GATINEAU, Que.—Patrick Brazeau’s defence team is suggesting the Crown’s key witness instigated a physical confrontation that led to the suspended senator’s arrest when she hit him with her hand and with a bra, a criminal trial heard Wednesday.
During cross-examination, the complainant in Brazeau’s assault and sexual assault trial denied the lawyer’s suggestion that she struck Brazeau when he demanded she return a necklace he had given to her as a gift.
“That’s false,” the woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, said through an interpreter while on the stand.
Brazeau’s trial in Gatineau, Que., entered its third day Wednesday, March 25. He is facing charges arising from an alleged incident two years ago at a residence in the city, north of Ottawa.
