Former Canadian senator Don Meredith has been billed by Ottawa police with three counts of sexual assault and a person count of felony harassment.
The Ottawa police sexual assault and boy or girl abuse segment charged Meredith on Saturday soon after an investigation into allegations of sexual assault reported by an grownup lady relationship back to 2013 and 2014.
Law enforcement said in a statement that Meredith was billed and introduced Saturday on a assure to show up in court. Police told CBC News that a defendant would have to be in Ottawa to be released beneath individuals circumstances.
Meredith, a Pentecostal minister, was appointed to the Senate by former primary minister Stephen Harper. He served from December 2010 to his resignation in May 2017.
The departure came just after the Senate’s ethics committee suggested Meredith be expelled from the Purple Chamber due to his relationship with a teenage girl. Meredith is eligible to acquire his parliamentary pension simply because he resigned before going through an expulsion vote, Treasury Board officials verified at the time.
In 2020, the Senate compensated $498,000 in compensation to 9 of Meredith’s former workforce, who say they endured harassment, including sexual harassment, on the occupation.
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