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\u00a0 A sexual assault charge against former Member of Parliament, Romeo Saganash, was stayed earlier this week.\u00a0The charge against the Cree lawyer, who had\u00a0 represented the\u00a0 Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou riding in northern Quebec\u00a0 from 2011 to 2019,\u00a0 was stayed in by a Manitoba court judge Tuesday. \u00a0Saganash had been arrested June 7,\u00a0 2023 by Winnipeg police\u00a0 when allegations the former NDP MP sexually touched a woman at a meeting on May 1, 2023 surfaced.The sex assault charge was referred to the provincial justice department\u2019s restorative justice programming last October. On Tuesday,\u00a0 May 23rd, Crown prosecutor Bruce Sychuk asked provincial court Judge Rob Finlayson to stay the charge. He asked the judge to order a one-year peace bond barring contact and communication with the complainant, Carmen Roy. The request came as a result… <\/p>\n

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\u00a0 A sexual assault charge against former Member of Parliament, Romeo Saganash, was stayed earlier this week.\u00a0The charge against the Cree lawyer, who had\u00a0 represented the\u00a0 Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou riding in northern Quebec\u00a0 from 2011 to 2019,\u00a0 was stayed in by a Manitoba court judge Tuesday. \u00a0Saganash had been arrested June 7,\u00a0 2023 by Winnipeg police\u00a0 when allegations the former NDP MP sexually touched a woman at a meeting on May 1, 2023 surfaced.The sex assault charge was referred to the provincial justice department\u2019s restorative justice programming last October. On Tuesday,\u00a0 May 23rd, Crown prosecutor Bruce Sychuk asked provincial court Judge Rob Finlayson to stay the charge. He asked the judge to order a one-year peace bond barring contact and communication with the complainant, Carmen Roy. The request came as a result... <\/p>\n

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