It was his lawyer, Mr. Alexandre Bien-Aimé, who made the request for this preliminary investigation Tuesday morning at the Montreal courthouse. The accused was not there, he who has remained far from the attention of the media since his arrest last May.
“There will be three witnesses, including two minors, which includes the complainant,” confirmed the deputy spokesperson for the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP), Ms Patricia Johnson, on Tuesday, adding that everything will be held on two days, July 28 and 29.
In front of the cameras, the prosecutor Ms Rachelle Pitre also confirmed on Tuesday that the victim – whose identity is protected by a non-publication order, will benefit from a “tele-testimony”.
“In fact, it is a protective measure that is provided for in the Criminal Code to facilitate the passage of children to the Court. […] What this means is that the victim will testify outside the courtroom, so she is not in the physical presence of the accused, which allows her to testify without direct confrontation. with the aggressor”, raised the lawyer.
A brief reminder of the facts
Recall that Luc Wiseman is still at large at present, but he faces five counts, including sexual assault, touching and assault against a person under 16 years of age.
The other charges relate to the production and possession of child pornography. The events for which he is accused occurred between November 2018 and April 2021, in Montreal, Duhamel, Outaouais, and elsewhere in the province.
Mr. Wiseman was arrested last May, leaving at the same time his duties as president of Avanti Group. He then specified that he would let “the management team in place manage the future of the company without his involvement”. Then, when he left the police station, the accused tried to avoid the cameras that were waiting for him, before leaving the scene quickly. His lawyer then announced that his client “will plead not guilty at the appropriate time and is determined to defend himself against these charges”.
” I did not expect that. I am very sorry for the victim, a minor. It upsets me,” Guy A. Lepage, the host of the popular show Everyone talks about it, of which Mr. Wiseman was co-producer until the moment of his arrest. “I am devastated and, quite honestly, in tabarnak ,” insisted Mr. Lepage on this subject.
