{"id":821889,"date":"2026-07-23T23:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821889\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:59:10","slug":"man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-17-year-old-girl-at-nanaimo-aquatic-centre-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821889\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of sexually assaulting 17-year-old girl at Nanaimo Aquatic Centre | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/18946092-f359-437b-84ac-a6352a7d381c-4.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A 43-year-old man was arrested for an alleged recent sexual assault at Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. (Image Credit: File photo\/NanaimoNewsNOW)<\/p>\n<p>By Ian Holmes<\/p>\n<p>serious allegation <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 23, 2026 | 10:54 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NANAIMO \u2014 Police arrested a man for an alleged sexual assault in the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre steam room.<\/p>\n<p>Nanaimo RCMP state the 43-year-old man was apprehended and released on conditions on Friday, July 17, a day following the alleged incident.<\/p>\n<p>Insp. Donovan Tait with Nanaimo RCMP\u00a0is not revealing the nature of the alleged assault, citing an active investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be a follow-up investigation, we\u2019ll cover off any loose ends if there are any and put a fulsome package for Crown counsel,\u201d Insp. Tait told NanaimoNewsNOW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 43-year-old man was arrested for an alleged recent sexual assault at Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. (Image Credit: File&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-821889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821889","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=821889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}