Lawsuit Permitted to Proceed

A judge has ruled the defamation, negligent investigation and malicious prosecution suit launched against the OPP by a former grand chief of Grand Council of Treaty No. 3 can proceed to trial.

Superior Court Justice Donald Gordon made the ruling on Leon Jourdain's lawsuit.

Jourdain is suing the police in the aftermath of a sexual assault allegation made against the former grand chief in February, 2004.