Suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau has arrived at a Gatineau, Que., court for his trial on allegations of assault and sexual assault stemming from an incident two years ago.
That February 2013 incident is what led to the former Conservative's ouster from the party caucus. Brazeau was named to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009.
Brazeau arrived at 9 a.m. The proceeding was to get underway around 9:30 a.m.
Brazeau will be in an Ottawa court starting June 1 on a separate matter: the preliminary inquiry into charges of fraud related to his Senate expense claims. The court has set aside 12 days that month to deal with the proceeding that allows a judge to determine if there is evidence to go to trial. Brazeau says he did nothing wrong and that he followed the rules.
Today's trial kicks off several months of court proceedings for suspended and former senators.
Mike Duffy, who was named to the Senate by Harper at the same time as Brazeau, goes on trial April 7 on charges related to inappropriate expenses while serving as a senator. The trial is scheduled to run through to May 12, and then continue for another 12 days in June. Duffy says his spending was above-board and that he did nothing wrong.
Mac Harb, who was named to the Senate by Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien, is scheduled to go to trial Aug. 10-Sept. 4 for charges related to his Senate expenses. Harb also says he followed the rules and he did nothing wrong.
Brazeau's court case today is separate from an April 2014 incident where he was charged with assault, possession of cocaine, uttering threats and breaching bail conditions following an altercation involving a man and a woman at a home in Gatineau.
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