 'Wild Sex' author Carin Bondar a 'strip-tease artist.'
In today’s report, I capture the emotional moment that long-time child-protection advocate and former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld was handcuffed and taken into custody earlier this week.
The 77-year-old pensioner surrendered himself to the Chilliwack Law Courts after a warrant was issued for failing to comply with a defamation order that demanded he pay his former colleague and controversial trustee, Carin Bondar, $45,000 in damages plus over $8,000 more in additional costs.
BREAKING:
— Drea Humphrey (@DreaHumphrey) November 24, 2025
Former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld, a strong advocate against gender ideology, has been ARRESTED!
Full story to come follow at: https://t.co/Jcnpt9jS5n pic.twitter.com/xMO3B6xOFQ
Bondar sued Neufeld after he referred to her, without naming her, as a “strip-tease artist” in 2022 during a recorded Zoom meeting with Action 4 Canada. The reference Neufeld made about Bondar, who he is ideologically at odds with over her support for gender ideology schooling for kids, was related to the sexually explicit content she has publicly posted online while serving in a position overseeing children.
Despite the explicit material being real and widely accessible, including to students in the district she serves, Liberal-appointed Justice K. Michael Stephens ruled Neufeld’s comment was defamation.
Yet Bondar hasn’t received a dime. And according to Neufeld, who lives on a modest pension, she won’t receive anything without him pulling from the same funds he needs for groceries.
Neufeld tells Rebel News he was detained on a metal bench for seven hours before being brought before a judge who attended virtually, while Bondar and two of her lawyers were physically present in the courtroom. After her lawyers made submissions about how difficult it had been to serve him, Neufeld says he was “released to come back on Dec. 1 with all my financial records so they could try and find out how to get $53,000 out of me.”
Neufeld says part of the difficulty in being served stems from the fact he does not answer the door for strangers due to ongoing threats he says he receives for opposing radical gender ideology in schools.
Outside the courthouse, a group of supporters gathered to pray for Neufeld, offer encouragement, and stand with him in his fight right up until the moment sheriffs placed him in handcuffs and took him away.
Drea Humphrey
B.C. Bureau Chief
Based in British Columbia, Drea Humphrey reports on Western Canada for Rebel News. Drea’s reporting is not afraid to challenge political correctness, or ask the tough questions that mainstream media tends to avoid.
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COMMENTS
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-12-01 19:44:57 -0500What an injustice! That pervert, not Newfeld, should be in the klink.
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Benoît-François de Champlain commented 2025-12-01 19:24:37 -0500Like an American gentleman named Terrence Popp, founder and proprietor of the Redonkulas channel, I might be tempted to summarise the situation described in the report about Barry Neufeld’s unfortunate and outrageous fate above by putting it this way: ‘’Welcome to Bizarro World, where garbage is money and one might wish one could spend it all, so that one could buy one’s sanity back.’’ -
Fran G commented 2025-12-01 18:31:49 -0500Glad to see sane support from the group LGB. Good on yous.
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Dalyce McCue commented 2025-12-01 14:44:21 -0500The public needs to get hold of the names and contacts of these judges in this country.
