{"id":580193,"date":"2026-04-03T19:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580193\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:56:13","slug":"siu-probing-sex-assault-claim-in-womans-arrest-at-cardi-b-hamilton-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580193\/","title":{"rendered":"SIU probing sex assault claim in woman\u2019s arrest at Cardi B Hamilton concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s Special Investigations Unit is appealing for witnesses following the arrest of a woman at a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/cardi-b-concert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cardi B concert<\/a> in Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/siu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIU<\/a> said preliminary information suggests that on the evening of March 31, during a concert at TD Coliseum, security requested assistance from paid duty officers with the Hamilton Police Service to remove a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Officers attended and used physical control to escort the woman from the venue, the watchdog said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<p>The SIU, which investigates incidents involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault, did not provide details about the woman\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>However, the organization did confirm that\u00a0it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>SIU are now appealing to the public for witnesses who may have seen the incident including videos or photos.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during a stop on Cardi B\u2019s \u201cLittle Miss Drama\u201d tour.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper earlier posted a video to social media <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11733313\/cardi-b-canadian-fans-hamilton-tour-date\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">calling out Canadians<\/a> over ticket sales for the Hamilton show, saying it was the only stop on the tour not close to selling out.<\/p>\n<p>By showtime on March 31, however, the concert was sold out, with the rapper later calling Hamilton the \u201cwinner of Canada\u2019s crowds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario\u2019s Special Investigations Unit is appealing for witnesses following the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,222133,44,145632,222134],"class_list":{"0":"post-580193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cardi-b-concert","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-siu","13":"tag-siu-investigation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}