{"id":179047,"date":"2018-08-29T01:59:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T05:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=179047"},"modified":"2018-08-29T01:59:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T05:59:50","slug":"lawyers-set-preliminary-date-next-month-case-quebec-gymnastics-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/29\/lawyers-set-preliminary-date-next-month-case-quebec-gymnastics-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyers to set preliminary date next month in case of Quebec gymnastics coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120068\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120068\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/117048243_7cc6bb0b87_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neither Michel Arsenault nor the main lawyers were present at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday as the case was postponed until Sept. 21. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/joegratz\/117048243\/in\/photolist-bkUna-e6yiVM-8Cp6in-HwyJuy-dvMZm5-63UDLR-exB4Gh-nDawJJ-7eAx1z-eqXEuq-9TnrM4-DoJvC5-DErfsq-EiZRo5-aFh3TV-SsZEba-4VLPuN-iASeZ8-nF18m3-HwyjxA-Sk5kPS-72J4G2-T2DdfU-fLd8Cq-bSUiaz-SnLyJr-cUMKgw-ncMHdf-58GtJC-aqCiHc-7MphFj-n2w2Ja-6GzjL6-dwDwBn-pFiQha-9U4rkf-6GDiiL-dJZhXN-9U4rk9-SnLz6i-J1qbtp-5CytxT-bH9CKc-67uFtJ-pHG4o6-T2DcFC-e8wEGf-VW2rcd-SnLa5x-miPrvg\">Photo<\/a> By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/joegratz\">Joe Gratz \/ Flickr<\/a>, Public Domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2013 Lawyers are expected to set a date next month for a lengthy preliminary hearing in the case of a former gymnastics coach charged with sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Michel Arsenault nor the main lawyers were present at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday as the case was postponed until Sept. 21.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenault, 56, is facing four charges of assault and three of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Six women were between 10 and 20 at the time of the alleged crimes in Montreal in the 1980s and early &#8217;90s.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenault was arrested in mid-May in Edmonton, where he founded the Champions Gymnastics gym in 2002, and has lived in Alberta since 1994.<\/p>\n<p>He is under conditions that include being forbidden from being in contact with the plaintiffs and witnesses, as well as taking paid employment or working as a volunteer if either involves having authority over a minor.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenault was suspended in December by Gymnastics Canada \u2013 the federation that oversees the sport in Canada \u2013 after allegations first reported by Radio-Canada involving three women.<\/p>\n<p>He was subsequently barred from the Edmonton gym.<\/p>\n<p>Rose-Marie Picard, a lawyer who is affiliated with Arsenault&#8217;s legal team, told the judge Tuesday the defence is awaiting further evidence from the Crown and that the date for the preliminary inquiry will be set next month.<\/p>\n<p>Picard says it&#8217;s up to the main lawyers in the file to determine the length of the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenault is free and is believed to be still living in Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Picard says his presence won&#8217;t be required at the next date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2013 Lawyers are expected to set a date next month for a lengthy preliminary hearing in the case of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":120068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-sidhartha-banerjee","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}