The defence for former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel closed its case on Tuesday in his trial for sexual assault.
Earlier in the day, Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur called prosecutor Jérôme Simard to order because the lawyer brought up a declaration the accused made to police during his 2020 arrest.
Simard told jurors LeBel had talked about the 2012 assassination attempt against ex-PQ leader Pauline Marois.
The prosecutor suggested LeBel had a “good memory” about the events of 2012 but couldn’t recall what happened in his condo in 2017.
The complainant testified last week that LeBel became “aggressive” that night in October 2017 and then later joined her on a bed where he repeatedly touched her sexually for several hours without consent….