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Previous senator Don Meredith, 58, charged with sexual attack, criminal harassment

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Oct 2, 2022
Previous senator Don Meredith, 58, charged with sexual attack, criminal harassment

The Ottawa cops sexual attack and kid abuse stated the charges included declared occurrences in 2013 and 2014 “reported to cops by an adult lady.”

Former senator Don Meredith in 2017. Photo by Colin Perkel/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ottawa authorities stated Saturday they have actually charged a Toronto guy with 3 counts of sexual attack and of criminal harassment.

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The department’s sexual attack and kid abuse stated Don Meredith, 58, of Toronto, was charged for supposed events in2013 and2014″ reported to authorities by an adult female. “

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He was charged with 3 counts of sexual attack and one count of criminal harassment, the Ottawa Police Service stated Saturday.

Police used no more information on the charges.

A source validated to The Canadian Press that Meredith is a previous senator who resigned in 2017.

Meredith, an ordained minister, was designated to the Senate by previous prime minister Stephen Harper in 2010, however resigned after a scathing report from the upper chamber’s principles officer.

The report concluded Meredith had actually breached the chamber’s code of principles by participating in a relationship with a woman when she was simply 16 and advised he be expelled.

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Meredith acknowledged the affair, however firmly insisted the relationship was not sexual up until the lady turned18

A 2nd Senate examination, launched in 2019, declared Meredith had actually consistently bullied, threatened and inti

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