{"id":248199,"date":"2025-10-29T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248199\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:10:12","slug":"former-senator-don-meredith-found-not-guilty-in-sexual-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248199\/","title":{"rendered":"Former senator Don Meredith found not guilty in sexual assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former senator Don Meredith was found not guilty in his criminal trial on sexual assault charges on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Meredith was facing 3 counts of sexual assault, 1 count of criminal harassment\"\"John Paul Tasker<\/a> \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Oct 29, 2025 9:57 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago\"Text<\/p>\n

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\"HeadshotFormer senator Don Meredith is seen in his Toronto lawyer’s office on March 16, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)<\/p>\n

Former senator Don Meredith was found not guilty in his criminal trial on sexual assault charges on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It brings to a close a years-long Senate scandal that tarnished the chamber\u2019s reputation as a safe place to work and shone a spotlight on how difficult it is to remove a wayward member.<\/p>\n

Meredith, who resigned from the upper house before he could be expelled for an alleged sexual relationship with a teenager, was facing three counts of sexual assault and one count of criminal harassment relating to his alleged treatment of a former employee, who testified in this case that he engaged in unwanted touching and kissing and abused his power as a parliamentarian.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR\"\"<\/p>\n

J.P. Tasker is a journalist in CBC’s parliamentary bureau who reports for digital, radio and television. He is also a regular panellist on CBC News Network’s Power & Politics. He covers the Conservative Party, Canada-U.S. relations, Crown-Indigenous affairs, health policy and the Senate. You can send story ideas and tips to J.P. at jp.tasker@cbc.ca<\/p>\n

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