Robert Litvack, 43, filed a motion to arrest Jordan after being charged in 2021 with sexual touching and sexual assault of a minor. Judge Jean-Jacques Gagné rejected Jordan’s motion Thursday morning.
This text is a translation of a CTV News article.
The defense had argued that by the time the trial was scheduled to end in mid-July, a total of 1,150 days, or approximately 38 months, would have passed since the charges were filed, exceeding the deadline set by the ruling. Jordan of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Supreme Court has set the maximum duration of trials in superior courts at 30 months.
However, the judge attributed part of the delays – 249 days – to the defense, meaning the total delay in this case is 901 days, or 29.6 months, since the charges were filed, which is just below the ceiling set by the Jordan ruling.
The trial is scheduled to begin July 15.
The accused was coach of a minor baseball team and administrator of the Lac Saint-Louis baseball organization since 2008.
Mr. Litvack allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy during private lessons, police said in a news release after his arrest.
2024-04-25 18:46:57
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