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Former senator Don Meredith charged with sexual assault (CTV Edmonton)

Former Canadian senator Don Meredith is facing sexual assault charges in connection with incidents that allegedly took place nearly a decade ago.

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Former senator Don Meredith charged with 3 counts of sexual ... (CBC.ca)

Former Canadian senator Don Meredith has been charged by Ottawa police with three counts of sexual assault and one count of criminal harassment.

Meredith is eligible to collect his parliamentary pension because he resigned before facing an expulsion vote, Treasury Board officials confirmed at the time. Former Canadian senator Don Meredith has been charged by Ottawa police with three counts of sexual assault and one count of criminal harassment. Former senator Don Meredith charged with 3 counts of sexual assault

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Disgraced former senator Don Meredith charged with sexual assault (Toronto Star)

The charges related to alleged incidents in 2013 and 2014, when Meredith was a sitting senator, according to Ottawa police.

“Absolutely, racism has played a role in this,” Meredith told The Canadian Press. (In Canada, the age of consent is 16 but goes up to 18 when there is a relationship of authority, trust or dependency.) The Star’s Kevin Donovan later revealed the senator’s sexual liaisons [had taken place in his office and publicly paid-for hotel rooms](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/04/05/don-merediths-sex-encounters-took-place-in-public-paid-for-hotel-rooms.html). “This is nothing new to me. The teenager was between 16 and 18 at the time of her relationship with Meredith. [resigned in disgrace over a sexual affair with a teenager](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/05/09/disgraced-senator-don-meredith-is-resigning.html), has been charged by Ottawa police with three counts of sexual assault and criminal harassment.

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Former Canadian senator Don Meredith charged with three counts ... (The Globe and Mail)

Ottawa police said the allegations were made by a woman in relation to incidents that allegedly took place in 2013 and 2014.

Meredith’s former employees after another ethics investigation found a pattern of inappropriate behaviour by the former senator. Meredith, 58, served as a senator in the Red Chamber between 2010 and 2017. Police said she was an adult at the time.

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Former Conservative senator Don Meredith charged with three ... (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

A former senator who resigned from the upper chamber amid scandals related to alleged sexual misconduct is now facing criminal charges.

He also acknowledged the sexual relations outlined in the report but said nothing took place until she turned 18. Meredith has been released on a promise to appear in court. A source confirmed to The Canadian Press that the man in question was the former Conservative senator.

Former senator Don Meredith, 58, charged with sexual assault ... (Ottawa Citizen)

Ottawa police said Saturday they have charged a Toronto man with three counts of sexual assault and of criminal harassment.

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Former Conservative Senator Don Meredith facing sex assault ... (CityNews Toronto)

A former senator who resigned from the upper chamber amid a sexual misconduct scandal is now facing criminal charges. Don Meredith, 58, has been charged with ...

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