The medical specialist found guilty last month of a group sexual assault is the target of new accusations, it has been learned The PressSince the trial, several women have filed complaints with the police against Stephan Probst, who was provisionally struck off by the College of Physicians last week.
The 46-year-old Montrealer is under investigation following these new reports of sexual allegations, according to sources close to the case. No criminal charges have been laid in this regard.
The former head of the nuclear medicine department at the Jewish General Hospital returned to court Tuesday for the first time since the verdict. He was accompanied by his partner and accomplice Wendy Devera, 31. Their new lawyer revealed that the Montrealer has permanent resident status. She therefore risks deportation from the country if she receives a significant sentence.
Sentencing hearings have been set for next March, as the Devera-Probst couple have fired their lawyers since the trial.
Stephan Probst and Wendy Devera sexually assaulted a young artist in 2020, Judge Suzanne Costom ruled in late August. The victim, Victoria*, wanted to have sex, alone, with Wendy Devera. She took advantage of the situation to lure the victim to Stephan Probst’s penthouse in Old Montreal.
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Wendy Devera
However, Victoria had no interest in Stephan Probst. In addition, she was unknowingly drugged with MDMA (ecstasy) that evening. During the evening, while Victoria was having consensual sexual intercourse with Wendy Devera, Stephan Probst penetrated the victim without her consent. His accomplice then held the victim firmly.
At trial, Probst bragged about having 40 threesomes with Wendy Devera and numerous other sexual encounters with other women. He also claimed to have vivid memories of the evening, much like the events of September 11, 2001.
On the stand, Stephan Probst explained that he bought “crystalline MDMA powder” himself and carefully calibrated it to offer to his guests. He did not specify how he obtained such an illegal substance.
In any case, the College of Physicians decreed his provisional disbarment last week in order to protect the public. He also no longer practices medicine at the Jewish General Hospital and is no longer head of the department of nuclear medicine. However, according to the McGill University website, he is still an assistant professor. The university refused to answer us about Stephan Probst’s employment status, hiding behind “Quebec privacy laws.”
The case returns to court on November 11 for a hearing to take stock between the lawyers.