A Sudbury lawyer charged with sexual assault last year will have his trial later this year.
Dates of Dec, 8, 9, 19, and 20 have been set in Ontario assignment court, as were a confirmation hearing court date of Aug. 30 and a readiness court date of Dec. 3.
Adam Castonguay was to have had his four-day Ontario Court of Justice trial start on Jan. 17 but that was put off.
Greater Sudbury Police in January 2021 accused Castonguay of committing a violent sexual assault following a complaint made in December 2020.
In a news release, the service said it received a call regarding a violent sexual assault.
Police said at the time that further details would “not be disclosed due to the sensitive nature of the incident and in order to protect the identity of the woman involved.”
Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division arrested and charged Castonguay with sexual assault causing bodily harm, as well as sexual assault — chokes, suffocates or strangles.
He was released on an undertaking.
Police said based on their investigation, “there are concerns that there may be other survivors,” and urged anyone with information to contact detectives.
Castonguay, 28, was then charged in February 2021 with a second set of offences – assault and forcible confinement concerning an alleged incident in June of 2013.
However, on June 8, 2021, he entered into a one-year common-law peace bond in the Ontario Court of Justice at the Sudbury Courthouse.
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