(Montreal) The criminal cases of former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair relating to allegations of sexual assault are due back in court on Monday.
Posted at 6:15 a.m.
Mr. Boisclair, 56, pleaded not guilty to charges in separate cases involving two alleged victims whose identities are covered by a publication ban.
In one case, Mr. Boisclair is charged with sexual assault with the participation of a third party and sexual assault with a weapon in connection with events that allegedly took place in January 2014.
In the other file, André Boisclair is accused of sexual assault for events that allegedly took place in November 2015.
He waived his right to a preliminary hearing in both cases last September and opted to go directly to trial before the judge.
Mr. Boisclair was provincial cabinet minister and leader of the PQ between 2005 and 2007 when the party was in opposition.
He was then delegate general of Quebec in New York from 2012 to 2013 and president of the Urban Development Institute of Quebec from 2016 until his arrest.
Mr. Boisclair was first elected in the Montreal riding of Gouin in 1989.