Former Brampton councillor Gurpreet Dhillon is asking a judge to order the City of Brampton to take down a 2020 integrity commissioner report that sided with a woman who accused him of sexual assault, an accusation she has since withdrawn.
Documents obtained by The Pointer show Brampton’s Integrity Commissioner Muneeza Sheikh, who authored the since discredited report, knew in 2024 that the woman had withdrawn all her false accusations and had apologized to Dhillon.
The documents include the woman’s name, but it is not being published.
In a letter dated September 1, 2023, addressed to Brampton City Council, she wrote: “Dear Members of Brampton City Council, I am writing to request a withdrawal of the sexual misconduct allegations that I made against Gurpreet Singh Dhillon in late 2019 and early 2020 while we both attended a conference in Turkey.”
The full letter from Gurpreet Dhillon’s accuser to Brampton City Council in September of 2023, admitting she made false allegations and apologizing for the harm she caused him.
Sheikh’s report was used by people opposed to Dhillon, including Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, who repeatedly attacked Dhillon publicly following the release of the report. Dhillon, following a public campaign that used the report, was defeated in the 2022 municipal election, after council had suspended him on Sheikh’s recommendation.
Following receipt of the accuser’s letter in 2023. Brampton officials refused to take down the report.
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