The complainant in the sexual assault trial against Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin testified on Monday that she woke up to the alleged assault one night in early 1988. The trial is taking place more than a year after Fortin was charged with one count of sexual assault.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin leaves the Gatineau Police Station after being processed, in Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin TangThe complainant in the sexual assault trial against Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin testified on Monday that she woke up to the alleged assault one night in early 1988.
At the time of the alleged assault, described as taking place between January and April 1988, the complainant and Fortin were attending military college in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., she told Crown prosecutor Diane Legault. After signalling to him that she had woken up by shifting her position and pulling away, she said she began to push him and whispered, "Get off me." She said also whispered her roommate's first name, as she thought she was also in the room, and was trying to get her attention. She told the court that after a brief struggle, Fortin backed off, pulled his pants up and left.
She didn't make a formal complaint until after the Canadian Armed Forces initiated "Operation Honour," a since-replaced effort to address what a 2015 report by former Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps described as a rampant culture of sexual misconduct in the military. During her cross-examination, Schurman highlighted inconsistencies in the complainant's recollection of details. That included which year she said the alleged assault took place, whether it had happened before or after midnight, whether she had recognized Fortin by his voice and whether her roommate was present at the time.
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