Guilty plea for man who tried to bribe alleged sex assault victim to not testify

A Sault Ste. Marie man who stood trial for sexual assault three years ago has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for offering a bribe to one of the alleged victims to not testify against him in a previous court case.

The names of the alleged victims in that case or any details that could identify them are protected by a publication ban. The defendant is not being named because doing so may identify the alleged victims. Within those text messages was an offer to pay the victim $100 to not show up at trial, an action for which the obstruction of justice charge was filed.

Before accepting the plea, Varpio ensured the defendant understood if he were to go to trial he could potentially be found not guilty or have the charges otherwise dropped, to which the accused responded he did understand.

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