Bertrand Charest doesn’t deny having had sex with some students: lawyer
SAINT-JEROME, Que. — Bertrand Charest doesn’t deny having had sex with some of his teenage ski students but disagrees with his portrayal by the Crown and his alleged victims, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.
“There were sexual relationships between Mr. Charest and certain of the (alleged) victims,” Antonio Cabral said outside the courtroom after calling his third and final witness at the former ski coach’s sex assault trial.
“What Mr. Charest wasn’t ready to admit was that this was a generalized behaviour and that it was generalized with 12 (alleged) victims as is reported in the charges.”
Charest, now 51, is on trial on 57 charges, including sexual assault and breach of trust, in connection with 12 alleged victims between the ages of 12 and 19 during the 1990s.