Sex assault case blows up in campaign
Allegations of a sexual assault in 2012 have blown up against a Projet incumbent, with CBC saying bluntly that Valérie Plante “falsely claimed to have no knowledge” of the case. Denis Coderre is making hay, demanding the withdrawal of Craig Sauvé, who has represented Projet for two terms in Sud-Ouest borough, but was not yet involved in the party in 2012. Sauvé says the allegations are unfounded but there’s some very intense stuff about mediation being invoked and the claimant saying mediation was unsuccessful and demanding money.
walkerp 15:44 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
I’m very confused by this story. Is the story the sexual allegations or is it that Plante knew about it and said she didn’t?
Why did this resurface now?
Kate 15:52 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
CBC broke the story and they’re headlining a claim that Plante knew Sauvé had been accused, that the party was helping him counter the claim, and that the timeline shows that she must have known this when she said nobody on her team was facing accusations of sexual impropriety.
The articles all agree that there are no legal charges against Sauvé. From what I know, he’s been an exemplary councillor and people like him, but Plante may be forced to push him out before the election.
ant6n 16:12 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
He doesn’t strike me as somebody who’d be involved in sexual assault.
jeather 17:10 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
He has in fact been a great councillor, and I know nothing about this accusation, but “he seems so nice why would he” is not a great argument against it.
Ian 17:21 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
Plante has taken people off the ballot for less, but maybe it only applies to women?
MarcG 18:16 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
Welcome back, Ian, bring the zing. ant6n, I hope that’s sarcasm.
Jebediah Pallendrome 18:25 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
Okay, help me out here:
Coderre has a press conference before noon today where he asks Sauve to resign
It’s based on a CBC story that came out this morning, one that doesn’t state who victim/accused are
Sauve goes public to CBC in the early afternoon
TVA also gets access to all the docs CBC had access to
Do I have that right?
Is that a smidge odd (to say nothing of the peculiar timing)?
I want to know what y’all think.
CharlesQ 18:33 on 2021-11-04 Permalink
There’s also a story about Coderre’s alliance with Luis Miranda in Anjou. Miranda is accused of rape. https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2721318/agression-sexuelle-aveuglement-denis-coderre-victime/